How to gain experience
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mwalt
mwalt
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Sep 23, 2022

Hello everyone!

I am looking to gain experience as a professional translator EN-FR.

So far, I have translated one 50 pages long document and got some rather good reviews from my client.
I am a language teacher by trade and I want to become a translator as "side project" as I love languages.

Where may I find ways to broaden my work experience? I keep hearing I "need experience to gain experience" which I find a tad frustrating.

Thanks in a
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Hello everyone!

I am looking to gain experience as a professional translator EN-FR.

So far, I have translated one 50 pages long document and got some rather good reviews from my client.
I am a language teacher by trade and I want to become a translator as "side project" as I love languages.

Where may I find ways to broaden my work experience? I keep hearing I "need experience to gain experience" which I find a tad frustrating.

Thanks in advance

Mat
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Mr. Satan (X)
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Volunteering Sep 24, 2022

  • Localizing Wikipedia articles
  • Localizing open source software
  • Volunteer opportunities from reputable NGOs

    Just make sure you are being credited for your works.

    expressisverbis
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    samikan
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  • Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
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    @Mathieu Sep 24, 2022

    This seems particularly appropriate:

    https://www.grainesdepaix.org/en/engage/jobs/volunteering/volunteer-translators-and-proof-readers-french-english-and-english-french-new-1

    Good luck!


    expressisverbis
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    Stepan Konev
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    Try volunteering Sep 24, 2022

    I work for TwB from time to time. It is for charity but you can accumulate some donation words and then display it as a banner image in your bio or CV.

    *Btw, @ProZ
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    I work for TwB from time to time. It is for charity but you can accumulate some donation words and then display it as a banner image in your bio or CV.

    *Btw, @ProZ support, I tried to change the TwB banner in my bio today, but all the information was just removed from my bio instead. A message appeared stating that I can't post images now because I am not a paid member, and then all my details had gone. Incredible. Can I restore the data somehow?

    [Edited at 2022-09-24 18:02 GMT]
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    expressisverbis
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    Omer Dasbilek
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    Sorry it's irrelevant with the topic but I just wonder Sep 26, 2022

    Stepan Konev wrote:

    I work for TwB from time to time. It is for charity but you can accumulate some donation words and then display it as a banner image in your bio or CV.

    *Btw, @ProZ support, I tried to change the TwB banner in my bio today, but all the information was just removed from my bio instead. A message appeared stating that I can't post images now because I am not a paid member, and then all my details had gone. Incredible. Can I restore the data somehow?

    [Edited at 2022-09-24 18:02 GMT]


    Hi Stepen,

    Sorry it's irrelevant with the topic, but I just wonder which program or software do you use for this screenshot or how do you do that?
    I really like it.

    Thanks in advance.
    Omer


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    expressisverbis
     
    expressisverbis
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    Stepan, you need to invoice your colleagues :-D Sep 26, 2022

    Omer Dasbilek wrote:

    Hi Stepen,

    Sorry it's irrelevant with the topic, but I just wonder which program or software do you use for this screenshot or how do you do that?



    Stepan is one of the members who is always ready to help us with very useful technical information.
    He needs to start sending his invoices for every tip he gives us by helping us
    Thanks! And I hope everything will be fine (as cliché as it may sound, but I honestly wish everything will end very soon!)


    Robert Rietvelt
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    Omer Dasbilek
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    Stepan Konev
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    FastStone Capture Sep 26, 2022

    Omer Dasbilek wrote:
    I just wonder which program or software do you use for this screenshot
    I use FastStone Capture 9.7. It is only $20 (lifetime) but very handy for such things.

    [Edited at 2022-09-26 11:31 GMT]


    expressisverbis
     
    Stepan Konev
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    Thank you :D Sep 26, 2022

    expressisverbis wrote:
    I honestly wish everything will end very soon!
    Me either. There seems to be no end in sight to this daily madness, but I still naively keep hoping I will see it one day...


    expressisverbis
    Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
     
    Omer Dasbilek
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    Thank you so much! Sep 26, 2022

    Stepan Konev wrote:

    Omer Dasbilek wrote:
    I just wonder which program or software do you use for this screenshot
    I use FastStone Capture. It is only $20 but very handy for such things.


    That's great. It'll be really helpful also for me.
    I'll think about it.


    expressisverbis
     
    mk_lab
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    Win+Shift+S Sep 28, 2022

    Omer Dasbilek wrote:
    which program or software do you use for this screenshot or how do you do that?
    I really like it

    It's very easy to do the screenshot using just internal free tools available in all operation systems without any additional SW. For example, with Windows:

    8 ways to take a screenshot on Windows 10 and Windows 11
    https://www.businessinsider.com/guides/tech/how-to-screenshot-on-windows

    I usually prefer to use Win+Shift+S key combination


    Stepan Konev
     


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