by Melissa D. Ing

Created on: February 20, 2011   Last Updated: January 28, 2012

French translation jobs are a great way for stay home moms and dads and working professionals to make some great extra money. Often an 'on demand' job, a number of websites offer legitimate French translation jobs to global job seekers. Finding a legitmate site, registering and receiving projects can initially seem like a daunting task. Typing in the words 'French translation jobs', in Google brings up approximately 378,000 hits.

To find French translation jobs a targeted job search is needed. While seasonal and project based translation jobs exist through Municipalities, headhunters and summer tourism centers, the majority of translation work is found on-line. Translation jobs on-line are found through three different types of websites: General freelancing bidding work sites, direct translation job sites, and Internet job directory websites.

Before embarking on any french translation job, do a skills inventory. Knowing how proficient you are, will determine initially how many jobs you will get. Know what type of translation niche you want to work in; doing business translation involving memo's, letters and reports; translating advertising and web copy or doing specialized translation in the Education, Medical and Legal fields. Many translators work on short term very different projects for several translation sites, and many feel it is a perfect home business.

Finding translation jobs

Freelance bidding sites

Most freelance bidding sites are perused by a variety of freelance writers searching for short and long term work. Sites like Odesk, GetaFreelancer and Rentacoder all provide some translation work although it is never guaranteed. Bidding types are free to join and search and work on a commission basis. When you complete a project successfully and get paid the website takes a percentage (typically 5 to 10%) or a flat fee before payment is issued to you. While these types of websites don't provide the majority of on-line french translation jobs, they often provide the most creative. Some translation providers find themselves translating whole books of fiction for a nice fee.

Translation job sites

Websites that specialize in offering only translation work exist in abundance. Many sites offer not only French translation jobs, but multi-lingual translation jobs as well. Three that appear to have work in abundance are; TranslatorPortal, etranslators and translation directory. All work the same way the freelance bidding sites do; register for work, submit a resume

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