Three Lessons: Humility, Collaboration, Perseverance. | Kevin Hendzel Thread poster: Ildiko Santana
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Ildiko Santana 
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Local time: 17:26
Member (2002)
Hungarian to English
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MODERATOR | P.L.F. Persio
Netherlands
Local time: 02:26
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Köszönöm szépen, Ildiko!
What an interesting, illuminating and heartwarming article.
| | | | | I would personally say:knowledge, practice, aiming for perfection and perserverence | Mar 9, 2013 |
I am not sure what humility and collaboration have to do with all of that. Definitely not humility expressed though charging $0.02/word, or listening to all the whims a company might have. Collaboration? If the company knows a lot about translation -- why not, not if they require things that they have no idea about -- like "please translate every word", "send us your TM" (what if you don't need a TM to translate).
| | | | Emma Goldsmith
Spain
Local time: 02:26
Member (2004)
Spanish to English
Kevin's article was shared on Twitter this morning. I quite agree, Ildiko, it's a great insight into what you should be aiming for as a translator.
It doesn't matter whether you're a beginner or have been in the business for years; make sure you read it!
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| Essential Role of Collaboration | Mar 9, 2013 |
Ildiko Santana wrote:
I believe Kevin Hendzel's latest is a must-read for all translators; it is pure GOLD:
Three Lessons: Humility, Collaboration, Perseverance.
All three – in that order – hold the key to becoming a world-class translator.
Word Prisms blog | March 8, 2013
Always mind the Essential Role of Collaboration...
| | | | | Nice article | Mar 10, 2013 |
Thanks for pointing this beautiful article out to us. The most solid translations really do come from experienced translators with profound technical subject-matter training. However, in our opinion, there are many translators who reach the point of writing elegantly and accurately in less than 10 years of professional translating - with ambition and dedication.
| | | | | Nice article probably | Mar 18, 2013 |
but as an artisan (in a rather degrading sense) in translation of 40 yers' standing I lost interest after reading half a page or so.
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