Poll: I've been working in my (newest) field of expertise for...
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Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida  Identity Verified
Portugalsko
Local time: 12:46
Člen (2007)
angličtina -> portugalština
+ ...
N/A Jul 19, 2023

I started out translating some 40 years ago as a generalist, so over the years I haven’t been expanding my fields but, quite the reverse, narrowing them. Nowadays, I only translate what I have specialized in and I enjoy.

expressisverbis
Luca Adie
Angie Garbarino
Veronica Rodriguez
 
Kay Denney
Kay Denney  Identity Verified
Francie
Local time: 13:46
francouzština -> angličtina
. Jul 19, 2023

I don't know that I've added new fields of expertise for a long time. I've recently started working much more in music, for example, but the first time I translated a press release for a record label was probably last century.
I recently did a translation about trapeze artists, which I had never done before, but I'm not sure that it's really a whole field in its own right? I'd bundle it in with show business and entertainment in general.
I have weeded out all fields that I'm not in
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I don't know that I've added new fields of expertise for a long time. I've recently started working much more in music, for example, but the first time I translated a press release for a record label was probably last century.
I recently did a translation about trapeze artists, which I had never done before, but I'm not sure that it's really a whole field in its own right? I'd bundle it in with show business and entertainment in general.
I have weeded out all fields that I'm not interested in, I no longer do any technical stuff, or corporate bla-bla.

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Philip Lees
Philip Lees  Identity Verified
Řecko
Local time: 14:46
řečtina -> angličtina
Punctuation police Jul 20, 2023

My (newest) field of expertise (is) detecting (unnecessary) parentheses and "other" punctuation marks[.]

expressisverbis
Kay Denney
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Christine Andersen
Thayenga
Patricia Prevost
Luca Adie
 
30 years Jul 20, 2023

30 years

Why would I want to add more?


 
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida  Identity Verified
Portugalsko
Local time: 12:46
Člen (2007)
angličtina -> portugalština
+ ...
Another bug? Jul 20, 2023

My memory is not what it used to be (age is to blame), but I would swear that I answered this Quick Poll this morning (20.07.2023) and yet it shows yesterday’s date. Am I mistaken?

 
Philip Lees
Philip Lees  Identity Verified
Řecko
Local time: 14:46
řečtina -> angličtina
Late risers Jul 20, 2023

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida wrote:

My memory is not what it used to be (age is to blame), but I would swear that I answered this Quick Poll this morning (20.07.2023) and yet it shows yesterday’s date. Am I mistaken?

Today in Europe, but still yesterday on the other side of the Atlantic, or wherever the server is located.


Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
 
Thayenga
Thayenga  Identity Verified
Německo
Local time: 13:46
Člen (2009)
angličtina -> němčina
+ ...
A long time ago Jul 23, 2023

I believe I even started the bilingual creative writing before I became a translator. And that was in the past millennium.

 
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida  Identity Verified
Portugalsko
Local time: 12:46
Člen (2007)
angličtina -> portugalština
+ ...
Quick Poll... Aug 1, 2023

... is on vacation leave?

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writeaway
writeaway  Identity Verified
francouzština -> angličtina
+ ...
Maybe time is needed to come up with some truly interesting polls? Aug 1, 2023

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida wrote:

... is on vacation leave?

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The polls are often fun but they can be repetitive, meaning that some of the replies posted are just as repetitive. I don't mind if they stall on one poll while taking the time to come up with something new and interesting.


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The Shredder
Lieven Malaise
Rachel Fell
 
Romina Pérez Escorihuela
Romina Pérez Escorihuela  Identity Verified
Argentina
Local time: 08:46
Člen (2010)
katalánština
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Voice-over! Aug 2, 2023

https://soundcloud.com/romina-eva-perez-escorihuela

 


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