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Dec 4, 2013

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Michael Harris
Michael Harris  Identity Verified
Германија
Local time: 14:07
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Currently? Dec 4, 2013

Um, yes...

I do have a couple of other "professions", but these flow into my translation tasks.


 
neilmac
neilmac
Шпанија
Local time: 14:07
шпански на англиски
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Other Dec 4, 2013

Er.... more or less the same as Michael. I suppose it depends on how you define a "profession".

 
Nigel Greenwood (X)
Nigel Greenwood (X)  Identity Verified
Шпанија
Local time: 14:07
шпански на англиски
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I said yes, but... Dec 4, 2013

Thinking again, my profession as translator is diversified; I am an Interpreter and a Translator. I firmly think that Interpreting is a different profession to that of Translating.

Does anyone agree?

Nigel.

[Edited at 2013-12-04 08:30 GMT]


 
Heather McCrae
Heather McCrae  Identity Verified
Германија
Local time: 14:07
германски на англиски
absolutely Dec 4, 2013

Nigel Greenwood wrote:

Thinking again, my profession as translator is diversified; I am an Interpreter and a Translator. I firmly think that Interpreting is a different profession to that of Translating.

Does anyone agree?

Nigel.

[Edited at 2013-12-04 08:30 GMT]


Interpreting is very different to translation and I can't do it. I think interpreting is far more difficult than translation and I always get annoyed when people confuse the two

I love translating as I can do it at my own pace, and I don't have time or energy to do any other kind of job. I would hate to have to go back into a "normal" job, so if I could not do translation anymore I would probably go cleaning or something outside of an office job.

But as long as my brain can function, I will remain a happy translator



 
Yes and no Dec 4, 2013

Translation has been my main source of income since I left the world of professional wrestling, but I also work from time to time as a professional mountain bike guide, hedgelayer and breakdancer

And then of course there's my secret work for the government but I'm not allowed to talk about that


 
John Cutler
John Cutler  Identity Verified
Шпанија
Local time: 14:07
шпански на англиски
+ ...
No Dec 4, 2013

I also give a couple of private English classes a week. Although I'd only consider returning to teaching English fulltime if under some type of severe torture, I enjoy dealing with these two students and get a bit of a break from sitting in front of the computer all day.

 
Diana Coada (X)
Diana Coada (X)  Identity Verified
Обединето Кралство
Local time: 13:07
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Hear, hear! Dec 4, 2013

Nigel Greenwood wrote:

Thinking again, my profession as translator is diversified; I am an Interpreter and a Translator. I firmly think that Interpreting is a different profession to that of Translating.

Does anyone agree?

Nigel.



I am first and foremost an interpreter, and I hope to do less and less translation as the years go by. So I do have two professions, after all


 
Kay Denney
Kay Denney  Identity Verified
Франција
Local time: 14:07
француски на англиски
Yep Dec 4, 2013

It's my only source of income.

I do other work but as a volunteer so it wouldn't really count as a profession I suppose.


 
MonikaK87
MonikaK87  Identity Verified
Шпанија
Local time: 14:07
англиски на шпански
+ ...
Not now Dec 4, 2013

I have just finished my master´s degree in translation so I still do not work as a professional translator, but I have been working as a volunteer translator for some companies. Currently I am working as an English teacher.

 
Suzan Hamer
Suzan Hamer  Identity Verified
Холандија
Local time: 14:07
англиски
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I am first and foremost an editor and proofreader. Dec 4, 2013

My proficiency in English, coupled with my knowledge and understanding of Dutch and my writing skills, lends itself well to translation, which I do just as well as I edit and proofread.

[Edited at 2013-12-04 16:32 GMT]

[Edited at 2013-12-04 18:24 GMT]


 
Ian Keith Jones Williams
Ian Keith Jones Williams  Identity Verified
Шпанија
Local time: 14:07
француски на англиски
+ ...
Landlord Dec 4, 2013

I am a bit of a landlord as well, but I suppose that's not really a profession ...

 
Eileen Ferguson
Eileen Ferguson  Identity Verified
Соединети Американски Држави
Local time: 08:07
германски на англиски
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Almost Dec 4, 2013

As my chosen profession translation is my bread and butter, but I do write the occasional article for a daily newspaper in my former homeland.

 
Cristiana Sima
Cristiana Sima  Identity Verified
Романија
Local time: 15:07
англиски на романски
+ ...
no Dec 4, 2013

From time to time I also provide services as attorney-at-law, as this was my main profession after I graduated Law school in 2004.
The translation activity prevails now due to personal reasons.

@ Chris S - u rule!


 
Enrico Zoffoli
Enrico Zoffoli  Identity Verified
Италија
Local time: 14:07
Член
германски на италијански
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Yes, absolutely Dec 4, 2013

I've been working 11 hours a day including weekends for the last 3 months, so the idea of doing something else in addition to translating doesn't cross my mind.

 
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