Poll: Best birthday present for a translator? Initiator des Themas: ProZ.com Staff
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This forum topic is for the discussion of the poll question "Best birthday present for a translator?".
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neilmac
Spanien
Local time: 10:27
Spanisch > Englisch
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Understanding this to mean a period of at least two weeks when none of my clients sends me work to do, or outsources it to anyone else either. (Dream on…)
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| At least a day off | Sep 30, 2017 |
For my birthday last year my family gave me a weekend in Paris, but I didn't get it until my husband's birthday 3 months later ... the weather was better in March anyway!
But that was a special birthday, and on the actual day I still had to work, alas.
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I have been dreaming of a nice dinner in a Michelin star restaurant in Lisbon (http://www.restauranteleven.com/homepage) for some time, so maybe for my next birthday? My best birthday present ever was offered some 40 years ago by my late husband: he took me for a week-end in Paris…
P.S. Happy International Translation Day everyone!
[Edited at 2017-09-30 10:07 GMT]
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Dušan Ján Hlísta (X) 
Slowakei
Local time: 10:27
Englisch > Slowakisch
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BOOK. About history, science etc.
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SachiM
Kanada
Local time: 01:27
Japanisch > Englisch
Subscription to a healthy meal delivery or housecleaning service. Buy me time without sacrificing my income!
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Michael Harris
Deutschland
Local time: 10:27
Mitglied (2006)
Deutsch > Englisch
| Win the Lotto | Sep 30, 2017 |
and the rest will take care of itself☺
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neilmac wrote:
Understanding this to mean a period of at least two weeks when none of my clients sends me work to do, or outsources it to anyone else either. (Dream on…)
I couldn't have said it better myself
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Axelle H.
Frankreich
Local time: 10:27
Mitglied (2017)
Englisch > Französisch
SachiM wrote:
Subscription to a healthy meal delivery or housecleaning service. Buy me time without sacrificing my income!
... idea !
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Rebecca Garber
Local time: 04:27
Mitglied (2005)
Deutsch > Englisch
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Whatever the hypothetical translator would like as a present.
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| High price of software= thoughtful present | Sep 30, 2017 |
Considering the high cost of some of the software translators use, I believe buying your translator friend or colleague the latest software version of their fav. CAT tool would be considered thoughtful and heart warming. I would.
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Mario Chavez (X)
Local time: 04:27
Englisch > Spanisch
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| I second that! | Sep 30, 2017 |
skopko wrote:
BOOK. About history, science etc.
By the way, I came home from my local public library with two John Le Carré novels, hardcover versions, for free (they give free stuff away sometimes).
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Mario Chavez (X)
Local time: 04:27
Englisch > Spanisch
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| Other: a lifetime Adobe Creative Suite online membership | Sep 30, 2017 |
Since I also do multilingual typesetting for some of my clients, I would like to have a lifetime subscription to Adobe CC applications. The outlay is not too onerous, about $250-300/year for all applications, but year-on-year it adds up.
Another thought: gift cards. If your gift target is a heavy online shopper, get her an Amazon gift card.
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Mario Freitas
Brasilien
Local time: 06:27
Mitglied (2014)
Englisch > Portugiesisch
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Michael Harris wrote:
and the rest will take care of itself☺
... is always a great present.
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