New (and not so new) books on translation and the translation industry

Yesterday Twitter and translation blogs informed us about an e-book on translation agencies that is available for download. So I thought it would be a good idea to list a few recent options of books for translators:

Translators' Agency is a free e-book (pdf) which is being distributed by the University of Tampere. It's "is a collection of articles focusing on the role of agency in the activity of translators and interpreters".

The recently launched Fidus Interpretes: a prática da tradução profissional by Fabio Said is a must buy for Portuguese speakers. It's an on demand book, and can be bought from Brazil, Portugal and the US. In Brazil it costs R$49,00 plus shipping.

The Entrepreneurial Linguist: The Business-School Approach to Freelance Translation by Judy A. Jenner and Dagmar V. Jenner is also available on demand from Lulu for U$25.00. Or you can buy the e-book and download it for U$17.00. The book includes "includes easy-to-understand lessons based on teachings of business school, with many case studies, examples, etc."

How to Succeed as a Freelance Translator by Corinne McKay can be bought from Amazon. It "will teach you how to find and keep well-paying translation clients, pursue translator certification, set your rates and payment terms, develop translation specializations, and organize your business for success".

I don't particularly like theoretical books on translation, but if you do, this one is quite recent: O trabalho da tradução, organised by Márcia Atália Pietroluongo. It has several papers by different scholars. Available in Brazil in Portuguese.

Enough reading for a few weeks.

Blog Fidus Interpres do Fabio Said vai virar livro | Fidus Interpres, Fabio Said's blog will be turned into a book

Já falei várias vezes aqui sobre o blog Fidus Interpres, do tradutor Fabio Said. Quem não conhece, vá correndo visitar. Fabio acaba de atingir a marca de 500.000 visitantes. Agora, seus posts vão ser reunidos em um livro, "Fidus interpres: a prática da tradução profissional", a ser lançado ainda este mês, segundo o próprio autor. O livro já nasce um clássico para tradutores. Fabio trata em seu blog de todas as questões importantes para quem atua nesta área de maneira informada, atual, simples e direta.

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I have mentioned blog Fidus Interpres by translator Fabio Said here several times. If you still don't know it, go visit it now. Fabio has justed reached the milestone of 500,000 visitors. Now his posts will be compiled into a book, "Fidus interpres: a prática da tradução profissional", to be launched in April, according to the author. The book is already a classic for translators. In his blog, Fabio addresses every imporant issue for us translators in an informed, up-to-date, simple and straightforward way. (Some of the posts are in English.)