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going rate for translators in poland?



blackpool_ukThreads: 8
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just wondering how much you'd be earning a month in this profession. cheers
WroclawThreads: 77
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Very often it is not regular work. So it is a difficult question to answer.
blackpool_ukThreads: 8
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would you say it's a good job high paid in poland? and how long would the average job last if on a tempory basis?
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You might be better off working for a British company with an office in Poland, or a government department.

For an ordinary guy trying to make money, it's your reputation that gets you work.

Sorry to be vague. I don't really know what you can earn.

Most people look for work translating texts. You might be better off looking for oral translation work [conferences etc] [some of this work will give you travel and hotel expenses]

Sorry, can't offer more.
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Quoting: blackpool_uk, Post #3
would you say it's a good job high paid in poland?


Unless these are some special, let's say medical texts, which required a serious medical (or economical or... ) knowledge then not much, just because there are many Poles, who can do that. A little better situation is with a native English speakers, who are teaching English, they get better cash than Polish teachers.
Barx   Feb 1, 07, 14:14 /  #
Quoting: Grzegorz_, Post #5
there are many Poles, who can do that


Are you kidding? Have you lost your mind?

Poles write English like polar bears tight-rope walk. They are unbelievably useless. Trying to read a text translated into English by a native Pole is like eating soup with a fork.

Polish translations into English are unbelievably crap, which is why there's plenty of room for English native speakers in the Polish translation market.
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Barx,

You are wrong.
Barx   Feb 1, 07, 14:41 /  #
Quoting: Wroclaw, Post #7
You are wrong


Kindly elucidate me, dude...
MagdushyaThreads: 3
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Quoting: Barx, Post #6
Trying to read a text translated into English by a native Pole is like eating soup with a fork.


yeah yeah, Barx is absolutely right!! I'm still learning here, for example : a lot of ppl here use: she do. I was stupid believing that: she does :O Idiot me! Sometimes Polish can be usefull for spelling. My landlord, English, always ask me how to spell tomorrow etc.
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Quoting: Barx, Post #6
Are you kidding? Have you lost your mind?


Son, don't make me hurt you...
gosicaThreads: 1
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There is a huge difference between translations done by a Pole who just knows English and a Pole with a degree in English or a professional translator. If it's translation from English to Polish, then a professional Polish translator would do far much better than an English native speaker who just knows Polish.
LoneStrangerThreads: 3
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Quoting: Barx, Post #6
eating soup


it should be 'Drinking soup'.

I am Polish by the way...
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