Poll: Are you actively trying to specialize in a new industry niche this year? Téma indítója: ProZ.com Staff
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| | | | Luca Adie
Németország
Local time: 12:38
német - angol
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Most of the translations I do nowadays are medical or artistic. I take on a whole range of texts, but never, ever touch financial or technical - ick!
| | | | Danielle Crouch 
Németország
Local time: 12:38
Tag (2019 óta)
német - angol
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| Already fairly specialized | Jun 17 |
I was already focusing on fairly specific niches (patents and technical manuals), but I'm more actively targeting them now in my marketing. So my niches themselves haven't changed, but I'm completely overhauling how I position myself.
| | | | | It is absolutely necessary to specialize somehow | Jun 17 |
No. I have always specialized in the human touch.
I still use it to stand out from the machines, and hope the market will see the point.
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| Happy with my specializations | Jun 17 |
I’ve been translating for 40 years. I started out as a generalist, and little by little, I moved away from the fields I didn’t like and began specializing in the ones that appealed to me most. The 20 years I spent translating at the EU as staff translator were very helpful, as it covered a wide range of topics including agricultural policy, free movement of persons and services, migration, taxation, employment policy, social policy, education and vocational training, public health, consumer ... See more I’ve been translating for 40 years. I started out as a generalist, and little by little, I moved away from the fields I didn’t like and began specializing in the ones that appealed to me most. The 20 years I spent translating at the EU as staff translator were very helpful, as it covered a wide range of topics including agricultural policy, free movement of persons and services, migration, taxation, employment policy, social policy, education and vocational training, public health, consumer protection, economic, social and territorial cohesion, research and technological development, international relations, and the environment. These are my niches… ▲ Collapse
| | | | Lieven Malaise
Belgium
Local time: 12:38
Tag (2020 óta)
francia - holland
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I specialize along the way, by accepting virtually every subject I'm offered since I started ages ago. It is clearly one of the reasons - among many others - why I'm still doing fine today.
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