Introduce yourself in this thread!

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Introduce yourself in this thread!

FAE_Traduction

@eleonorang thanks for welcoming us! I'll delve into it as soon as I can.

Cheers!

Emuska

Hi everyone!
My name is Emese, and my nickname is Emus, Emuska from a little country, Hungary.
I'm typist, but I speak some language, therefore I can translate. Present I have a job, a HU-RU dictionary proofreading. But unfortunately I have few jobs
My language pairs: from English/Russian/Japanese/Mongolian/Afrikaans to Hungarian, and from Russian/Japanese/Mongolian/Hungarian/Afrikaans to English.
I am volunteer in a Christian community (as translator and proofreader) about 2 months ago.
I like to type and to translate.
My favorite themes: religion, biology, geology, medical, health.
I have one siamese lady cat, Caesy (3 years old). She is most intelligent animal on the world!
The best Bruce Willis movie: The Last Boy Scout (At least I think so.)

eleonorang

Welcome, @Emuska! Wow, you know so many languages!
If you like translating and would like to make a career out of it, something I can suggest is: focus on the languages you know best and translate into your native language because that will help you improve quality. Also, in time you'll realize that knowing a language does not necessarily mean you can translate, so do consider attending courses or getting a degree to acquire translation skills. The quality of your work will improve bringing along more jobs You are welcome to open threads and ask around in the forum for advice regarding professional development and education, we'll be happy to help.

LooshLuz

Hi everyone,
I am Brazilian, but I have lived in England for over 20 years. I have been a freelance translator for many years, but only last year I started working with AV by doing QC for a famous streaming provider through an agency. Said provider took away their business from the agency I am with and I thought it would be really straight forward to continue this job elsewhere, since I had (they said that ) excellent performance in said job from beginning to end, but I couldn't have been more mistaken!! It seems a nightmare getting into any agency, tests and further tests, some with hardly any time for you to finish the questions, one got stuck buffering, I complained but no use, others I thought I did really well but no answer whatsoever. Now I have even trained in subtitling and dubbing, actually stamping the time codes and nothing. I have worked so hard and it seems what I really lack is networking, so here I am. Ah, my favourite Bruce Willis film is The Sixth Sense, best twist in cinema history!

eleonorang

Welcome, LooshLuz ! A cookie to you for this rich introduction

LooshLuz

A bit more about myself, I am Simone, I have also worked as an English and Portuguese teacher and language consultant for several companies. I have directed my own disabled son's homeschooling for nine years, managing a team of over ten people and reporting to local government both on administration of funds and academic curriculum. I have also lived in Holland for three years and went to school there, but that was nearly 20 years ago and I am so sad I am forgetting Dutch for lack of practice, as it is such a beautiful language. I have studied several languages out of curiosity and passion for linguistics, including Welsh, but although I can communicate in Dutch and Spanish I only work translating from English to Brazilian Portuguese and vice-versa. I have my own music work since the eighties and I love travel photography. I also work part-time as an activity assistant for the heritage charity Historic Royal Palaces. I work at beautiful sites such as the Tower of London and Hampton Court Palace with schools, the public in general and with conservation, research and object handling.

Dmitry

LooshLuz Ahoy! Dmitry here, a bit late to the party (like I always am, but I'm a busy bee, so what can you do?)

Anyhow... warm welcome to our newest members, including but not limited to: @LooshLuz, @erikasbat, @AntonioLeggieri, @MuhammadiJK, @Womasulira and @Bruno

Feel free to take a look around and don't hesitate to start new discussions on our forum. More discussions = more fun interactions, more networking and learning.

And if you ever in doubt or don't know how something works, feel free to open a support ticket here: https://theopenmic.ticksy.com/submit/ or click the Report a button from the menu and I'll be happy to assist.

Have fun everyone!

LooshLuz

PaulWilliamDixon I work with the same language pairs as you do but I have been living in the UK since 1989. It would be lovely to network!

LooshLuz

KarenMontaldi Lovely to see lots of Brazilians here!

LooshLuz

cariobana and another Brazilian! I am surprised there are quite a few of us!

LooshLuz

ClaudiaBefu Hi Claudia I really liked the free MOOC on futurelearn called Start Writing Fiction. One of the Tutors was Alex Garland author of The Beach and Ex-machina. I followed it two years ago and I have been writing a novel ever since (need to finish it!!). There is actually a translation course there now I was following but they have since changed their system, now you can only follow a course for free for a few weeks, before it was at your own pace.

LooshLuz

DmitrySavin You would have enjoyed the Goth weekend in Whitby last weekend, it was fab and the costumes were really elaborate. There was a bloke I could swear was Johnny Depp in Pirates of the Caribbean and another dressed as Thranduil!

LooshLuz

RenataFTorres Hi Renata I have been translating for a long time but only last year I started doing QC which led me to the subtitles/dubbing department of the same agency and I love it to bits. I am due to start a course in Brazil (through the distance as I live in London) for dubbing, they do a subtitle one as well, and gaming. Google a school called Brasillis.

RenataFTorres

LooshLuz I know the school. Is the course taught by Paulo Noriega? I've met him in person and he's the sweetest guy! He told me last December he would soon start teachind dubbing at Brasillis. You should check out his blog, Traduzindo a Dublagem. It offers some cools insights into dubbing. www.traduzindoadublagem.com

LooshLuz

RenataFTorres Ah ok thank you I'll do.

erikasbat

Dmitry thanks!!

Roisin1976

I translate from English to Irish. I have done it for the past 15 years.

Roisin1976

Roisin1976 I have diplomas in: French, Irish, History and Archaeology.

LooshLuz

Fascinating, Roisin, I love Celtic languages!

Roisin1976

Celtic languages are very rich in phrases and literature.
One of the best writers in the Irish Language Liam Ó Muirthile passed away a couple of days ago.
He will be sadly missed in the Irish Langauge community.