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Aug 11, 2017

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Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida  Identity Verified
Португалија
Local time: 20:44
Член (2007)
англиски на португалски
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No Aug 11, 2017

It was the other way around: my other career(s) were a gateway to translation some 30 years ago...
 
neilmac
neilmac
Шпанија
Local time: 21:44
шпански на англиски
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No Aug 11, 2017

Nah. In fact, I wish I'd got into full time translation a lot sooner than I did.
 
Angus Stewart
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Обединето Кралство
Local time: 20:44
француски на англиски
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No Aug 11, 2017

Like Muriel, it was the other way round for me. My legal career provided a gateway for me into my specialism in translation.
 
Ricki Farn
Ricki Farn
Германија
Local time: 21:44
англиски на германски
No Aug 11, 2017

unless you count transitioning to "little old lady sitting in park café with big chunk of German cream cake", which is my future career plan!
 
Toni Faisal
Toni Faisal  Identity Verified
Индонезија
Local time: 02:44
англиски на индонезиски
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Yes Aug 11, 2017

I became a Search Engine Evaluator based on translator profile on proz.com and translatorscafe.com. They posted the job, I signed and accepted. But now I only focus on translating.
 
Richard Jenkins
Richard Jenkins  Identity Verified
Бразил
Local time: 16:44
Член (2006)
португалски на англиски
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No Aug 11, 2017

Just echoing the collective "no" above me.
 
Florian AUDRAIN
Florian AUDRAIN
Франција
Local time: 21:44
Член (2014)
англиски на француски
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No Aug 12, 2017

Same here. It was more a "getaway from" than a "gateway to".
 
Mario Freitas
Mario Freitas  Identity Verified
Бразил
Local time: 16:44
англиски на португалски
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No, quote the opposite Aug 12, 2017

Several areas and experiences were gateways to my career as a translator. As soon as I decided to become a full-time translator, I also found out all other experiences were a lot worse than the current one. Using a translator's experience as a gateway to another career, or a freelance job as a gateway to a regular in-house job, is a big mistake, an "involution".

[Edited at 2017-08-12 13:47 GMT]
 


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