Poll: Is your main /only job as a language professional? Autor de la hebra: ProZ.com Staff
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Translation has been my only job since 1986, before that I did it part-time for a while…
| | | | Lieven Malaise
Bélgica
Local time: 01:28
Miembro 2020
francés al neerlandés
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| Only a translator. | Jul 15, 2022 |
Inhouse translator since the year 2000, full-time freelance translator since the year 2005.
| | | | Jorge Payan 
Colombia
Local time: 18:28
Miembro 2002
alemán al español
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| Coming from other field | Jul 15, 2022 |
I worked 25 years as an engineer before becoming a full-time translator in 2003.
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Thayenga
Alemania
Local time: 01:28
Miembro 2009
inglés al alemán
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Translation is my main job. The other two jobs on the side are teaching languages and creative writing.
| | | | Yaotl Altan
México
Local time: 17:28
Miembro 2006
inglés al español
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| Only as a translator. | Jul 15, 2022 |
I've worked only as a translator since 1998: 25 years
| | | | | Not Right Now | Jul 15, 2022 |
Although I hope that before too long there will again be a steady flow of requests from authors for bids to translate books that are of interest to me. I am, though, currently working as a freelance researcher for a professional here in the US who will be writing a book, based on my findings. He is allowing me to do the work at a very relaxed pace, a far cry from the feeling of urgency I experience when doing even a large book translation, when the client often gives me a fair amount of leeway ... See more Although I hope that before too long there will again be a steady flow of requests from authors for bids to translate books that are of interest to me. I am, though, currently working as a freelance researcher for a professional here in the US who will be writing a book, based on my findings. He is allowing me to do the work at a very relaxed pace, a far cry from the feeling of urgency I experience when doing even a large book translation, when the client often gives me a fair amount of leeway when it comes to submitting my English-language version of her/his work or works. But translation work, esp. literary translation, has by far taken up the majority of my working life years. But no matter what, my main focus and interest will always lie in the latter. Like a wise person once told me, "Translation runs in your blood."
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