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Brittany Sanders
Brittany Sanders  Identity Verified
Amerika Syarikat
Local time: 13:20
Bahasa Perancis hingga Bahasa Inggeris
Nov 11, 2022

Can anyone offer tips on building a portfolio as a beginner translator? Due to copyright and confidentiality reasons, I can't post the documents I've translated. Aside from Wikipedia, are there public domain works I could translate?

FYI:
-My language pair is French to English.
-My specialties include fashion, wine, and travel.
 
Samuel Murray
Samuel Murray  Identity Verified
Belanda
Local time: 19:20
Ahli (2006)
Bahasa Inggeris hingga Bahasa Afrikaan
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Press releases Nov 11, 2022

Some translators feel that since press releases are meant to be published by all and sundry, it is okay to translate press releases and offer them (anonymized) in one's portfolio WITHOUT needing to get permission from the author for copyright reasons.

[Edited at 2022-11-11 07:48 GMT]

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Tom in London
Tom in London
United Kingdom
Local time: 18:20
Ahli (2008)
Bahasa Itali hingga Bahasa Inggeris
Portfolio Nov 11, 2022

Brittany Sanders wrote:

Can anyone offer tips on building a portfolio as a beginner translator? Due to copyright and confidentiality reasons, I can't post the documents I've translated. Aside from Wikipedia, are there public domain works I could translate?

FYI:
-My language pair is French to English.
-My specialties include fashion, wine, and travel.


You can change a few words of your existing translations (in both languages) so that the originator of the source text cannot be identified. Additionally you can choose text samples that make it impossible to identify who wrote the original. I've done that with quite a few of the translation samples in my portfolio.
 
Lingua 5B
Lingua 5B  Identity Verified
Bosnia dan Herzegovina
Local time: 19:20
Ahli (2009)
Bahasa Inggeris hingga Bahasa Croatia
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Contact web site owners Nov 11, 2022

And explain what you need. Then you may translate a passage they select and approve for you.
 
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida  Identity Verified
Portugal
Local time: 18:20
Ahli (2007)
Bahasa Inggeris hingga Bahasa Portugis
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@Brittany Nov 11, 2022

I’ve just stumbled on a Guide to Finding Public Domain Works Online. Hope this is helpful…

https://publicdomainreview.org/guide-to-finding-interesting-public-domain-works-online/
 
Brittany Sanders
Brittany Sanders  Identity Verified
Amerika Syarikat
Local time: 13:20
Bahasa Perancis hingga Bahasa Inggeris
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@Maria Nov 11, 2022

Thank you for this resource!
 


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