Poll: Do you do any sort of volunteer work as a translator or interpreter? Thread poster: ProZ.com Staff
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neilmac
Spain
Local time: 04:45
Spanish to English
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I've done freebies for deserving causes on a couple of occasions. I don't make a habit of it though, as I have to make a living and I don't have a lot of spare time.
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| Yes, very occasionally! | Aug 24, 2015 |
UNV, Translators without Frontiers, Médécins du Monde and some development NGOs active in the former African Portuguese colonies...
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| Very occasionally | Aug 24, 2015 |
Yes, I very occasionally do free translation for Greenpeace - interesting material on green campaigns, climate change and so on.
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Muriel Vasconcellos (X) 
United States
Local time: 19:45
Spanish to English
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| Like the rest, only very rarely | Aug 24, 2015 |
If I'm not working, I'm doing other urgent things like taxes. Translation for my clients takes up all my time.
Does family count? When I was married, I interpreted for my husband for 9 years. Sometimes I help the American branch of his family communicate with the Brazilian branch by translating letters and documents.
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EvaVer (X)
Local time: 04:45
Czech to French
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| Not really volunteer, | Aug 24, 2015 |
but at reduced rates. And also very occasionally.
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I occasionally translate articles for Global Voices.
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I started out as a volunteer, more specifically as a missionary, in Argentina. I did that for about two years.
I still do a lot of volunteer work. I translate for Intermon Oxfam and occasionally for Translators Without Borders. I am also launching my translation app right now, so we're doing our first site - a small zoo - for free as a service to the local community... and it's great publicity
I try to do ... See more I started out as a volunteer, more specifically as a missionary, in Argentina. I did that for about two years.
I still do a lot of volunteer work. I translate for Intermon Oxfam and occasionally for Translators Without Borders. I am also launching my translation app right now, so we're doing our first site - a small zoo - for free as a service to the local community... and it's great publicity
I try to do as much volunteer work as I can, primarily for charities and to help the Spanish speaking community in my area. ▲ Collapse
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I translate for Handicap International and the Belgian organisation Iniciativa Cuba Socialista and I really enjoy doing so...
I feel "useful" whenever I do some volunteer work and like the idea that I'm helping people by what I do best.
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Mario Freitas
Brazil
Local time: 00:45
Member (2014)
English to Portuguese
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| Never done it officially, | Aug 27, 2015 |
But I have nothing against it, if it's for a good cause.
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