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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. | | | Kay Denney France Local time: 09:27 French to English
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... See more 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.
[Edited at 2023-07-20 11:54 GMT] ▲ Collapse | | | Punctuation police | Jul 20, 2023 |
My (newest) field of expertise (is) detecting (unnecessary) parentheses and "other" punctuation marks[.] | |
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30 years Why would I want to add more? | | | 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? | | |
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. | | | Thayenga Germany Local time: 09:27 Member (2009) English to German + ... 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. | |
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... is on vacation leave? | | | Maybe time is needed to come up with some truly interesting polls? | Aug 1, 2023 |
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