RE: Student mentoring through Proz
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| Nutzer | Initiator des Themas: RachelG RE: Student mentoring through Proz |
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RachelG 
Vereinigtes Königreich
Deutsch > Englisch
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Hi everyone!
Just joined and finding my way around this site. I have just joined as a student and saw that by joining this way there was the opportunity to be mentored by an experienced translator.
Does anyone know how I go about this? Also I would like to know how I go about getting experience.. I have a degree in German and Spanish and am in the first year of a distance-learning MA in Translation. I would be translating from English into German.
I would be grateful for any advice.
many thanks,
Rachel G. (England)
| | | | Anna Martinez
Spanien
 Partial member
Englisch > Spanisch
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| | Silvia Fuster
Vereinigtes Königreich
Englisch > Spanisch
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Thank you so much Anna, I have exactly the same problem as Rachel and as many other students of translation.
Thanx again its very helpful.
Silvia Fuster.
| | | | Anne Diamantidis
Frankreich
Deutsch > Französisch
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Moderator dieses Forums |
Anna Martinez wrote:
The only problem seems to be the lack of balance between the number of students requesting a mentor and the number of professionals offering themselves as mentors  I wish it could be livened up a bit!
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Hello girls - this is a good point you just made. True, there is much demand for few offers regarding the mentorship program. One thing though : a majority professionals are not even aware that there's a student community on ProZ.com.
I am constantly amazed at powwows or conferences to hear : "Oh, didn't know there were students on ProZ!"
You have to realise that our Community is very recent. It was created one year ago, March 2007, and began to be the way it is now only from August/September 2007.
We are the ones who have to "educate" the professionals, if I can say it that way - meaning, we are and you are the ones who have to say "hello, we exist!"
A great way to create that visiblity for our Students Community and for you personally are ProZ.com events, such as trainings, powwow or conferences. By meeting professionals from your area, you will create that visibility and get contacts that can lead to a mentorship.
get out, meet the pros, tell them about the Students Community, tell them about you, tell them about the Mentorship Program and you may be amazed at the results! 
If all of us attend one powwow and do that one time, it will already probably works wonders.
You get my message : Do not wait for things to happen, make them happen!
CheerZ,
Anne
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