Poll: With the new year, are you planning to introduce any new services? Thread poster: ProZ.com Staff
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No, I'm a translator - I translate. | | | neilmac Spain Local time: 15:33 Spanish to English + ...
Not if I can help it. I have to add that I find the question's underlying supposition (i.e., that translating is somehow insufficient) irritating. | | | Julian Holmes Japan Local time: 22:33 Member (2011) Japanese to English
I will do double even triple backflips for customers who pay 10x more than others - however painful it'll be. At least the extra spondoolicks will pay for the hospital expenses. Happy backflips! | |
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DianeGM Local time: 16:33 Member (2006) Dutch to English + ...
I assume, perhaps wrongly, that the question is directed at those who learned a new language or attained a new qualification/certification or similar, and I didn't. So, I'll be continuing with the same services as before, only with a year more experience I hope I'll be providing them better. Best wishes to all for a happy 2012! | | | Diana Arbiser United States Local time: 07:33 English to Spanish + ...
Why would the new year mean new services? This poll looks like a modified version of the New Year's resolutions poll. Changes in what I do may happen at any given time, not with the new year, in my experience. I was a translator, and then I became an interpreter at some point in my life, but it didn't happen with a calendar change! | | | Chun Un Macau Member (2007) English to Chinese + ...
copy writing / transcreation | | | Vneditor Vietnam Local time: 20:33 English to Vietnamese + ...
Translating and reviewing/proofreading with a side job of transcribing has been enough to keep me well fed in 2011. I currently have no plans to offer more than that. Although now that I think about it, DTP and graphics editing both sound pretty tempting. | |
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I am a translator on the 31st December and I will still be a translator on the 1st January, only one day older... Best wishes for 2012! | | | Suzanne Deliscar Canada Local time: 09:33 Member (2009) Spanish to English + ...
I will be offering more contract abstraction and adding legal document review, both in French and Spanish. | | |
There are lots of skills I use in translating that I am thinking could be worth advertising as separate services, eg: - pdf conversion & clean-up - "gisting"/light MT post-editing - copy-editing - copywriting Advertising them as separate services has the added advantage of highlighting the complex set of skills that a translator has beyond "knowing another language". Happy New Year! MM | | | I'm reducing my offerings | Jan 2, 2012 |
No more proofreading, no more abstracting or gisting, no more transcription, no more DTP. I'm happiest when I'm translating, and translating pays the best. Why bother with other services? | |
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Quite the same as Melissa | Feb 20, 2012 |
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