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Poll: Do you have a secondary profession that is not related to language services?
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May 14, 2013

This forum topic is for the discussion of the poll question "Do you have a secondary profession that is not related to language services?".

This poll was originally submitted by Siwei Wang. View the poll results »



 
Thayenga
Thayenga  Identity Verified
Allemagne
Local time: 13:39
Membre (2009)
anglais vers allemand
+ ...
Yes May 14, 2013

Writer, poet, and tutor. And I will keep all of them, although the language service has top priority.

 
Michael Harris
Michael Harris  Identity Verified
Allemagne
Local time: 13:39
Membre (2006)
allemand vers anglais
Other May 14, 2013

Yes, but I do not need it, but it may be useful for me inthe future.

 
John Cutler
John Cutler  Identity Verified
Espagne
Local time: 13:39
espagnol vers anglais
+ ...
No, but... May 14, 2013

I'm a combination of don't need one, but I'd like one.

I've always liked to keep my fingers in as many pies as possible and something non-language related sounds tempting. Now if I only knew what it was!


 
Enrico Zoffoli
Enrico Zoffoli  Identity Verified
Italie
Local time: 13:39
Membre (2013)
allemand vers italien
+ ...
No May 14, 2013

I used to teach at my university but I quit when I left grad school.

 
Julian Holmes
Julian Holmes  Identity Verified
Japon
Local time: 21:39
japonais vers anglais
Like John May 14, 2013

I'd like to keep as many fingers in as many pies. So I make extra efforts to cultivate new customers who, hopefully, pay better just in case my regular customers disappear or some areas of the translation market cave in.

And like, Enrico
I'd love to teach a J>E technical translation course at my old college, SOAS, London while doing an M.A. But that is yet another pipe dream ....


 
Mary Worby
Mary Worby  Identity Verified
Royaume-Uni
Local time: 12:39
Membre
allemand vers anglais
+ ...
I replied no May 14, 2013

But actually my secondary job is probably 'domestic engineer' aka mother and housewife!

 
Diana Coada (X)
Diana Coada (X)  Identity Verified
Royaume-Uni
Local time: 12:39
portugais vers anglais
+ ...
Other May 14, 2013

I do, but I'm not working in it at the moment and it is something that I dream of being able to do again but as an owner of my own business and not working for others.

 
Alexandranow
Alexandranow  Identity Verified
Roumanie
Local time: 14:39
roumain vers anglais
+ ...
no...but May 14, 2013

ProZ.com Staff wrote:

This forum topic is for the discussion of the poll question "Do you have a secondary profession that is not related to language services?".

This poll was originally submitted by Siwei Wang. View the poll results »


My answer is no, but maybe would be a good idea, because I have not enough work in translation. But if I have another job, I think could not manage to be ready for the dead lines.


 
Chun Un
Chun Un  Identity Verified
Macao
Membre (2007)
anglais vers chinois
+ ...
Yes - May 14, 2013

I suppose I could always go back and work in a research laboratory, splicing genes and purifying proteins but I THINK I am happier translating and interpreting...

 
Yetta Jensen Bogarde
Yetta Jensen Bogarde  Identity Verified
Danemark
Local time: 13:39
Membre (2012)
anglais vers danois
+ ...
No, not any more May 14, 2013

I have worked in administration and as an English teacher, but translation is much more satisfying for me and I don't think I want to go back.

 
Christine Andersen
Christine Andersen  Identity Verified
Danemark
Local time: 13:39
Membre (2003)
danois vers anglais
+ ...
No May 14, 2013

I have a long and checkered career behind me of varied and more or less stopgap jobs.

I am in the lucky position of not needing another profession - I could never realistically go back to any of the others.
When I do stop translating or wind down, I will be able to retire with a pension, although it will be a better one if I wait a few years.


 
Goran Stankovic
Goran Stankovic  Identity Verified
Serbie
Local time: 13:39
anglais vers serbe
+ ...
One more answer May 14, 2013

One more answer is missing
No, and I don't want one.


 
Maria Arruti
Maria Arruti  Identity Verified
Espagne
Local time: 13:39
Membre (2012)
français vers espagnol
+ ...
Like John and Julian May 14, 2013

I don't need one, but I'd love to sing in a professional choir.

 
Franco Rigoni
Franco Rigoni  Identity Verified
Italie
Membre (2006)
anglais vers italien
+ ...
YES May 14, 2013

Yes, I also own a bakery, a building company and a ballet school!

 
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