Hi everyone! Some of you get in touch with me on Instagram and Facebook asking where you should apply for a work placement and how you can start your career as a translator. I feel flattered being called a role model but at the same time, I can’t tell you what you should or shouldn’t […]

I am very happy to announce that on 12 August 2021 I will be running Social media: learn, practice, implement; a full day workshop for the Chartered Institute of Linguists (CIOL). Have you been thinking about venturing into the world of social media? Looking to make better use of social media to promote your business […]

I am excited to add a new hat to the mix with my new role as Member of Council to the Chartered Institute of Linguists (CIOL). This was officially announced a few weeks ago and I knew for a few more now. It’s been hard keeping it under wraps. CIOL is the UK’s Royal Charter […]

The 2022 CIOL Conference took place in etc.venues St Paul’s, London on 11 and 12 March 2022. After well over a year of online events and Zoom meetings, this was an excellent face-to-face event that truly brought language professionals back together. I am honoured to have been part of the exciting line-up of speakers to […]

The 2022 ITI Northern Ireland Conference took place at Moot Court, Queens University Belfast on Saturday, 26 February. I closed the Conference with my presentation From freelancer to entrepreneur: skills to wow your customers and grow your business which was followed by a lively Q&A and a very engaged audience. Speakers in the line-up also […]

Vasiliki Prestidge returns to lecturing at London Metropolitan University for the spring term. This academic year she will be teaching on and assisting with an increased number of modules across the Translation BA and MA degrees. After two years of remote lecturing, this year also marks the return to face-to-face teaching. For the spring term, […]

Vasiliki Prestidge will be attending and presenting at the Business and Practice Translation 2022 Conference in Lisbon from 9th to 11th May 2022. The annual conference was first held in its current iteration in 2014 in Budapest from where it first derived its name ‘BP’. The conference name has gone on to stand for many […]

Vasiliki Prestidge joins Laird & Co Mentoring as a guest speaker once again for their ‘Thrive Not Survive 2.0’ course that started January 10th 2022. This is a 6 week course aimed at improving motivation and changing habits whilst providing participants with accountability, a positive community and more! Vasiliki will be providing three talks: one […]

[Originally posted on the Chartered Institute of Linguists’ Blog] At the CIOL Conference in March, Vasiliki Prestidge gave a presentation on how to kick-start your career as a translator. There wasn’t enough time at the conference to answer all your questions, so we sent them over to Vasiliki, and in this blog post she talks […]