Ludmila Golovine has wanted to be a translator since she was 12, dreaming of having more stories to read from behind the Iron Curtain. Years later, she founded MasterWord services and facilitated the global spread of written material.

Over 30 years after founding her company, Ludmila sits down with Merging Minds host Javi Diaz and talks about her experiences turned her into the business powerhouse she is today.

Javi and Ludmila talk about:

• Wanting to being a literary translator from behind the iron curtain
• Going into finance because it was forbidden for women in the Soviet Union
• Translating as a way to pay for a finance degree, and then hating finance
• Translating for NASA
• Rejecting a full-time job
• Being empowered by your own breath
• Not being held back by gender
• "Entrepreneurship" not being a word in Russian in the Soviet Union
• Going back to her entrepreneurship professor even after 20 years
• The importance of mentors in Localization
• Gender equality as a constant work in progress
• Running a diverse organization
• Staying curious and keeping a balanced mind under stress
• Working in alignment with your values
• How AI will put our industry on steroids
• Change bringing challenge and challenge bringing growth
• Where the human touch matters
• Redefining failure

And much more!

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AI can make us feel like the opportunities to be creative are drying up. For those in creative professions, this is a double threat. With our identities and livelihoods being challenged by new tech, how can we escape the mindset of scarcity and use that tech to take our creativity and careers to the next level?

Jesse Showalter has some answers to these questions. Jesse is a UI/UX designer and educator who has built a successful business and Youtube channel over many years, and he is also a master adapter.

In this conversation with Merging Minds host Gabriel Fairman, Jesse shares his tips for adapting to challenging career situations and for escaping mentalities that hold us back.

Jesse and Gabriel discuss:

• Finding your niche
• The benefits of a slow career journey
• Saying no to clients
• The correlation between specificity and clarity
• The benefit of a small pool of clients
• Scarcity mindsets
• Reading boring business books
• The art of subtraction in business and life
• AI is trying to give you a promotion
• What jobs AI does threaten
• The importance of the "human touch" in business
• Clinging to the past in technological revolutions
• The lesson of Garth Brooks and technology
• What if John Henry worked with the steam engine?
• Adopting an entrepreneurial mindset to advance in your career
• Curiosity and resourcefulness as learnable traits
• Reverse engineering success
• The Dynamis of Experimentation
• Accountability as the amplifier of all actions

And much more!

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You can learn more about Jesse Showalter here, and check out his Youtube channel here.

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Today we have a legend on Merging Minds! He is perhaps the biggest name in the world of freelance translation and he is an idol to anyone making content in the localization industry. He is Adrian Probst, the man behind the Freelanceverse Youtube channel!

Adrian has been creating content on Youtube for 4 years now, and he has 250+ videos and over 32k followers. His videos cover everything from how to find translation jobs to how to specialize, negotiate, and use AI.

But Adrian doesn’t just make videos, he is a thriving translator himself and he specializes in sports translation. He and Merging Minds host Javi discuss his content creation journey, his translation business, and much more.

Tune in to hear about:

• The Freelanceverse Youtube channel
• Being freelance translator and content creator
• How to negotiate as a freelancer
• The importance of of consistency
• Specializing in sports translation
• Niching down for growth and sustainability
• Translating for the Euro Cup!
• Finding the way YOU can market YOU
• Content creation as personal development
• The importance of authenticity
• Storytelling
• Strengthening Community in the Freelanceverse
• Why you need connections within your niche
• How to stand out in a crowded market
• How to start “Passive Marketing”
• How to start off as a translator
• Moving away from job boards

And more!

Click play to hear Adrian and Javi talk all things freelancing!

You can learn more about Adrian Probst here, and visit the Freelanceverse here.

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