Poll: Do you plan to keep your translation business as a long term family business? Auteur du fil: ProZ.com Staff
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This forum topic is for the discussion of the poll question "Do you plan to keep your translation business as a long term family business?".
This poll was originally submitted by tilak raj. View the poll results »
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Michael Harris 
Allemagne
Local time: 14:18
Membre (2006)
allemand vers anglais
Not planning to, but if it happens then why not?
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Julian Holmes
Japon
Local time: 21:18
Membre (2011)
japonais vers anglais
The very thought of my son possibly posting in Proz quick polls sends shivers down my spine!
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| Thanks, Julian! | Jun 25, 2016 |
Julian Holmes wrote:
The very thought of my son possibly posting in Proz quick polls sends shivers down my spine!
I was in need of a good laugh...
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Thayenga
Allemagne
Local time: 14:18
Membre (2009)
anglais vers allemand
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Julian Holmes wrote:
The very thought of my son possibly posting in Proz quick polls sends shivers down my spine!
Can't be more honest than this, can you, Julian?
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| What a strange question | Jun 25, 2016 |
Translation isn't like running a restaurant. Other family members would have to be linguists, and how often will that happen?
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Mario Freitas
Brésil
Local time: 09:18
Membre (2014)
anglais vers portugais
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Freelancing is not a family business. My son is also a part-time translator, so I motivate him to do the same thing I did: proceed with your desired career and keep freelance translating as an extra. One day in the future, you can chose one of them if you wish. But there is no goodwill in it to consider it a big family business that could last for other generations! Are you kidding?
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Mario Chavez (X)
Local time: 08:18
anglais vers espagnol
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| I didn't want to say no on a Saturday | Jun 25, 2016 |
First, why would translation should be a long-term family business? Dear pollster, notice the hyphen in long-term.
Second, a translation is a profession, not a trade, like baking, welding, butchering, etc., all of which might be turned into a family business.
Someone's gotta go to the library. Naughty pollster.
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J.E.Sunseri
États-Unis
Local time: 05:18
Membre (2009)
russe vers anglais
| Butcher, baker, translator, tailor | Jun 25, 2016 |
I agree with Mario. It's such an odd question for a poll, really. Moreover, who really determines the career path of their children anymore?
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DianeGM
Local time: 15:18
Membre (2006)
néerlandais vers anglais
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| I don't .... | Jun 25, 2016 |
plan to plan for my children.
I will support them, however I can, in whatever they choose to do.
At the moment one seems set on theoretical physics and the other on something related to sailing ... they are young, we'll see
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