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Giovanni Guarnieri MITI, MIL
Giovanni Guarnieri MITI, MIL  Identity Verified
United Kingdom
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Member (2004)
English to Italian
sorry... Mar 31, 2017

but I read KGB translations at first...

 
Rebecca Hendry
Rebecca Hendry  Identity Verified
United Kingdom
Local time: 22:55
Member (2005)
Spanish to English
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Looks good to me! Apr 2, 2017

Hi Kevin,

I like your site! I think it strikes the right balance between professionalism and informality, giving an insight into your personality. I always think it's nice for potential clients to see you as a real human being.

One thing that struck me as odd: on the home page you say you translate into and out of Spanish, but in the next paragraph you say your translations 'read like natural English'. But if you translate into Spanish too, how can this be? I don't mean
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Hi Kevin,

I like your site! I think it strikes the right balance between professionalism and informality, giving an insight into your personality. I always think it's nice for potential clients to see you as a real human being.

One thing that struck me as odd: on the home page you say you translate into and out of Spanish, but in the next paragraph you say your translations 'read like natural English'. But if you translate into Spanish too, how can this be? I don't mean to get into a native/non-native debate, I just think that's a bit muddled and could be confusing.

Best of luck with it,

Rebecca.
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Kevin Dunn (X)
Kevin Dunn (X)
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Thanks! Apr 3, 2017

Thanks, everyone, for your thoughts!

I think that I will list my rates after all, I just need to think a bit more about how to phrase it.

I opted against a tie-style picture, partly for the reasons Mair and Thomas listed, and also partly because I just don't look that good in them

Giovanni: maybe it's a generational thing--KGD have been my initials my whole life, and I've never once realized h
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Thanks, everyone, for your thoughts!

I think that I will list my rates after all, I just need to think a bit more about how to phrase it.

I opted against a tie-style picture, partly for the reasons Mair and Thomas listed, and also partly because I just don't look that good in them

Giovanni: maybe it's a generational thing--KGD have been my initials my whole life, and I've never once realized how close they were to KGB!

& good catch, Rebecca! Corrected.
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