Poll: Do you plan on staying in translation for the rest of your career? 스레드 게시자: ProZ.com Staff
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This forum topic is for the discussion of the poll question "Do you plan on staying in translation for the rest of your career?".
This poll was originally submitted by Sam Berner
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This poll was originally submitted by Sam Berner
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| | | | | What about "probably"? | Sep 12, 2005 |
Although I'm inclined to choose "absolutely" I have learned to "never say never".
I think the answers "No, I do it for lack of anything else" and "Only until something better comes up" sound much too negative (and somewhat synonymous), but you never know what life may bring.
I have a degree as a physicist and have been working for several years at a German science museum (both with exhibitions and as the ... See more
| | | | | Absolutely :-) | Sep 12, 2005 |
I agree with Antje. Some kind of intemediate answer along the lines of "probably" or "yes, but I might change if circumstances change" might be have been a useful addition...
| | | | | Fully agree with Andje and Charlie | Sep 12, 2005 |
Like Andje I haven´t had a straightforward career and I love translating. So, although I still work as a chemist I decided to become a freelancer translator. From chemistry I earn the money to pay my accounts and from translation I get pleasure.
I am trying to improve my performance as a translator because I intend to do it for a long time. But like Andje and Charlie I cannot say that I am going to be a translator for the rest of my life. So, my answer to the poll would be "probably", too.
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| There was a reason for my glummy self :-) | Sep 25, 2005 |
Antje Harder wrote:
I think the answers "No, I do it for lack of anything else" and "Only until something better comes up" sound much too negative (and somewhat synonymous), but you never know what life may bring.
Antje
When I thought of the poll, I had just come back from offering a small-business planning seminar for my local bunch of T&I and was shocked to the core by the number of persons who in some form of other verbalised those "No" and "Only until" answers. I went back home and, being the "Absolutely" type, wanted to touch base with the wider community to see if I was a rare freak.
Oh, yes, I too did many other things while translating: worked as an ESL teacher, as an editor for a publishing house, as a UNICEF staff... but the translation bit was so strong that when I had no offers I would pull a book off my shelves and sit down and translate for fun. So maybe I am a freak
Thanks for the feedback, both of you.
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