Poll: I have been working as a language professional for Thread poster: ProZ.com Staff
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| Well over 25 years | Sep 24, 2022 |
I have been translating for 46 years (37 years full-time + 9 years part-time)…
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Thayenga 
Germany
Local time: 01:01
Member (2009)
English to German
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By now it's been more 43+ years of which I was employed for nearly 20 years before I became a freelancer. It is true, time sure flies when you're having fun.
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Kay Denney
France
Local time: 01:01
French to English
I've been a language professional all my working life except for my first ever job as a Saturday girl at the bakery down town.
I started out teaching English as a foreign language, then moved into creating content for computer-assisted language learning, then finally started translating just before giving birth to my daughter, who will be 27 in a couple of months.
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Macid K.
United States
Local time: 19:01
English to Turkish
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We see that the sector is dying out.
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and counting. I had a stroke three months ago, which has benched me for a while, but I am improving every day and I have told my clients that I expect to be accepting assignments in October or November. Retirement is not an option!
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Girara Mnada
Tanzania
Local time: 02:01
Member (2022)
English to Swahili
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SITE LOCALIZER | 4 approaching 5 now | Sep 25, 2022 |
I have been working as a Language professional for more than four years. I am enjoying working as a Linguist, and I don't see my self quitting for any other thing.
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neilmac
Spain
Local time: 01:01
Spanish to English
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I started as an EFL trainer not long after finishing my degree in modern languages in the 80s. After a couple of years teaching in Spain, I took the the RSA dip TEFLA course at Moray House in Edinburgh, then returned to Spain and worked in teaching again, mostly adults, for a few years before eventually getting into translation and proofreading/post-editing full-time, which I've been doing for the last twenty years or so.
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Muriel Vasconcellos wrote:
I had a stroke three months ago, which has benched me for a while, but I am improving every day and I have told my clients that I expect to be accepting assignments in October or November. Retirement is not an option!
I wish you all the best. Get well and speedy recovery!
Teresa
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20 years professionally + at least 6/7 as a part time job during my studies.
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I have been working in translation field for over 13 years. I worked at construction companies as a translator and interpreter, and later translation companies doing translation, proofreading and post-editing. After I delivered my baby, I began working as a freelancer. I enjoy translation and I deliver high-quality works. Time flies when I am working on translation.
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Susanna Martoni
Italy
Local time: 01:01
Member (2009)
Spanish to Italian
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| Many many years | Sep 26, 2022 |
Thirty years.
Thanks for asking, I tend to forget it.
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45 years already ... time really flies
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