Sports Translator and YouTuber Adrian Probst of Freelanceverse

Adrian Probst has 10 years' experience as a translator and YouTuber, specialising in sports translation and working also on the multilingual communication at the Winter Olympics and World Cup events. His YouTube channels is his only source of inbound leads and has 38,000 subscribers.

Key Takeaways

• He translates into German as well as Swiss German: when clients request a translation into Swiss German, he checks whether they mean German for a Swiss audience or actual Swiss German.
• Specialisation: initially he specialised in technical translations but realised that those with a more specialised degree have a competitive advantage. In the meantime he specialised in sports translations, a niche that is close to him and were this imbalance is felt less.
• YouTube and Freelanceverse: born as a marketing tool for his business, it has made it known and recognisable in the industry and now at times he get recommended by people he doesn't know, but they know him from his channel.

About Adrian Probst and Freelanceverse

Adrian is a professional Translator and YouTuber in the sports industry working from English and French into (Swiss) German. He regularly works with ecommerce businesses as well as translating some of coverage for the Olympics, Winter Olympics and World Cup.

Six years ago he launched his YouTube channel Freelanceverse which has become a powerful source of inbound leads for him.

• Website: https://adrianprobst.com/
• YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/Freelanceverse/videos
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adrianprobst-freelanceverse

About Sonia Kampshoff

Sonia is an experienced, multilingual digital marketing consultant focusing on Google Ads and advertising on social media.

Languages are integral to her identity and career. She hosts this podcast, telling stories of people building a career with languages, and inspiring many more to learn languages and build a career on these valuable soft skills.

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/workingwithlanguages
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/soniakampshoff/
• Website: https://moreperfect.digital/

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