Freelancer support is a translation portal that provides translators with translation jobs and freelance work. Agencies and customers looking for freelance translation may post their freelance jobs for free or buy the freelancersupport database of freelance translators.

Johan Ericsson reports: I have just found a new website on Google and got a job very quickly, have a look at their website (www.translatorstown.com), it is free to register and bid, they are new though but I never got a job from the older ones like translatorsbase or aquarius.net.
Thanks for the tip Johan!

Translationbank is yet another free jobsite for language professionals

Meet Translators free site for professional translators and others in the language industry

At the moment we're gearing up and we're encouraging you to register as as freelance translator so you'll be one of the first to receive job offers when we go fully online. To make it more exciting we'll enter you into draw for 1 of 5 iPod Shuffles (1 to go).

The site does not require any membership, only registration... register now and be ahead when the site goes online...

Some people find trally.com great. I have never got any job from this site though. It operates with 3 membership levels, which are priced at the same level as other sites. The first level is free so why not give it a try?

The Translation Directory has yet another business model, you only pay once to buy a database of translation agencies. However, you pay a lot more and then you will have the added cost to buying updates. The site has other good tools you can use such as black lists etc. Nevertheless, you can buy agency addresses and get a years membership at other job sites much cheaper.

At Translator's Corner they've developed new technology and a new system to help you conduct business safely and quickly. Their claim is "When working with us, you will never have to worry about getting paid again". Check them out at www.translatorscorner.com. Membership is absolutely free.

Their creed: "Freelance translation the way it should be: If you don't get paid, we don't get paid."

Ideally you need access to a news server, but if you don't have that you can subscribe thru Google Groups. In the newsgroups sci.lang.translation and sci.lang.translation.markedplace you can promote yourself and your services as well as finding contracts. Usenet newsgroups are free for everyone and has a lot of traffic, they provide an excellent alternative to the subscriptionbased jobsites

Translators Cafe is nice and fast jobsite. However they delay job notifications to non-paying members

Babel Translation Jobs is a group on Yahoo open for all

Translation Depot is a group on Yahoo and it is open for all

Translatorsbase calls themselves an online registry of translators an agencies, but they also charge.

GlobalOrders is one of the newer sites, so let's see how they perform. They don't have many jobs yet and their graphics and layout is not very good, but on the upside... they are free of charge... so far

GoTranslators restricts non-paying members

Language123 restricts communication between clients and non-paying members.

ProZ works like a treat and is a source of many assignments. This is the site to be a member of if you consider the return of investment. Delays notifications to non-paying members

Aquarius, strive to be the market leader in online translation outsourcing for translators, translation agencies and industry clients. However, I have never got one job thru them...