{"id":10045,"date":"2012-05-31T06:27:00","date_gmt":"2012-05-31T06:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musik.a-z-translation.com\/different-kind-of-translation-work\/"},"modified":"2020-01-03T11:33:43","modified_gmt":"2020-01-03T11:33:43","slug":"different-kind-of-translation-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.a-z-translations.com\/en\/different-kind-of-translation-work\/","title":{"rendered":"A different kind of translation work"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nI received a large envelope in the mail today. I get them about every six to eight weeks. Inside are between ten and twelve letters which I am asked to translate. Sometimes from German into Spanish, sometimes from Spanish into German. I have two weeks to complete the translations, which I then send off in another large envelope enclosed in the original package for this purpose. If I don’t have time to do the translations, I can send them back, no questions asked, and somebody else will do the work.<\/div>\n
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\nUp to this point it’s not really much different from my usual work: I receive an inquiry, the texts to translate and a due date, I accept and do the work and send it back or I decline. That the original texts are on paper and I have to print out my translations is not too terribly unusual (having to staple them to the originals, on the other hand, is <\/i>something I usually don’t do with originals). <\/div>\n
\nThe fact that the entire transaction takes place “in the real world” and not digitally is a bit different, true, but that is not what makes these translations so different. The real difference to my normal work is that I don’t send an invoice. My only physical reward is a hand-made Christmas card I receive sometime in December. But I don’t do this for personal gain or profit or because I collect hand-made cards, but rather because I like to help people communicate. <\/div>\n
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\nPeople from completely different cultures (Europe and South America) and social standing are brought together through an organization<\/a> so that disadvantaged children get a chance to go to school, learn a trade or study, and ultimately lead a better live, and so that their communities develop. And while the sponsors give money, I give my time to enable them to “speak” with their sponsor children on the other side of the planet and vice versa.<\/div>\n
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\nOh, the things they tell each other! The way the children write (and spell!)! The outpouring of love and affection on the pages! I think, being allowed to peak into these relationships, sometimes from the timid and cautious beginnings through a growing friendship to a successful finale, is a true privilege, and one that cannot be measured in coin!<\/div>\n
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\nIt’s true, I sometimes groan when an envelope arrives, because I am booked out or my time is otherwise limited, but I always smile when I drop the package with the finished translations in the mail, because I know I am helping people communicate and connect who would not otherwise be able to do so. <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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