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| | | | | It depends... | Aug 10, 2009 |
I wasn't sure which translation to consider as my first. The first translation I ever did was a literary one, as far as I remember, so that's what I voted. But that was at school. If it is a question of the first translation I did as a professional translator, I don't remember for sure what it was, but I think it may have been on the subject of humanitarian aid or similar.
| | | | | Other - my first paid assignment regarded real estate | Aug 10, 2009 |
it was an appraisal study and it took me ages
| | | | | No prizes for guessing ... | Aug 10, 2009 |
Law
But reading what John says below, my first unpaid translation was also in Latin class. Can't remember the exact topic, but Latin was one subject I could sit and work at for hours (unlike Maths!)
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| Technical specifications for a mass spectrometer | Aug 10, 2009 |
How would I forget? It was during a summer bilingual secretarial job while I was still a student, and the 1st time ever I heard about spectrometers (or anything on the technical side). But the boss was adamant I could and had to do it - so I did. Into English too, not my native language... Anyway, a sales engineer then went to Australia with my translation in his pocket - and sold a lot of spectrometers!
| | | | John Cutler 
Spain
Local time: 22:11
Spanish to English
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| The first... | Aug 10, 2009 |
I interpreted the question as meaning my first paid translation. It was very short and had to do with a series of conferences for eyeglass makers. Quite simple really. It was just a series of dates and schedules of the various sessions.
If I think about the first translation I ever did, it was probably some classical text in ninth grade Latin class.
| | | | neilmac
Spain
Local time: 22:11
Spanish to English
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| I can't even remember | Aug 10, 2009 |
... what I did a month or two ago... it all goes in one ear and out the other, so to speak.
In fact, this morning I got an email from a client asking how I was getting on with the revision of a scientific article they sent me a few weeks ago... which I realised I'd overlooked in the heat of the summer...
The say it's a sign of genius ...
| | | | ikeda45
Local time: 05:11
Member (2007)
English to Japanese
| Harlequin Romance | Aug 10, 2009 |
for a long long time ago as my first translation job.
[Edited at 2009-08-10 13:31 GMT]
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| Lit at university - then social sciences I think... | Aug 10, 2009 |
I took it to mean the first time I did any translation - which in my case was in my first year at University when I was faced with medieval-modern French (generally literature) and more modern Portuguese translations (also lit based)....a challenge to say the least! In my final year at university I translated a lot of short stories from Portuguese to English.
| | | | Kevin Fulton
United States
Local time: 16:11
German to English
| Flora and fauna in the Lake Titicaca basin | Aug 10, 2009 |
My first paid translation was in 1969 for a graduate student in geography.
| | | | Anthony Baldwin
United States
Local time: 16:11
Portuguese to English
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My first paid translation project was back translation from Portuguese of some 30k words of materials for a clinical protocol for a new diabetes medication.
I still do work for this same client today.
[Edited at 2009-08-10 12:47 GMT]
| | | | Anthony Baldwin
United States
Local time: 16:11
Portuguese to English
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| ditto, sort of | Aug 10, 2009 |
neilmac wrote:
... what I did a month or two ago... it all goes in one ear and out the other, so to speak.
In fact, this morning I got an email from a client asking how I was getting on with the revision of a scientific article they sent me a few weeks ago... which I realised I'd overlooked in the heat of the summer...
The say it's a sign of genius ...
Oddly, while I remember many of the translations on which I've worked, at this juncture, of course, I've done so many that it would be possible to remember them all, but I DO remember the first one.
One another note, however, I also do interpreting, and, I confess, I often do not remember what I've interpreted, even shortly after I work, whether it be a deposition, court case, or medical consultation.
Hearing one language, and speaking in the other, and vice-versa, requires so much concentration, that I do not retain the content afterwards...I am too focused on "being an interpreting machine" while working.
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Helena Genel
United States
Local time: 13:11
English to Spanish
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My very first paid translation was four Microsoft manuals (Word, Excel, Outlook and Powerpoint), 80 pages each!
My second assignment, from a different client, was a 200-word letter. Pretty easy, compared to the first.
| | | | | My very first big translation job | Aug 10, 2009 |
was interpreting American Christian missionaries in Russia.
| | | | Rebecca Garber
Local time: 16:11
Member (2005)
German to English
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| Like Catherine, | Aug 10, 2009 |
my first translation was in school, in a class on translating poetry.
My first *paid* translation was a patent, and I've been working in technical ever since.
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