Oh, hi there! Nice to have you here! This is The Open Mic's Forum. Kinda like a digital equivalent of a watercooler in the office. This is where the awesome people of The Open Mic community hang out, exchange stories, share ideas and have fun discussions on a variety of topics. If you're new here, make sure you watch this video cause it explains how this forum works and how you can get the most out of it. Once you've registered with Twitter or Facebook simply jump into this discussion and tell everyone a few things about yourself. You know, things like: 1) Who are you? 2) What do you do for a living? 3) Your favorite Bruce Willis movie? ?

Ok, I'll start with myself: Hi! I'm Dmitry. I'm an English-Russian translator and video game localization specialist. I help video game developers translate their video games into Russian, increase sales and reach new markets. Favorite Bruce Willis movie? Die Hard, duh! ?

Hello everyone! I'm Beverly Hayes, an English to Spanish Translator specializing in website localization and marketing/advertising translations. I have been trying to establish my brand for the past 8 months, and I also teach online for BYU-Idaho. Is Bruce Willis in the movie the 6th sense? I think the movie is so creepy, but it's also so amazing!

MySpanConnect Welcome to this forum, Beverly! It's really nice to have you here! Thank you so much for helping me out with some beta-testing. You're the first here! ?

MySpanConnect Is Bruce Willis in the movie the 6th sense Is this the one about a boy who saw dead people or something? I think he's in it. ?

Hello! I am Effie. I am an English into Greek technical-medical translator, translating mostly user guides. I love dog training (I have 3 dogs and a cat) and I am also a Judoga. My favorite Bruce Willis movie is not a movie, but the series Moonlighting ?

Effie Welcome to our forum, Effie! It's so nice to have you here! What kind of user guides do you normally translate? Medical equipment?

Effie My favorite Bruce Willis movie is not a movie, but the series Moonlighting I LOVED these series when I was a kid, but I barely remember the plot now ?

MySpanConnect That's a good movie! I think I need to re-watch it with my wife. She likes stuff like this ?

Hi all! This is Anusha , a Japanese to English translator(mostly IT related) from Tokyo. I've been working in a bilingual environment for almost 10 years now! よろしくお願いします!

Introduce yourself in this thread!

HalaGamal

Hi everyone, I'm very glad to be here (not trying to be formal ?)
I'm Hala Gamal, an Egyptian, and an English <> Arabic translator. I've worked in media translation for nearly 5 years, and trying to make a shift to social sciences translation. I love learning new languages, and of course, Bruce Willis!

Dmitry

HalaGamal Welcome to this forum, Hala! Feel free to take a look around and start new discussions! ?

MariaMavrogianni

Hello from Athens, Greece. I'm so excited to be here! Such a brilliant and original idea! For the time being I'm trying to find my way here and make myself comfortable! I have a long experience in simultaneous translation, but I also work as a translator.
Apart from Greek which is my mother tongue, I'm fluent in English and Italian.

Dmitry

MariaMavrogianni Hi Maria! Welcome to our tiny forum! It's relatively new, but I think it will grow into something really beautiful really soon.

Feel free to look around and join the existing discussions or even better - start new discussions about the topics that matter to you. It's a lot of fun!

Cheers!

eleonorang

Welcome MariaMavrogianni !

hungtran86

Hi everyone! My name is Hung and I'm from Vietnam.
My language pair is English - Vietnamese.
I am freelancer for more than 5 years. You can see my SmartCAT profile https://www.smartcat.ai/marketplace/en/hung_tran#/freelancer/profile/

Nice to meet you all!

eleonorang

hungtran86 Welcome on The Open Mic forum, Hung!
Which fields do you translate mostly in?
You are welcome to take a look around here and start new topics!

Margarita

Hey ya all!
I'm Margaret, from Lithuania. Translations from English to Lithuanian/Russian. Mostly General Law and Maritime Documentation. It's my general specifications. But time to time i also translate some interesting projects (aviation, medical, beauty, sports, etc.).
B.W. movie? Ha, I think it's Armagedon an The Fifth Element.

Dmitry

Margarita Welcome to our tiny community @hungtran86 and @Margarita! Lovely to have you both here!

@Margarita: I'm curious, why did you decide to specialize in Law and Maritime docs? Is this something you've always been interested in?

@hungtran86: May I ask what fields of expertise do you specialize in?

Margarita

Dmitry
You see, my hometown is a seaport. It is the most solvent industry. So if you want to be reach, you have to find ways to work with /or even in/ maritime companies ?
Headline: "3,46 MLN TN OF CARGO WERE HANDLED IN THE SEAPORT IN MARCH OF 2017" - count how many translations needed? ? All sorts of documentations for carrying, stock-keeping, customs clearance... Ufff, way to go!
And Law... As I worked in Translations bureau, there were a lot of tenders to assist as interpreter in court. I was green as grass so i had to learn a lot of details, fill my grey areas.
So now that 2 areas become work specialization ?

eleonorang

Welcome, Margarita! Your choices may seem obvious, but they were actually smart, at least the one regarding maritime documentation ?

Dmitry

Margarita Very smart choice, @Margarita! Going where the money is! ?

Zorigto

Hello Fellas, I am Zorigto, an English-Russian-Burmese Translator and Interpreter. Nothing special, mainly was working for the Oil&Gas sector and in Mining sector. Living in Thailand and working in Myanmar.
Bruce Willis in Die Hard, though a bit funny. The Fifth Element I guess and 12 Monkeys.

eleonorang

Welcome, @Zorigto ! How long have you been a translator? Did you choose those fields or did they choose you? ?

Zorigto

I've been working since 2008 as translator. But every subject at university was in english, thesis was written in english though it was not a major.
As for the field, philosophy is the subject I used to study, as for the rest, major field which I worked with while working for clients

encrucijadas

Hey hey,

The name's Juan Carlos Oliva (most just call me J.) and I currently teach English/Spanish in Poland for a living while taking translating jobs whenever available.
I have other abilities and hobbies from which to make (little) money from, but I don't like earning from music due to opposing ideological values based on passion vs. profitability, so I usually just take my djembe outside and play for people there.

I'm not a fan of Bruce, but I did love The Sixth Sense. I just wish that kid wouldn't have whispered for what seemed like 95% of the movie... I kept having to turn the volume up and down throughout the entire thing, finding that most "frights" just came from anytime anybody else would speak and I had the volume blasted up thanks to him -_-

Haha. Great movie though.

eleonorang

encrucijadas Welcome, @encrucijadas ! If you're looking for tips and inspiration for your translation business, feel free to take a look around and take part in any discussions – or open new ones for that matter! ?

If I may ask, why Poland? Was that by chance or for a specific reason? It definitely looks like a whole different country to live in compared to the US ?

encrucijadas

eleonorang

Hehe, to be honest sometimes it feels like another world altogether (not always in a good way). I basically sold everything I owned in the US and bought a one way ticket when I fell in love with my fiancée.

Although Poland can be harsh at times I'm very happy with my decision. Even in the worst case scenario (if I found myself alone here for whatever reason) I wouldn't go back anyway, I grew tired of many things in the US.

eleonorang

encrucijadas
I see! The things we do for love ? I moved 400 miles away from home for the same reason

Dmitry

encrucijadas Welcome to our tiny forum @encrucijadas! Poland is awesome! I've been to Warsaw and Wrocław - beautiful cities!

LorenaGrancelli

Hello! I'm Lorena Grancelli, English-Spanish translator specializing in human resources, education, healthcare, and tourism and travel. I've been a member of The Open Mic for some months now and I find it very useful.
I'd really like to take part in forum discussions! :-)

eleonorang

LorenaGrancelli Nice to e-meet you, Lorena! ? I'll see you around the forum!

Dmitry

LorenaGrancelli Welcome to this forum @LorenaGrancelli! Really nice to have you here! Great combo of fields of expertise you got in there! Would love to hear more on how you've got into those fields! ?