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Poll: Is translation your only job or do you have a second job to increase your income? Autor wątku: ProZ.com Staff
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This forum topic is for the discussion of the poll question "Is translation your only job or do you have a second job to increase your income?".
This poll was originally submitted by Isabel Estevez. View the poll results »
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Diana Coada (X) 
Wielka Brytania
Local time: 22:06
portugalski > angielski
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| In my case it's | Jun 26, 2013 |
Interpreting (80%) and translating (20%). But there are no side jobs and thankfully all is going well.
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has been my only job for the last 30 years. I had plenty of other jobs before that (ranging from hotel management to PR and account executive) and in between raised 3 children as a single parent.
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Allison Wright (X)
Portugalia
Local time: 22:06
Translation is my only job - and the only job I ever really wanted.
Some English editing, and some translation-related editing and proofreading, but mostly, I translate.
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| Well, mainly English editing and proofreading, | Jun 26, 2013 |
which I have been doing for decades. I started translating Dutch to English about 8 years ago, after living in the Netherlands for 15 years. But yes, freelance editing/proofreading/translating: my only "job" (I like doing it, so it's fun--generally; kind of like word games).
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| Translation and that's mostly it | Jun 26, 2013 |
My sole-proprietorship has two registered objects: translation services and teaching (IIRC only of adults). However, I don't teach language per se, and my translation services are limited to translation usually. Only very little revision, almost no monolingual proofing whatsoever. I occasionally teach Polish law in English or legal translation, which also goes through my sole-prop. I could also practice the law as a completely independent freelancer, but I last did in 2009, which was only resear... See more My sole-proprietorship has two registered objects: translation services and teaching (IIRC only of adults). However, I don't teach language per se, and my translation services are limited to translation usually. Only very little revision, almost no monolingual proofing whatsoever. I occasionally teach Polish law in English or legal translation, which also goes through my sole-prop. I could also practice the law as a completely independent freelancer, but I last did in 2009, which was only research anyway. ▲ Collapse
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Jack Doughty
Wielka Brytania
Local time: 22:06
rosyjski > angielski
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In Memoriam | Translation + pension | Jun 26, 2013 |
From 1965 to 1990, I had a full-time job but freelanced too. Since 1990 I have been freelancing full time, but the fact that I have a pension from my job means that I am not totally reliant on translating and so am in a better position to turn down what I don't want.
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Thayenga
Niemcy
Local time: 23:06
Członek ProZ.com
od 2009
angielski > niemiecki
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| Not a job per se | Jun 26, 2013 |
Aside from translating (proof-reading, editing, creative writing) I have another income, though not a "salary". For several decades I've been receiving a compensatory pension, so that the "work" for this type of income was done decades ago. A one-time job, so to speak.
[Edited at 2013-06-26 11:25 GMT]
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neilmac
Hiszpania
Local time: 23:06
hiszpański > angielski
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| Only... at least for now | Jun 26, 2013 |
Translation is currently my only working activity, although there was a transition period of a few years when I used to combine translation with TEFL.
Funnily enough, Just the other day I met a former colleague who is still teaching, who was quite surprised that I was able to make a living from translation without supplementing my income some other way. Commenting that she was fed up with TEFL and that she hadn't been paid since December for the courses she does, she lamented the f... See more Translation is currently my only working activity, although there was a transition period of a few years when I used to combine translation with TEFL.
Funnily enough, Just the other day I met a former colleague who is still teaching, who was quite surprised that I was able to make a living from translation without supplementing my income some other way. Commenting that she was fed up with TEFL and that she hadn't been paid since December for the courses she does, she lamented the fact that she finds translation work boring, otherwise she might have a crack at it herself. In contrast, I enjoy my translation work most of the time, although if push came to shove I also have other options to fall back on. It's not really an issue at the moment. ▲ Collapse
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Mario Chavez (X)
Local time: 17:06
angielski > hiszpański
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| My other job is unpaid... | Jun 26, 2013 |
I read books all week for pleasure. Oops, did I say job?
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| The only one. | Jun 26, 2013 |
What a good question. Translation is my only job now, though I think that I should have another. By the way, it is interesting to see the replies
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Well, I translate every day, it might happen that sometimes I do some teaching (regularly paid), but this might happen every other year and just for 3/4 weeks... so I can say that translation is my only job.
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Yuri Radcev
Local time: 00:06
angielski > rosyjski
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| wearing two hats/sitting on two chairs | Jun 26, 2013 |
back in Israel, I used to be a physician. and to do some translation as well.
these days - in Russia - most of my income comes from translation.
who knows, when the tables will turn once more?
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Angelique Blommaert
Holandia
Local time: 23:06
Członek ProZ.com
od 2012
niemiecki > niderlandzki
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I cannot do the work I did because of my illness and I receive half of my old salary for compensation. Translating gives me 4 times from what I earned in the military, with way less effort. I guess a good combination.
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Rebecca Garber
Local time: 17:06
Członek ProZ.com
od 2005
niemiecki > angielski
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| Translation is the only paying gig. | Jun 26, 2013 |
I also do the book keeping for my husband's business.
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