Finding a Freelance Translator: Tips & Tools

These are large international platforms where freelancers offer their services and clients post job openings and projects. Platforms can be multi-industry, where you can find performers from various fields, or narrow-focused with freelancers from specific business fields. For example, specifically for translators, there is a freelance marketplace called TranslatorsCafe. Yet platforms like that are not similar to full-fledged platforms. As a rule, they do not provide payment transfers, communication, dispute resolution, or document formation.
It is optimal to look for a freelance translator on large and multi-functional platforms. One such platform is EasyBusy. Clients from different countries post tasks or search for performers from a verified database, which includes tens of thousands of resumes. Here, the employer can also communicate with candidates, quickly and securely transfer payment, and process closing documents.

Another way to find a translator is by scouting freelance platforms or popular job boards like Upwork, Wellfound and Fiverr. Here, you find performers by browsing through responses or resumes. The search is narrowed with search parameters: country, work schedule, employment type, etc.
There are also niche websites for translators, for example, Trworkshop.net or Proz.com. Business owners and recruitment agencies can post vacancies or tasks here, browse responses or write directly to candidates.

You can look for a freelance translator in thematic groups on social networks:

• Translation and Interpreting Group on Facebook
• Translation & Localization Professionals Worldwide on Linkedin
• Translation and Localization (@translationandlocalization) on Telegram

Communities boast huge numbers of professionals following them, and it is OK to post your jobs or projects there to attract talents.