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| | | | Mario Chavez (X) 
Local time: 18:50
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| I make my own luck! | Dec 27, 2015 |
Or so some people like to say, right?
I suppose the answer to this, um, offbeat question depends on your belief system and your worldview. If you believe fate was key in you becoming a translator, then, contrary to what The Oracle told Neo (The Matrix movie), you believe someone or something else is controling your life.
Destiny goes the same route. A bit too deterministic for my taste.
Luck seems the craziest answer, but it may be the soundest one b... See more Or so some people like to say, right?
I suppose the answer to this, um, offbeat question depends on your belief system and your worldview. If you believe fate was key in you becoming a translator, then, contrary to what The Oracle told Neo (The Matrix movie), you believe someone or something else is controling your life.
Destiny goes the same route. A bit too deterministic for my taste.
Luck seems the craziest answer, but it may be the soundest one by comparison.
Note: I can't believe I'm the first to comment on a poll.
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| | | | | I never thought about it... | Dec 27, 2015 |
... but maybe at the very beginning by happening to be at the right place at the right time.
| | | | | Yes, definitely | Dec 27, 2015 |
Like Teresa, I was in the right place at the right time more than once. I was lucky to pass a test for my first job and lucky to get hired (twice) by the organization where I worked the longest. I was lucky to get picked to translate at numerous overseas conferences. My best client found me through my website on the Internet. I've been very lucky indeed. I couldn't have asked for more.
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ferreirac
Brasil
Local time: 19:50
Miembro 2013
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| The more I pray | Dec 27, 2015 |
to God, the Father, in the name of Jesus Christ, the luckier I am.
| | | | Michael Harris
Alemania
Local time: 00:50
Miembro 2006
alemán al inglés
ferreirac wrote:
to God, the Father, in the name of Jesus Christ, the luckier I am.
Sorry, but everyone for themselves, but to say that is putting your own responsibility in someone elses hands and in my opinion pretty irresponsible?
Well, at least someone to blame if it goes wrong!
I have said no because if you are in the righ tplace at the right time but do not have the knowledge rquired then everything else is useless.
I fo rmyself have always worked to be where i am now, and prying to win the lottery will obviously not work either...
| | | | Mario Chavez (X)
Local time: 18:50
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| In other words… | Dec 27, 2015 |
ferreirac wrote:
to God, the Father, in the name of Jesus Christ, the luckier I am.
You think a higher power/entity other than you is responsible for your life. Yet you are the one doing the work.
| | | | | Interesting question | Dec 27, 2015 |
First we have to define luck/fate/destiny. That may take some time, and this probably isn't the right place.
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I do feel lucky, and maybe luck partly has to do with a spiritual world.
| | | | Ilan Rubin (X)
Federación Rusa
Local time: 01:50
ruso al inglés
ferreirac wrote:
to God, the Father, in the name of Jesus Christ, the luckier I am.
What's the R squared correlation on that?
| | | | Ilan Rubin (X)
Federación Rusa
Local time: 01:50
ruso al inglés
| Of course it's luck... | Dec 27, 2015 |
...I might have been born a cat. Then all I would be able to say would be 'miaow' - in cat language...
| | | | Michele Fauble
Estados Unidos
Local time: 15:50
Miembro 2006
noruego al inglés
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| Luck is all about recognising and seizing opportunities | Dec 27, 2015 |
Friends sometimes say I'm lucky to have left the UK and ended up in sunny Fuerteventura. But it was all about grasping opportunities. My huband and I literally decided overnight to expatriate to the Netherlands. Many others agonised over the potential problems and missed out, ending up unemployed in the UK. As we left two months later with our cat, in the days of quarantine, we had no intention of returning there to live.
Neither do I believe I was destined to be a translator. I co... See more Friends sometimes say I'm lucky to have left the UK and ended up in sunny Fuerteventura. But it was all about grasping opportunities. My huband and I literally decided overnight to expatriate to the Netherlands. Many others agonised over the potential problems and missed out, ending up unemployed in the UK. As we left two months later with our cat, in the days of quarantine, we had no intention of returning there to live.
Neither do I believe I was destined to be a translator. I could have stayed in the UK as a systems analyst if I'd wanted. I certainly wouldn't have been a translator there as my French was tourist level only. And now I am one, each good job I land is far from being due to luck or destiny. More like hard work. ▲ Collapse
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I don't believe in any destiny. I made a decision, I became a translator. It's as simple as that.
| | | | Mario Chavez (X)
Local time: 18:50
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| Let's get philosophical | Dec 28, 2015 |
As far as the historical record attests, we owe it to the ancient Greeks, Romans and Chinese for the foundations of modern thought. Luck may be a silly thing in some contexts, but it has a place in a philosophical discussion.
I don't mean a dense and abstruse conversation, of course, but a good, sensible one.
I don't consider luck to be part of my decisions. However, our minds are only capable of observing and assessing a finite number of variables at any given time. S... See more As far as the historical record attests, we owe it to the ancient Greeks, Romans and Chinese for the foundations of modern thought. Luck may be a silly thing in some contexts, but it has a place in a philosophical discussion.
I don't mean a dense and abstruse conversation, of course, but a good, sensible one.
I don't consider luck to be part of my decisions. However, our minds are only capable of observing and assessing a finite number of variables at any given time. So we can say it was luck that brought us together to our current spouse, our current job, house, country, set of circumstances, etc.
I can only guess at the polster's motives for posting this question, which is not exactly thought provoking or insightful. It's tendentious in the sense that he or she already believes that a measure of luck, destiny or fate (or none of it) plays a part in one's choosing a career. If he or she cares, we want to hear her motives and assessment. ▲ Collapse
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