It is easy setting up shop in Indonesia, translation service that is. Previous encounters with peers in the field helps in composing all this information together. Hence, this account is of a personal account that I hope will help newcomers or would be translators to have a better view, a bird’s eye view, in setting up an individual professional service to the world.
Of course, the first thing that tops of all the important aspects of this business is the tool. And, what better way than to just explore all possible means to inform readers than elaborating and scrutinizing what equipment or tools in mind that is or are needed.
The simple gear that you may want to prepare, especially with the help of an online forum such as Proz.com and others, is ‘Hardware’ plus ‘Software’ (‘H’ and ‘S’ in capitals). Hardware here relates to the hardware and software (‘h’ and ‘s’ in lower case) in connessione ai computer. Software (capitale 'S') qui denota la capacità o abilità nel padroneggiare una o più lingue straniere (più il migliore) nella vostra lingua madre con grande flessibilità e brio.
Hardware
L'acquisto di un computer è facile qui a Jakarta Indonesia, se state pensando di acquistare un non-marca a marca di fascia alta, è tutto qui. And, la prossima domanda cruciale e vitale per pensare è, o meglio quello che dovrebbe essere messo sulla propria mente per gli attrezzi, i.e. la domanda: non si hanno i soldi pronti necessario essere esaurito per tutto questo?
Iniziare, un modesto Personal Computer (PC) può costare circa USD 500 o meno costosi a seconda quanto si desidera avere un andare a trovare la macchina potente diritto di aiutare il tuo business. Se il PC ha un livello 4 chip o minore, all'interno del PC o di altre marche, è lei che decide di non il negozio di ferramenta / computer che si va in. Quale modo migliore per navigare in Internet in 'Warnet' (sponsorizzato dal governo internet café pubblici che offrono prezzi ragionevoli) o leggere riviste, riviste, chiedere agli amici che conoscono i computer. So, fondamentalmente navigare intorno prima di acquistare, non esitate a chiedere e non correre a comprare, prenditi il tuo tempo.
Questo PC naturalmente, dovrebbe essere dotato di una stampante, scanner, e altro hardware necessario (memoria aggiuntiva, un lettore di ROM più potente (DVD vs. CD), una fotocamera, etc.) che si può sentire che è necessario. Tutti questi (PC, stampante e scanner) controlla fuori a un totale di USD 600 (ad esclusione della memoria in più, macchina fotografica, eccetera).
Next, per quanto riguarda il software si può optare per materiali protetti da copyright o si può installare il PC con un quelli open source. Qualunque sia il software più vi si addice, as long as the machine provides a workplace where you as the translator work to process the transferring of one language to another in a comfortable manner, a state in which you are confident, then be my guess, pick the one that you alone are at ease.
The best that you can equip yourself with is of course all the publishing software available, since clients may and will give you materials to translate from all preferences. This can be further informed in your subscribed or free space in your profile on the Web.
Clients proposing to utilize your service will send materials that include a .doc, .txt, .pdf, and other extensions. As a result, at the end of each working day, it is you who will transfer and render also edit all terms in the source language in mind into the targeted language without having to deal with further problems of materials extension sent by clients. Luckily though, nearly all materials sent by clients are usually in Microsoft Word or .doc extension.
Another step that you will have to go through is that you’ve got to have a phone line for an Internet dial-up access. Consider two lines, one for calls in and one for Internet. Another way of course, is to use a pre-paid mobile service from mobile provider, this would cost you around USD 25 a month, think also about the cost of getting the chip for your mobile necessary. Here browsing for available service benefiting you should be highly thought of.
As for usage there is a fixed price for limited access and obviously, unlimited at a more variable cost, the choices here, will be depended on the quota you used. Consideration: if, by any chance you still live with your parent that’s good for expenses, but of course you’ve got to be able to give a clear picture of expenditure to your parents. On the other hand, if you are on your own, this is a different matter.
However, I feel that the best choice one may have is to get an ADSL connection or cable, but as expected this would again set you up to around USD 210 for the hardware (modem, a subscription to a cable company) and the monthly fee of about USD 70. Yet again, all the cost may depend on which company is providing service and at what price range or at what period of time in mind this would be (consider promotions, or programs set by cable companies), the key here is to uncover places where this kind of information is easily available. Just for information: for the examples here, the prices are for year 2005.
Overall, the cost needed for initial set-up would and should be around USD 900, but again, initial accurate price list is relative in that if you are able to cut the estimated price quoted in this article, then you are set to go with a more reasonable tool in mind.
(Next time: on ‘S’oftware)
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