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[quote]Baran Keki wrote:
[quote]Angie Garbarino wrote:
About UK culture [/quote]
A wonderful introduction to Brit culture. Being in Spain, you must've seen some of 'em:
https://
[quote]Christel Zipfel wrote:
But yes, most of the time they show interest in my job!
[/quote]
I think it is because you live in Italy and translate into German which is cons
[quote]expressisverbis wrote:
Close to where I live, there is a Roman throne located in a place called "Vale da Tranquilidade" (Valley of Tranquillity).
To compliment the Italian<
[quote]Thomas T. Frost wrote:
[quote]
How interesting that you suddenly want to stop after having been caught out in stereotyping Sicily yourself. Need I say more? [/quote]
[quote]Thomas T. Frost wrote:
The three highlighted regions are all in mainland Italy. No further comment. [/quote]
However, Italy has 20 regions... Check a map.
BUT...If I say
[quote]Maria G. Grassi, M.A. wrote:
I am Sicilian, by the way, and it would be beyond unfortunate if you just did something akin to what you objected to with Mr Frost, wouldn’t it?<
[quote]Thomas T. Frost wrote:
[quote]Angie Garbarino wrote:
Instead there is plenty of threads expressing bad opinions over Italians.
[/quote]
Where do you see that? Can you sh
[quote]Samuel Murray wrote:
True, her comment is also a suggestion about how to side-step the difficult discussion. Thomas had no idea whether side-stepping the difficult discussion refl
[quote]Angie Garbarino wrote:
[quote]Baran Keki wrote:
I suppose 'A Touch of Frost', which is a brilliant series that I've started watching recently, is/was popular in Italy.
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[quote]Baran Keki wrote:
I suppose 'A Touch of Frost', which is a brilliant series that I've started watching recently, is/was popular in Italy.
[/quote]
can you provide a link?
To quickly answer to you:
Why did you suppose that the advice of the Italian translator depends on Italian culture?
It is her opinion which has nothing to do with the "Italian culture"
[quote]Thomas T. Frost wrote:
May I remind you of forum rule 5:
'Speculating on others' opinions is not allowed.
Commenting on others' opinions without authorization ('Jenny seems t
I would really like to understand why Italians and Italian culture are often cited in a negative way, but what have we done? Ok we brought the mafia into the world (actually it's a Sicil
[quote]Thomas T. Frost wrote:
[quote]Angie Garbarino wrote:
From time to time I attend Spanish webinars, (free) about the matter of taxes for non residents, I can provide the name of
[quote]Thomas T. Frost wrote:
This would have been a deviation from the OECD model, which gives only the country of residence the right to tax pensions. [/quote]
A pension provided
From time to time I attend Spanish webinars, (free) about the matter of taxes for non residents, I can provide the name of the lawyers, at this stage for fighting with hacienda a lawyer
[quote]Carla Guerreiro wrote:
Bonjour Dounia,
Merci pour cette publication.
Pourtant, rien que la mention "transactions en bitcoins" me semble trop bizarre.
Ces paiements en c
[quote]Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida wrote:
Trabajo con varias empresas estadounidenses (clientes directos y agencias de traducción) y nunca he pagado ni un céntimo de comisión.
[quote]Baran Keki wrote:
I've never worked with an Italian agency so far. [/quote]
I saw your 5 star entry in the BB, while checking this agency when they contacted me, They pay 0.0
[quote]Baran Keki wrote:
You can ask Angie Garbarino if you like, she'll confirm that I've said nothing against the Italian translation agencies. [/quote]
No, I don't, because y
[quote]Baran Keki wrote:
I think you can add Italians to the list of people I've racially abused on these forums as well. My observations about Italian translators (their working for ch
[quote]Rachel Waddington wrote:
I have had a fairly consistent flow of work throughout most of my translation career. It's been up and down this year for reasons relating both to me (I to
[quote]Joakim Braun wrote:
[quote]Zea_Mays wrote:
... £10.50/hour... [/quote]
Property cleaning here in Sweden pays £2 more...
(added:) Oops, gross amount? In that case p
[quote]Mayumi Sasao wrote:
Vivo in Italia (precisamente a Roma) da più di 30 anni. Mi dava fastidio quando una persona sconosciuta mi dava del tu ed è così tutt'ora in certi casi (pe
[quote]Susanna Martoni wrote:
Leggendo il pensiero della cassiera, interpreto così:
è ovvio che tu abbia più di cinquant'anni, ma ti faccio sentire giovane così sei più contenta
[quote]Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida wrote:
Purtroppo il fenomeno non è limitato all'Italia... [/quote]
Ma non direi purtroppo, a me piace...
Di sicuro non ha nulla a che f
[quote]Tom in London wrote:
Non so perché ci sia un calo ma vorrei, attraverso queste discussioni, informare gentilmente chi può essere interessato che una brochure o un sito web mal<
[quote]expressisverbis wrote:
[quote]Angie Garbarino wrote:
[quote]Marina Taffetani wrote:
I'm not sure how one can offer such an amount of language pairs, even as an agency.
[quote]Wendy Cummings wrote:
[quote]Emanuele Vacca wrote:
Have you tried to threaten legal action? I heard clients often pay just because of the threat, even if you don't start any f
[quote]Tom in London wrote:
Just got the following personal email from an Agency registered on Proz and apparently based in Vilnius (Lithuania) and with a string of "5" ratings on t
[quote]Jennifer Levey wrote:
Lo único 'lícito' es una traducción fiel del texto original.
JL [/quote]
Però si no es jurada en caso de error. como dice Teresa contactar el cliente
[quote]Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida wrote:
Over my long years as a translator, I’ve heard so many downfall theories about the future of translation that I’m just bored to deat
[quote]Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida wrote:
I have been flooded with CVs for ages. 4 new ones in the last hour, all went directly to the bin… [/quote]
I receive at least 6-8 email
[quote]Monika Jakacka Márquez wrote:
En el momento en el que emitas la primera factura, sabrán bien cuáles son tus datos bancarios porque constarán en la misma.
Saludos,
M.
[quote]Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida wrote:
Freelancing requires hard work, specially at the beginning! [/quote]
I'd also add that it is not suitable for everyone
[quote]Baran Keki wrote:
Other than those posting on these forums. But I've heard more than once that a staggering number of Italians vied for jobs offered at 2 or 3 cents per word on t
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