Poll: Have you ever been a mentor? Thread poster: ProZ.com Staff
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This forum topic is for the discussion of the poll question "Have you ever been a mentor?".
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As I said yesterday, in 1986, when I was recruited by an EU institution as contract staff I had a mentor for 1 year and later on I trained and mentored several new colleagues. I enjoy sharing with others what I've learned over the years as a way of giving back what has given me almost 40 years of career satisfaction…
| | | | Angus Stewart 
United Kingdom
Local time: 18:05
Member (2011)
French to English
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No, but I have been approached to be a mentor and declined.
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Only in the sense that I brought my son and daughter-in-law into this profession and give them a hand now and again.
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| 3 times for my professional order | Jun 14, 2019 |
I'm a certified member of the OTTIAQ and students or young translators who want to become members can choose to be mentored. It's a 6 month process during which time the translator submits me 5000 translated words per month. I choose 1000, review the translations and discuss them with the translator. Each month, I submit a report to the organization about my observations and the translator's progress. I'm at my 3rd time now. It's very rewarding.
| | | | neilmac
Spain
Local time: 19:05
Spanish to English
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Not per se, but I'm usually willing to give pointers or lend a helping hand when asked.
| | | | DZiW (X)
Ukraine
English to Russian
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| mentor vs teacher vs coach vs educator vs tutor | Jun 14, 2019 |
Depending on the definition/accent, I've been each of them)
I consider senior colleagues, specialists, managers, and Team Leaders as mentors too. Sometimes just hearing or seeing is enough to learn something new and useful. Moreover, I use other people and their reason-effect-solution-consequence results as examples, learning how it may come out and why.
Shortly, if one uses his mistakes to improve himself, he will achieve the goals for sure: Self-learning/internaliza... See more Depending on the definition/accent, I've been each of them)
I consider senior colleagues, specialists, managers, and Team Leaders as mentors too. Sometimes just hearing or seeing is enough to learn something new and useful. Moreover, I use other people and their reason-effect-solution-consequence results as examples, learning how it may come out and why.
Shortly, if one uses his mistakes to improve himself, he will achieve the goals for sure: Self-learning/internalization is the key. ▲ Collapse
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