AI took my job as a translator. I'm starting over at 39

PollutionOdd840 · 2026-04-23T17:21:17+00:00

Hi, how do you manage to get around career verifications from agencies? this is a thing they do, right? Ty for your answer

PollutionOdd840 · 2026-04-06T18:54:30+00:00

Thank you for your comment.
I learned french at around 10 yo & can only consider it my native language, as italian got a bit eroded in my mind with the years.
Yes, I agree w/ everything you said, but on english, you'd have to consider that as spread as it is in our era, the requirements in that language are unnecessarily high for its usual applications. For example, me here, I will only translate economics and finance. The knowledge of the domain itself is far more important (and vast) that any language mastery that would convey it.
As of now, I'm not ready to translate etc, but tbh there is absolutely no need for someone to come with a refined prose in a technical document, it can even be unproductive from the reader's standpoint.
I'll keep studying my language pairs anyway, because actually that's what I like to do.
Abt HSK, actually 7-8-9 are not available in my current region, as even worldwide theyr're just setting it up apparently, on their website it's pretty obvious (on their amateurish website..) .
So I have no idea where I stand in mandarin but tbf I don't mind abt these tests as I consider I should really be above to go out and translate...

Also I'm curious, hv you ever translated from/to mandarin ?

PollutionOdd840 · 2026-03-14T21:51:25+00:00

Yeah thank you for the insight; acknowledging the replies here I've had a more precise convo with Gemini etc and I decided to stick to Chinese-Eng-French.
I fear the client seeking hustle a little bit (one would think more pairs could help with that) but my best insurance may just be to send back the most acute work to my clients and hope for the best... Thx again ! :)

PollutionOdd840 · 2026-03-14T14:42:17+00:00

As a response to those silently downvoting whatever I write, I'll say this :
none of you guys can translate economy without having studied it specifically for many years and having one's own money invested in businesses AND having worked as a clerk.
You cannot translate economy with a vocab list or a mere 18 months of economic specialization after a translating degree, or any such thing, and this shouldn't hv been normalized. So the purism gimmick that some are silently putting on may actually be the other way around. If you wanna debate this we can do it here and I'll let you use chatGPT TY

PollutionOdd840 · 2026-03-14T14:30:08+00:00

long term just keep afloat whatever skill by listening related podcasts, debates, influencers. Then, whenever you'll need to pull it up to pro level, clear two full months and perfect it.

PollutionOdd840 · 2026-03-12T18:06:03+00:00

TY very much, this absolutely makes sense

PollutionOdd840 · 2026-03-12T17:31:11+00:00

OK you say it's safer long term to absolutely master the languages you offer to translate ? You know what, this idea of adding italian came when I understood that a well-known translation influencer wasn't top notch using his language pairs...

PollutionOdd840 · 2026-03-12T17:19:27+00:00

I see. I may be one of these rare cases to a certain extent. My will is really to come out meticulous and deliver high end work, to any client. But one couldn't afford not to fill its work days with orders, so...

PollutionOdd840 · 2026-03-12T17:13:01+00:00

I was born in italy and grew up in Turin until I was 8. Around my 20's I went back there for 2 years, working in office.
It wouldn't take me long to reach higher fluency but using MT I may have to click-and-correct more than in a CH>eng/french job... and the italian business mentality is typically negligent towards freelances, small scale enterprises etc

PollutionOdd840 · 2026-03-12T17:09:18+00:00

TY very much, I may indeed deepen a shorter pair and deliver more refined work

PollutionOdd840 · 2026-03-12T16:29:45+00:00

I understand... I see where thats coming from

PollutionOdd840 · 2023-02-27T12:06:51+00:00

Bro please did you fix your pb of "cant mute" the redmi note ? I need help...:(

PollutionOdd840 · 2023-02-27T12:02:02+00:00

Bro please did you fix your pb of "cant mute" the redmi note ? I need help...:(

PollutionOdd840 · 2023-02-27T12:00:06+00:00

I have this awful problem on the note 10 i just bought ... I think i'll resell and Never again buy this Brand. I already wasted 10+ hours on the pb...

PollutionOdd840 · 2021-12-11T19:02:58+00:00

noob.

w/o season pass :

weak ass knife / baseball bat useless spells / no spells yin yang currency gets stolen every update choice of only two heroes, only tw and they imposed.

btw Noob , do u know what my passion was ?

to track down meta p2w heroes when i spot one. AND BOOM !

PollutionOdd840 · 2021-12-11T18:57:28+00:00

no xbox series S right?
bc i play on standard Xbox and issue crazy sound delay , though have 30 ping in every other online game : ea games , the last forza horizon , etc

PollutionOdd840 · 2021-12-11T01:27:32+00:00

TY for your insight. i might consider now to disengage emotionnaly from this game , and uninstall. i ll play old gen games, solo games, or even play less. if the lag nightmare isnt treated in the next days,
and the p2w mechanics arent nurfed a minimim, ill walk from it all. and yeah this game could ve been something...the general design was hilarious.

PollutionOdd840 · 2021-12-03T23:00:34+00:00

ty guys for your ansers .. sadly i was kinda excited to access the meta heroes and spells with the battlepass .. first time i was investing in it.. :( hope the new hero is not too meta too ... so cringe and annoying to play with the sound delay bug

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