| Pages in topic: < [1 2] | Poll: Do you have a yet to be fulfilled professional dream? Thread poster: ProZ.com Staff
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Erik Matson 
Thailand
Local time: 12:39
English to Norwegian
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| ProZ was my dream come true. | Jun 28, 2010 |
I realized many of my business dreams just three days after becoming a full member of this wonderful website: being my own boss, running my own business from my computer, being free to travel the world, freedom to work when and where I want, etc.
Of course, this doesn't stop me from setting new goals!
Somebody mentioned that novel...right indeed!
Somebody else mentioned 9998 languages...while ... See more I realized many of my business dreams just three days after becoming a full member of this wonderful website: being my own boss, running my own business from my computer, being free to travel the world, freedom to work when and where I want, etc.
Of course, this doesn't stop me from setting new goals!
Somebody mentioned that novel...right indeed!
Somebody else mentioned 9998 languages...while I share that passion of learning new languages, for now I'll settle for mastering just a few more, starting with Thai. ▲ Collapse
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Giuseppina Gatta, MA (Hons) wrote:
...not to have to work anymore...
I like it
| | | | Anne Schulz
Germany
Local time: 07:39
English to German
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...there is that novel.
Being on vacation, I came across one of Kathy Reichs' books, 'medical thrillers' so to speak, and I thought, wow, I'd really love to translate that. When I came home, I browsed the bookstores and found that there is a German translation already - which has really not captured much of the story's milieu and jargon.
Unfortunately, I know that I could never do such a translation in any timeframe acceptable for a publisher  ... See more ...there is that novel.
Being on vacation, I came across one of Kathy Reichs' books, 'medical thrillers' so to speak, and I thought, wow, I'd really love to translate that. When I came home, I browsed the bookstores and found that there is a German translation already - which has really not captured much of the story's milieu and jargon.
Unfortunately, I know that I could never do such a translation in any timeframe acceptable for a publisher 
But I think it is really nice that roughly 70% of us people have dreams. What is life without dreams?  ▲ Collapse
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And the moment I do fulfill it (shouldn't be long now) I will come up with another one.
And another one.
And another...
It's what keeps the job interesting for me after almost a decade of wielding my lance as a linguistic legionary.
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Yes, my dream is to one day become an interpreter for the UN... So, first, the European masters degree and then... We'll see!
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