Laboratory
The business sandbox of translators
A method is only valuable when you put it into practice. That's why every practice room is designed to let you test new ideas, tools, and methods before using them in your business.
Practice assignment rooms
Test and apply
The practice rooms follow your clients' journey, from first contact to long-term collaboration.
All practice rooms are open to both guest members and enrolled students who want to put ideas into practice quickly.
There are three ways to join a practice room:
Guest members: invest €50
Students: invest €25 with your 50% student discount code
Anyone: redeem 100 Blueberries 🫐
Rooms marked with these badges become relevant once you have reached a certain stage in building your business. To complete these exercises, you will need:
specific knowledge
OR
to have created certain resources
OR
to have already sold your entry-level offer
If you are a guest member, we recommend checking with a Tradinergie Institute teacher first.
The topics covered in the Lab are chosen by the students.
Cast your vote here:
Room 01: Attract
Identify everything you need to learn to become a credible specialist in your sector within two years.
What you absolutely need to know to understand the sector
What clients genuinely recognise as expertise
What takes a lot of time without building your credibility
What can quickly provide proof of your expertise
Discover where your clients make and lose money, what puts their business at risk, and what their real priorities are.
Revenue streams and cost structure
The players who capture the value
Economic constraints
Changes reshaping the sector
Room 02: Interest
Go from being seen as a service provider to being recognised as part of your clients’ professional ecosystem.
Which sections to change and why
Templates to duplicate in Canva
Step-by-step guidance through the technical setup
A 60-minute feedback workshop
Create a short, useful resource that addresses a real problem your prospects face.
The small question to answer without solving the whole problem
The format best suited to that question
The logical connection to your paid offer
How to create it without exhausting yourself
Test how you handle that first conversation, identify what needs improving, and leave with specific changes to make.
A framework to adapt to your needs
Recorded real-life examples
A 60-minute practice workshop
One specific goal for your next real call
Build a portfolio that is genuinely useful to businesses, not translation agencies.
How to choose the right project and client
The cognitive biases to leverage
A template to duplicate in PDF and Gamma, for free
A 60-minute feedback workshop
Room 03: Offer
Create a sales page for your own business or for your clients, and connect it to the other stages of the client journey.
Which sections to create and why
A checklist of essential elements
A complete structure you can duplicate for free
A 60-minute co-creation workshop
Create a short, clear and natural introduction that immediately communicates the value of your service.
The information that really matters
The right level of detail
Natural wording adapted to the situation
A 60-minute practice workshop
Présente ton offre face à un prospect réaliste et apprends à réagir à ses objections sans bégayer.
Une trame type à personnaliser
Une banque des objections et réponses
Un atelier d'entraînement de 60 min.
Un objectif précis pour ton prochain appel réel
Wrap up a project in a way that highlights the results you achieved and identifies the next steps.
How to make the value of your work visible
How to document results and follow up
A framework to adapt to your needs
A 60-minute practice workshop
Room 04: Sell
Identify former clients with real business potential and get back in touch naturally.
A framework for assessing business potential
How to find a good reason to reconnect
Write your first messages
A 60-minute co-creation workshop
Track the numbers that really matter so you understand how your business is performing and spot what needs attention.
The metrics that are actually useful
A ready-to-use structure you can duplicate
How to interpret your results with a routine
A 60-minute co-creation workshop
Room 05: Serve
Analyse the journey of someone in another country discovering your client’s brand for the first time.
An easy-to-reuse analysis framework
A template for mapping touchpoints
A clear method for analysing the client journey
A 60-minute practice workshop
Analyse your client’s website to determine how effectively it sells in your specialist market.
An easy-to-reuse analysis framework
A clear, actionable structure
A diagnostic report template you can duplicate for free
A 60-minute practice workshop
Use the content already available on a company’s website to create a useful newsletter that is consistent with its brand.
Define the newsletter’s objectives
Choose an editorial direction and create the content
Connect the newsletter to the company’s sales activity
A 60-minute co-creation workshop
Room 06: Retain
Learn when and how to collect specific, credible testimonials that will genuinely help you win future clients.
Choose the right time and channel
Make sure the content is effective
Plan how the testimonial will be used and secure permissions
A 60-minute co-creation workshop
Build a clear, effective action plan for generating qualified prospects at a trade show.
What to do before, during and after the event
Effective tools and techniques
The cognitive biases to leverage
A 60-minute co-creation workshop