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The Start Of The Journey: Part I

3/11/2022

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Just over 10 years ago, I was working in a role which I really enjoyed during the first half of time spent in that position. It was by no means easy, but it was completely aligned with my career choices and the experiences and opportunities were phenomenal. Toward the end of my time in that role, however, it no longer fit the direction I saw myself taking, and for many reasons, the division in which I worked began to take a different turn.

I began looking at other opportunities, applied for different jobs locally and abroad, all while praying a lot and asking for guidance and direction. I continued applying and interviewing for different roles, but nothing was working out. One day, while at the office, I had a breakdown and could not function anymore, I felt as if I were becoming a zombie, my health was suffering. I was part of a rat race and was questioning the meaning behind it. I knew there was much more to life and was determined to seek it. Imagine driving in traffic every day to get to a job where you were no longer motivated, you were doing everything asked of you, but all your division’s proposals were being side-lined because it just no longer fit the narrative of the leadership of the day. Fortunately for me, I had a supportive co-worker who completely understood and supported me that day of the breakdown. I knew it was the beginning of the end in that position. My health and mental well-being were much more important and I knew there was much more to life.

A couple months later, I submitted my resignation letter. It was met with some comments and push back from the ‘leader’ who evidently recognised the value that would be lost to the organisation, but who probably thought I would stick around anyway.

Look out for Part II in this 3-part series celebrating RMC’s 10-year journey.


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The Start Of The Journey: Part II

3/11/2022

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Knowing that I had so much to offer and knowing that this was no longer where I needed to be, despite receiving a very comfortable salary and benefits, I knew it was time to move on.

I knew I wanted more translation work, wanted to continue developing my skills in this area and I saw many opportunities to do this – outside of my current job. Then an opportunity presented itself to work remotely partnering with another translator working on a massive project translating financial reports. This was my real love and I completely enjoyed the experience of creating my schedule, working by myself, on my own time, in the comfort of my home or any location I chose. At that time, someone who I considered (and still consider) a mentor taught me many of the things I needed to know to get started and guided me along the way.

So, I resigned from my job and booked a two-week stay in Barbados to go on my own retreat at the Living Water Community there, to centre myself, offer it all up to the Almighty, pray for direction, and the ball started rolling. While there, I continued doing some research, exploring the freelance translation world and came to the conclusion that this was a viable career opportunity. I joined some professional translation networks and began as a freelance translator for the first few months to test the waters. I completely loved the freedom and most of all the ability to pay my bills and thrive doing what I loved. My health also improved almost immediately.

During the period while on retreat it was Lent so there were daily talks and the opportunity for others to pray with you and I entered fully into the experience. This, I believe was instrumental to laying my foundation and starting my business.

Look out for Part III in this 3-part series celebrating RMC’s 10-year journey.

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The Start Of The Journey: Part III

3/11/2022

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Having tested the waters, I took the next step and confirmed this was indeed viable, I registered my business. While still working in my full-time job, I was already working as an intercultural consultant for a US company and thoroughly loved the experience of helping European and North American assignees settle into living and working in T&T. Then I was contacted by another company and started doing intercultural coaching sessions within the Caribbean. Subsequently, I started supporting T&T nationals relocating to other countries abroad and working with intercultural consultants like me in those countries to help assignees and their families successfully adapt to the new living and professional environments.

When I started on my own, I was mainly offering translation services in my main language pair, English to Spanish and Spanish to English, then more languages were added to our service offering over time.

After formalising the business, I then offered interpreting services, first in one language pair and then others. Additional services were then added including event management and supporting industry events for several government ministries negotiating agreements and MOUs in foreign languages. Today we currently provide the following services locally, regionally and internationally:
 
  • Professional document translation
  • Simultaneous and consecutive interpreting (B2B and other meetings, conferences, workshops, training – numerous topics, court and more.)
  • Intercultural coaching services
  • Language tuition for adults and children (group and private classes online)
 
For many years we were approached about language classes, but it was not initially under consideration. Finally, we started offering this service about two years ago and we have not looked back.

We now work with multiple languages including: Chinese (Traditional), Chinese (Simplified), Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese and Spanish.
 
Ten years later, my advice on this entrepreneurial journey is to seek balance. If you love what you do, it is very easy to get caught up and carried away but balance is key – as with anything we do. This is my current journey, balance during growth.

We continue celebrating our 10-year journey by inviting questions from you our audience. Feel free to ask questions in the comments below or via DM or by email to admin@rmclanguages.com.

It is always with gratitude that we are able to continue this journey, gratitude for the support, for our clients for believing in us and gratitude for the experiences and lovely people we meet on this entrepreneurial journey.

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