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neilmac
neilmac
Spain
Local time: 23:53
Spanish to English
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Full time freelancer Jun 12, 2021

AKA chief cook and bottle washer. Jack of all trades, master of none. General dogsbody. The best boss I ever had.

P.L.F. Persio
Baran Keki
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Michael Harris
Jean Dimitriadis
Liena Vijupe
Christopher Schröder
 
P.L.F. Persio
P.L.F. Persio  Identity Verified
Netherlands
Local time: 23:53
Member (2010)
English to Italian
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Full time freelancer Jun 12, 2021

And in-house pontifex maximus.

The boss is a bit a of a bitch, though: "Dilly-dallying on Proz again, are we?" "Going out for a walk now, are we?", "Giving me the evil eye, are we?", to which I always reply: "Just put a sock in it, will ya?"

Baran Keki
Liena Vijupe
Alix Paupy
Christopher Schröder
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Aline Amorim
Elizabeth Joy Pitt de Morales
 
Aline Amorim
Aline Amorim  Identity Verified
Brazil
Local time: 18:53
English to Portuguese
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Full time freelancer Jun 12, 2021

Recently, I started the content creation at Instagram regard our profession.
 
Tomás Cano Binder, BA, CT
Tomás Cano Binder, BA, CT  Identity Verified
Spain
Local time: 23:53
Member (2005)
English to Spanish
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Full time translator + translation office manager Jun 13, 2021

In my case I never really envisioned to be a manager of anyone or an entrepreneur, but work kept rolling in from a wide customer base and one thing led to another. I have three permanent employees who do excellent work, and the four of us translate everything in-house.
 
Mario Freitas
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Brazil
Local time: 18:53
Member (2014)
English to Portuguese
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20 years to learn my lesson! Jun 13, 2021

I worked in-house for 20 years. In Brazil, people are sort of prejudiced against working at home. They used not to consider it real work. Everyone used to be influenced to finish college and send CVs to large companies to get a "good job" (if that exists). I went on in that trend, unfortunately. It took me 20 years to kick in-house jobs off my life and to realize how working as a freelancer is 100 times better in every possible aspect you can imagine, starting with your income.
I deeply re... See more
I worked in-house for 20 years. In Brazil, people are sort of prejudiced against working at home. They used not to consider it real work. Everyone used to be influenced to finish college and send CVs to large companies to get a "good job" (if that exists). I went on in that trend, unfortunately. It took me 20 years to kick in-house jobs off my life and to realize how working as a freelancer is 100 times better in every possible aspect you can imagine, starting with your income.
I deeply regret not making this decision at least 10 years earlier. I'd be doing a lot better now. ▲ Collapse


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