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Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida  Identity Verified
Portugal
Local time: 17:10
Membro (2007)
inglês para português
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Yes, I am satisfied with where I am May 3

I’d love my work and my income to be more regular, but we can’t have it all, can we?

Mohammad Naim
Iulia Parvu
Christopher Schröder
 
Paul
Paul
Alemanha
Local time: 18:10
alemão para inglês
+ ...
. May 4

I work and that's my "career status". However, I'd rather not have it, be rich and sit on a beach sipping margaritas.

Gerard Barry
 
Alex Lichanow
Alex Lichanow
Alemanha
Local time: 18:10
Membro (2020)
inglês para alemão
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Hard to say May 4

On the positive side, I actually love translating, I love not having to take part in the cataclysmic morning commute in my region, I am making a pretty decent income and I do absolutely have the impression that my clients are happy with my work.
On the negative side, I find myself struggling for every single cent of my usual rates more and more often, and even some of the best and most loyal of my clients have been pushing hard for MTPE, mostly without being aware of the horrendous "qualit... See more
On the positive side, I actually love translating, I love not having to take part in the cataclysmic morning commute in my region, I am making a pretty decent income and I do absolutely have the impression that my clients are happy with my work.
On the negative side, I find myself struggling for every single cent of my usual rates more and more often, and even some of the best and most loyal of my clients have been pushing hard for MTPE, mostly without being aware of the horrendous "quality" produced by standard, non-neural machine translators. And while I am willing to acknowledge that NMT is a feasible solution for very easy sources, none of them are even using DeepL yet, not to mention any more advanced solutions available on the market. ▲ Collapse
 


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