| Stran v tématu: < [1 2] | Poll: Have you have accomplished all your goals as a translator/interpreter? Autor vlákna: ProZ.com Staff
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Itálie
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| Totally agree with Mario Chavez | Dec 8, 2011 |
I share his same point of view.
| | | | Michael Harris
Německo
Local time: 16:47
Člen (2006)
němčina -> angličtina
Interlangue wrote:
I will be able to answer that question only after I retire... Goals change with time and are an ongoing process, aren't they?
Have not planned any yet, but can only agree with Interlangue otherwise
| | | | Simon Bruni
Velká Británie
Local time: 15:47
Člen (2009)
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| Goal number one accomplished | Dec 8, 2011 |
Which was to reach a position in which I can make a decent(ish) living from freelance translating. Six years after achieving this goal I still feel extremely fortunate to be able to spend my time engaged in such a fascinating activity and avoid the rat-race of the "normal" work world.
My goal now is to keep learning, keep improving, secure increasingly interesting and well-paid work and never lose sight of how lucky I am to be sat in my warm home with my slippers on being paid to do... See more Which was to reach a position in which I can make a decent(ish) living from freelance translating. Six years after achieving this goal I still feel extremely fortunate to be able to spend my time engaged in such a fascinating activity and avoid the rat-race of the "normal" work world.
My goal now is to keep learning, keep improving, secure increasingly interesting and well-paid work and never lose sight of how lucky I am to be sat in my warm home with my slippers on being paid to do something I find enjoyable and enriching. ▲ Collapse
| | | | Henry Hinds
Spojené státy americké
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In memoriam
My goal was to become a world-class translator, work independently and make a decent living from it, and it has been accomplished. I am now well past normal retirement age, and the only goal I have left is to continue working at a comfortable pace for as long as I can.
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I work full-time as an in-house translator/proofreader.
Wishes? No. I wish to be one day a full-time freelancer, or at least to have more freelancing assignments.
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I have accomplished some goals and I will keep on trying for the rest of my life...
| | | | | Many goals and wishes... | Dec 8, 2011 |
as many of you have already stated, goals and wishes are what keeps you going and once you reach one, there is another one ahead... and so on.
I still have many goals and wishes.
Best wishes and goals to all,
Sonia
| | | | Giles Watson
Itálie
Local time: 16:47
italština -> angličtina
In memoriam | Goals and the bucket list | Dec 8, 2011 |
Goals are the financial targets I set every year to make sure that it's worth continuing in business (boring).
But I do have a mental bucket list of texts/authors that I would quite like to translate - for money - before I kick the proverbial 
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Robin Salmon (X)
Austrálie
Local time: 00:47
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| Content to have all the software working properly | Dec 9, 2011 |
Reasonably often, I get a feeling of elation when I am using Dragon Naturally Speaking, Trados Workbench and MS Word together and everything is running perfectly. I think, "Hey, I'm enjoying this!". Never mind the future goals, that's enough for me!
| | | | abufaraz
Pákistán
Local time: 19:47
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| Goals always keep on changing | Dec 9, 2011 |
The goals in life keep on changing with the passage of time. After the completion of one goal, one sets new goals and it continues.
Regards,
| | | | Silvia Schulz
Nizozemsko
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| Tons of goals | Dec 9, 2011 |
Hi there,
As I am a rather new freelance translator (started out 1,5 years ago) I still have tons of goals:
- add another working language - Japanese (ok, this will take me years to achieve, I am afraid)
- try out Dragon voice recognition software
- learn more about DTP and other software
- extend my expertise/knowledge in the technical field
- buy more specialized dictionaries
- further improve my lingustic abilities and style in my target... See more Hi there,
As I am a rather new freelance translator (started out 1,5 years ago) I still have tons of goals:
- add another working language - Japanese (ok, this will take me years to achieve, I am afraid)
- try out Dragon voice recognition software
- learn more about DTP and other software
- extend my expertise/knowledge in the technical field
- buy more specialized dictionaries
- further improve my lingustic abilities and style in my target language
- find more clients who pay well
- and last but not least: work less, earn more
and the list goes on...
I am going to start working on this list from the start of the new year.
Good luck to everyone for accomplishing your own goals! (^-^)
Silvia ▲ Collapse
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Because I understood the question as goals for 2011. It has been a good year. I have finally made my master degree, organised a comfortable work environment (separate room for home office) and managed to establish some new well-paid business relations with some more prospects in sight.
On the other hand I am just now setting new goals for 2012, including becoming sworn translator and starting PhD. There are always new goals...
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Muriel Vasconcellos
Spojené státy americké
Local time: 07:47
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My main goal is to produce perfect translations, and that will never happen.
I definitely met one goal, and that was to translate a book for which I was credited by name on the cover, and to be listed on the Library of Congress catalog card.
Early in my career, my goal was to have a job as a full-time translator, and I met that. In fact I exceeded it, because I became chief of translations.
Later, I wanted to be a free lance and live on that income, and I a... See more My main goal is to produce perfect translations, and that will never happen.
I definitely met one goal, and that was to translate a book for which I was credited by name on the cover, and to be listed on the Library of Congress catalog card.
Early in my career, my goal was to have a job as a full-time translator, and I met that. In fact I exceeded it, because I became chief of translations.
Later, I wanted to be a free lance and live on that income, and I also met that goal.
I spent half my career as an in-house translator and the other half as a free lance. In both capacities, I have worked at international conferences, which was another goal that I met.
I would still like to translate a famous author or an important work, and I would also like to translate the 14 books that my husband wrote before he died.
I need two more lifetimes! ▲ Collapse
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