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Rachel Waddington wrote:
I have had a fairly consistent flow of work throughout most of my translation career. It's been up and down this year for reasons relating both to me (I took a lot of time out to study recently) and to the market in general (I think a lot of translators have been experiencing inconsistent work flow this year).
This year is very inconsistent, unlike the past years.
[Edited at 2023-10-05 15:29 GMT]
| | | | Tony Keily
Local time: 10:53
Italian to English
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| I think it depends... | Oct 6, 2023 |
...on where you live, who you (get to) know and your areas of specialisation.
Let me say first of all that I hope your situation works out and that you can look after your girl okay. I can't think of a more important reason for needing work!
I lived for a decade in Barcelona and all of my work came through contacts, directly or indirectly. I worked mainly in the public affairs and cultural area and from Catalan. I did zero agency work. Now I live in the Italian Alps a... See more ...on where you live, who you (get to) know and your areas of specialisation.
Let me say first of all that I hope your situation works out and that you can look after your girl okay. I can't think of a more important reason for needing work!
I lived for a decade in Barcelona and all of my work came through contacts, directly or indirectly. I worked mainly in the public affairs and cultural area and from Catalan. I did zero agency work. Now I live in the Italian Alps and all of my work comes through agencies.
Looking at the list of areas you specialise in (on your profile page), I'd be a little afraid you might be affected by advances in MT/AI.
[Edited at 2023-10-06 10:34 GMT] ▲ Collapse
| | | | S_G_C
Romania
Local time: 11:53
English to Romanian
TOPIC STARTER | Totally unskilled | Oct 6, 2023 |
Baran Keki wrote:
Okay, I have given this some thought.
I read your reply very carefully. However, I have no talent whatsoever for anything that you suggested.
Moreover, others have done it already. Guess they had the talent for it.
Me... I just gave those tips away for free.
| | | | S_G_C
Romania
Local time: 11:53
English to Romanian
TOPIC STARTER
Tony Keily wrote:
Let me say first of all that I hope your situation works out and that you can look after your girl okay. I can't think of a more important reason for needing work!
Looking at the list of areas you specialise in (on your profile page), I'd be a little afraid you might be affected by advances in MT/AI.
[Edited at 2023-10-06 10:34 GMT]
She is NOT OK. She hasn't been OK since the beginning of September 2022. Which is why me working in-house or having a regular job from 9 to 5 is problematic. No employer would have kept me with the number of days I would have had to miss because of what we have been through until now.
I am not affected yet, will see what happens in the future. The latest NDA I signed (which didn't bring me any work, unfortunately, but I found this out after I signed it) forbids me from using MT/AI.
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Baran Keki 
Türkiye
Local time: 11:53
Member
English to Turkish
| That's where you're wrong | Oct 7, 2023 |
S_G_C wrote:
I read your reply very carefully. However, I have no talent whatsoever for anything that you suggested.
Moreover, others have done it already. Guess they had the talent for it.
Me... I just gave those tips away for free.
You've got a lot to learn from the likes of David Brent and Tess Whitty... 'Knowledge is power', don't you know that? It's a crying shame (and actually a crime) to give useful tips for free! People are ready and willing to pay top dollar for such info in the name of CPD! (aren't you familiar with the term "shut up and take my money"?)
It doesn't take 'talent' to pull that stuff, it just requires some initiative on your part. Start small by posting bland and commonsensical posts every Monday on this forum and call it 'Monday discussions'. Yes, you'll get the usual prigs and killjoys who'll complain and remind you of the site rules etc., but don't let this discourage you! There're also good people here who live by the motto "live and let live", so you're among friends there. The main thing is keep going in the face of such opposition and challenges and never give in! Talent or no talent, you'll get there. You can't put a good man (or woman) down. Remember, Beethoven had his critics too, see if anyone can name three of them!
| | | | S_G_C
Romania
Local time: 11:53
English to Romanian
TOPIC STARTER
Baran Keki wrote:
You've got a lot to learn from the likes of David Brent and Tess Whitty...
It doesn't take 'talent' to pull that stuff, it just requires some initiative on your part.
I don't intend to organize any online classes or create and share any video material that would require me to show my face.
| | | | Baran Keki
Türkiye
Local time: 11:53
Member
English to Turkish
S_G_C wrote:
...that would require me to show my face.
One of the things (actually the only thing) I enjoyed at the height of Covid was the anonymity offered by the face masks. Granted they were uncomfortable to wear, but at least you could walk down the park without having the fear of stepping into the frame of another person's personal photography/movie project and getting your image uploaded to someone else's Facebook or Youtube channel. Because the ****s must film every mundane moment of their awesome lives with their iphone 14s (which btw cost twice as much here than it does in Europe with the addition of countless taxes) and you must be an extra, a background character featuring alongside their kids, street cats, flowers etc. I had no issues with that when my face was covered, but now that the face masks are a thing of the past, it irks me to turn my face every time somebody takes a picture (and they do it all the time, sometimes 3 or 4 of them from various directions at the same time so it's virtually impossible to avoid making an appearance in the social media feed of one of them). It seems like we just didn't know how good we got it 25 years when 'mobile phones' were just meant to be communication devices, not filming equipment.
| | | | | What DO you want to do? | Oct 9, 2023 |
S_G_C wrote:
I don't intend to organize any online classes or create and share any video material that would require me to show my face.
Why not?
I sympathise deeply with your situation, but you don't seem willing to take anyone's suggestions on board.
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expressisverbis
Portugal
Local time: 09:53
Member (2015)
English to Portuguese
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| I think this is not new, but... | Oct 9, 2023 |
I vaguely remember that a colleague based in France offered you a job here, but if I'm not mistaken, you turned it down or that colleague couldn't help because of VAT.
The question is: Can work through fellow translators be a choice for you? Do they need to be based in Romania to avoid those VAT issues, whatever these are?
On the other hand, in one of your many threads some members have already offered you some solutions, tips and good advice, but it seems that nothing is suitable.... See more I vaguely remember that a colleague based in France offered you a job here, but if I'm not mistaken, you turned it down or that colleague couldn't help because of VAT.
The question is: Can work through fellow translators be a choice for you? Do they need to be based in Romania to avoid those VAT issues, whatever these are?
On the other hand, in one of your many threads some members have already offered you some solutions, tips and good advice, but it seems that nothing is suitable.
Also, I remember suggesting you before to look into technical writing, which is one of the areas that has been in high demand for some years now.
How about transcription? You can always work from home and provide assistance and care to your daughter.
Life is not easy for anyone, and I sympathise with your situation.
My best advice for you: don't trust words, trust actions.
[Edited at 2023-10-09 15:45 GMT] ▲ Collapse
| | | | Lingua 5B
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Local time: 10:53
Member (2009)
English to Croatian
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S_G_C wrote: Baran Keki wrote:
You've got a lot to learn from the likes of David Brent and Tess Whitty...
It doesn't take 'talent' to pull that stuff, it just requires some initiative on your part. I don't intend to organize any online classes or create and share any video material that would require me to show my face.
You seem to be very picky for someone in a terrible and desperate life situation, TBH. You also start the same kind of threads over and over again, at regular intervals, just parroting things and screaming for help that you then regularly turn down. It really appears like some kind of absurdity show.
OK, I can understand that someone may have camera anxiety, but you also turned down all other suggestions posted here and on your other threads.
FIY, having together "consistency of work" and "flexibility of schedule" is going against the basic laws of physics.
This is just a well-intended post as you seem to be spinning in circles. I am not even sure how one person is allowed to open the same kind of thread 200 times.
[Edited at 2023-10-09 16:00 GMT]
| | | | S_G_C
Romania
Local time: 11:53
English to Romanian
TOPIC STARTER
It's difficult for me to reply in real time...
[Edited at 2023-10-09 17:25 GMT]
| | | | S_G_C
Romania
Local time: 11:53
English to Romanian
TOPIC STARTER
Fiona Grace Peterson wrote:
...but you don't seem willing to take anyone's suggestions on board.
I already did, just didn't openly write about it.
The fact that it seems I am not considering or applying people's suggestions doesn't mean I truly do nothing.
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S_G_C
Romania
Local time: 11:53
English to Romanian
TOPIC STARTER
expressisverbis wrote:
I vaguely remember that a colleague based in France offered you a job here, but if I'm not mistaken, you turned it down or that colleague couldn't help because of VAT.
On the other hand, in one of your many threads some members have already offered you some solutions, tips and good advice, but it seems that nothing is suitable.
[Edited at 2023-10-09 15:45 GMT]
I didn't turn anything down, but it's true that I do not hold an international tax code. I've explained why elsewhere.
The fact that it seems I am not considering or applying people's suggestions doesn't mean I truly do nothing. I just didn't publicly detail what I tried/did so far.
| | | | IrinaN
United States
Local time: 03:53
English to Russian
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| How rude and how judgemental | Oct 10, 2023 |
Can you imagine any other reasons to stay out of people's view other than "camera shy" or "anxiety?" I can, and due to some personal exchange I know that being shy is not the reason.
She has every objective reason to decline many options and is continuously seeking only one - working off-screen, from home, doing written translation. In this industry this is the only suitable option she has before leaving it altogether and finding something else she can do from home, and that's what... See more Can you imagine any other reasons to stay out of people's view other than "camera shy" or "anxiety?" I can, and due to some personal exchange I know that being shy is not the reason.
She has every objective reason to decline many options and is continuously seeking only one - working off-screen, from home, doing written translation. In this industry this is the only suitable option she has before leaving it altogether and finding something else she can do from home, and that's what she is trying to explore exhaustively.
Unfortunately, I can't be of any help for someone in Romania working in her pair.
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| | | | S_G_C
Romania
Local time: 11:53
English to Romanian
TOPIC STARTER | What happened | Oct 10, 2023 |
IrinaN wrote:
Can you imagine any other reasons to stay out of people's view other than "camera shy" or "anxiety?" I can, and due to some personal exchange I know that being shy is not the reason.
She has every objective reason to decline many options and is continuously seeking only one - working off-screen, from home, doing written translation. In this industry this is the only suitable option she has before leaving it altogether and finding something else she can do from home, and that's what she is trying to explore exhaustively.
Unfortunately, I can't be of any help for someone in Romania working in her pair.
If you don't like her posts, just skip it.
I've been cyber-bullied several times and had my bank details exposed without my consent. I've asked the Police for help but it was out of their jurisdiction. I also informed my bank right away and warned them to keep an eye on any suspicious transaction. Yesterday I blocked a "fellow Romanian translator" who had been harassing me.
People truly misuse and abuse the highly appraised freedom of speech nowadays.
[Edited at 2023-10-11 05:17 GMT]
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