We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Carolina Sanchez-Hervas. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Carolina below.
Carolina, thanks for joining us, excited to have you contributing your stories and insights. Do you take vacations? How do you keep things going – any advice for entrepreneurs who feel like they can’t step away from their business for a short vacation?
I am trying to make it a habit to take vacations. Sometimes it’s hard to step away from the business, but it’s necessary and important to do so. It feels great to turn it off for a few days and mentally recharge.
As always, we appreciate you sharing your insights and we’ve got a few more questions for you, but before we get to all of that can you take a minute to introduce yourself and give our readers some of your back background and context?
I grew up bilingual in English and Spanish. This served as the foundation for my love of languages, even if I did not realize it until later in life. In college, I studied Italian and studied abroad in Italy, and I fell in love with that language and culture. But it didn’t stop there. In graduate school, I studied Portuguese and Russian, and I never feel like I could know enough languages. I wanted to be able to use that passion in my career, so I created my own business which allows me to use all of my languages every day.
My business is called CSH Translation. The acronym is my initials and when someone does business with CSH Translation, they do business with me. It’s my name on the door, so I want to make sure I give my customers the best experience possible. We currently translate about 20 languages and we specialize in legal translations and financial translations. Since I started the company in 2014, we’ve served thousands of individuals and companies and I’m very proud of the work we do. One of the reasons I love languages is their ability to connect with others on a deeper level, and I feel that I am able to do that every day.
Can you share a story from your journey that illustrates your resilience?
As I was nearing graduation in my Master’s program in New York, I decided I wanted to try to start a translation company. However, it was just an idea and I didn’t have any paying clients. So, when I moved to Miami after graduation, I did not have a job. I started substitute teaching at a local school so I could pay my rent while I built my company. While teaching there, I picked up some other side jobs, like tutoring. It kept me afloat most months and the flexible hours allowed me to build my business in the downtime. Some months were tough and I was worried I wouldn’t have enough to pay the bills. I doubted myself and sometimes asked myself why I was making things more difficult for myself when I knew perfectly well that I could just get a full-time job and not worry about making rent every month. But the voice inside my head always pushed me along and told me to keep going. And I’m glad I did, because I would never have this business today if I gave in to the early doubts and pressure.
Where do you think you get most of your clients from?
Word of mouth. You can spend all the time and money you want on marketing, but if you don’t have happy customers who recommend you, it won’t get you far.
Contact Info:
- Website: www.cshtranslation.com
- Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carolinasanchez1/