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Reconversion/Alternative work after Translation
Thread poster: Odile Breuvart
Odile Breuvart
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United Kingdom
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English to French
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May 22, 2023

How does anybody feel about the amount of work received at the moment?
I notice a major decrease since January.
Consequently I am looking to complement my income or convert my skills to apply for other types of work.
How are you complementing your income if this is your case?
Or
Have you started a completely different type of work, or aspiring to something new?
 
Mr. Satan (X)
Mr. Satan (X)
English to Indonesian
Good Question May 22, 2023

I would consider plumbing.

Odile Breuvart
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Baran Keki
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Türkiye
Local time: 21:46
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English to Turkish
'Hard pivot' May 22, 2023

You can try being a sales copywriter, marketer or email list manager (I have no idea what that is), apparently they have a very lofty 'ceiling' like 100 bucks per hour.
Or alternatively you can try your hand at 'mentoring', teaching translators how to translate, I mean 'localize', like this ge... See more
You can try being a sales copywriter, marketer or email list manager (I have no idea what that is), apparently they have a very lofty 'ceiling' like 100 bucks per hour.
Or alternatively you can try your hand at 'mentoring', teaching translators how to translate, I mean 'localize', like this genius here:
https://www.proz.com/forum/language_industry_events_announcements/362165-localization_summer_school_2023_|_june_5_–_16_2023.html ▲ Collapse


Lieven Malaise
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Odile Breuvart
 
Matthias Brombach
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Germany
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Dutch to German
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Tour guide May 22, 2023

I suggest becoming a tour guide for translators to visit the main capitals of today's still flourishing translation industry:

Visit "London" and see the Tower, the head building of major translation farms:

Tower of London

Including an early bird flight offer with Air Moldova, a welcome cocktail and a local tour guide ("Tomaș in Chișinău").

Don't miss our autumn offer to visit Cologne (Germany), the home of DeepL. And a lynch mob tour to Maidenhead (England), to meet in person the programmers of one of the most important CAT tools!

Odile Breuvart
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