How to gain experience Thread poster: mwalt
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mwalt
France
Local time: 11:22
English to French
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Hello everyone!
I am looking to gain experience as a professional translator EN-FR.
So far, I have translated one 50 pages long document and got some rather good reviews from my client.
I am a language teacher by trade and I want to become a translator as "side project" as I love languages.
Where may I find ways to broaden my work experience? I keep hearing I "need experience to gain experience" which I find a tad frustrating.
Thanks in a... See more Hello everyone!
I am looking to gain experience as a professional translator EN-FR.
So far, I have translated one 50 pages long document and got some rather good reviews from my client.
I am a language teacher by trade and I want to become a translator as "side project" as I love languages.
Where may I find ways to broaden my work experience? I keep hearing I "need experience to gain experience" which I find a tad frustrating.
Thanks in advance
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Mr. Satan (X)
English to Indonesian
| Volunteering | Sep 24, 2022 |
Localizing Wikipedia articles
Localizing open source software
Volunteer opportunities from reputable NGOs
Just make sure you are being credited for your works.
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Stepan Konev 
Russian Federation
Local time: 12:22
English to Russian
| Try volunteering | Sep 24, 2022 |
I work for TwB from time to time. It is for charity but you can accumulate some donation words and then display it as a banner image in your bio or CV.
*Btw, @ProZ... See more I work for TwB from time to time. It is for charity but you can accumulate some donation words and then display it as a banner image in your bio or CV.
*Btw, @ProZ support, I tried to change the TwB banner in my bio today, but all the information was just removed from my bio instead. A message appeared stating that I can't post images now because I am not a paid member, and then all my details had gone. Incredible. Can I restore the data somehow?
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Omer Dasbilek
Türkiye
Local time: 12:22
Member (2013)
English to Turkish
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| Sorry it's irrelevant with the topic but I just wonder | Sep 26, 2022 |
Stepan Konev wrote: I work for TwB from time to time. It is for charity but you can accumulate some donation words and then display it as a banner image in your bio or CV. *Btw, @ProZ support, I tried to change the TwB banner in my bio today, but all the information was just removed from my bio instead. A message appeared stating that I can't post images now because I am not a paid member, and then all my details had gone. Incredible. Can I restore the data somehow? [Edited at 2022-09-24 18:02 GMT]
Hi Stepen,
Sorry it's irrelevant with the topic, but I just wonder which program or software do you use for this screenshot or how do you do that?
I really like it.
Thanks in advance.
Omer
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expressisverbis
Portugal
Local time: 10:22
Member (2015)
English to Portuguese
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| Stepan, you need to invoice your colleagues :-D | Sep 26, 2022 |
Omer Dasbilek wrote: Hi Stepen, Sorry it's irrelevant with the topic, but I just wonder which program or software do you use for this screenshot or how do you do that?
Stepan is one of the members who is always ready to help us with very useful technical information.
He needs to start sending his invoices for every tip he gives us by helping us 
Thanks! And I hope everything will be fine (as cliché as it may sound, but I honestly wish everything will end very soon!)
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Stepan Konev
Russian Federation
Local time: 12:22
English to Russian
| FastStone Capture | Sep 26, 2022 |
Omer Dasbilek wrote:
I just wonder which program or software do you use for this screenshot I use FastStone Capture 9.7. It is only $20 (lifetime) but very handy for such things.
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Stepan Konev
Russian Federation
Local time: 12:22
English to Russian
| Thank you :D | Sep 26, 2022 |
expressisverbis wrote:
I honestly wish everything will end very soon! Me either. There seems to be no end in sight to this daily madness, but I still naively keep hoping I will see it one day...
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Omer Dasbilek
Türkiye
Local time: 12:22
Member (2013)
English to Turkish
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| Thank you so much! | Sep 26, 2022 |
Stepan Konev wrote: Omer Dasbilek wrote:
I just wonder which program or software do you use for this screenshot I use FastStone Capture. It is only $20 but very handy for such things.
That's great. It'll be really helpful also for me.
I'll think about it.
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mk_lab
Ukraine
Local time: 12:22
Member (2004)
English to Russian
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Omer Dasbilek wrote: which program or software do you use for this screenshot or how do you do that? I really like it
It's very easy to do the screenshot using just internal free tools available in all operation systems without any additional SW. For example, with Windows:
8 ways to take a screenshot on Windows 10 and Windows 11
https://www.businessinsider.com/guides/tech/how-to-screenshot-on-windows
I usually prefer to use Win+Shift+S key combination
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