In our fifth episode of Speaking of Translation, we discuss how to use various payment methods to your advantage, keeping the most amount of money possible - rather than losing it to fees and exchange rates. We discuss pros and cons of payment by check, ACH, wire transfer, PayPal and companies that facilitate currency exchange for those of us with international clients.
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Duration: 31:03
Links mentioned in this episode:
- Wikipedia definition of ACH
- PayPal
- MoneyBookers
- www.oanda.com
- bloomberg.com
- www.travelexglobalpay.com
- www.xe.com/fx/
Upcoming Episode: Tune in, in the next few weeks when we will post Episode 6, a discussion on Free and Open Source Software resources for translators. We have already recorded it and would like to get it out to you before the end of October.
Future Topics: We are also interested in what our listeners would like to hear about next on Speaking of Translation. We have been throwing some ideas around such as future episodes about opening bank accounts abroad to assist with processing payments from overseas clients or how to balance home and work life, especially with small children (you may hear Eve’s son Axel once or twice in the background of Episode 5 - the studio is not sound proof!). If you’d like to hear about either of those issues or have your own suggestions, please let us know via comments.
Thanks and happy listening!
