Poll: What would improve your job satisfaction the most? Thread poster: ProZ.com Staff
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| | | | neilmac
Spain
Local time: 20:20
Spanish to English
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Lower monthly SS rates for self-employed workers would be nice. Other than that, I'm fine.
| | | | | More stable work opportunities... | Feb 24, 2025 |
... would make me very satisfied!
| | | | Ana Vozone 
Local time: 19:20
Member (2010)
English to Portuguese
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| Maintaining the status quo | Feb 24, 2025 |
I am happy with my current situation
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Rates are the main reason I have started transitioning from translation into teaching. I haven't been able to increase my rates to keep up with inflation the past 6 to 7 years, and it is no longer possible to live in a high cost country and rely solely on translation as income if you want to have a decent pension at a certain point.
I'll add: Work has been steady, but having to work longer hours to compensate for inflation is no longer a prospect I can live with long term.
I c... See more Rates are the main reason I have started transitioning from translation into teaching. I haven't been able to increase my rates to keep up with inflation the past 6 to 7 years, and it is no longer possible to live in a high cost country and rely solely on translation as income if you want to have a decent pension at a certain point.
I'll add: Work has been steady, but having to work longer hours to compensate for inflation is no longer a prospect I can live with long term.
I currently only rely on translation for 20-30% of my income, and my stress levels are way down.
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| | | | | At this point? | Feb 24, 2025 |
More stable work, definitely. Things got quite unstable lately.
| | | | | More stable work opportunities | Feb 24, 2025 |
Who doesn't want to have regular clients with sufficient amounts of jobs? I hope there will still be a better future for us translators and interpreters.
| | | | Mario Chávez
United States
Local time: 14:20
English to Spanish
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| A return to pre-globalization times | Feb 24, 2025 |
Before I get dismissive comments, listen or read for a moment: where were you before globalization, before every country had broadband internet? How did you earn your keep, make ends meet, strive towards a better future for yourself and your loved ones?
We might need to decouple from technology some of our most treasured goals. No, I'm not renouncing to practical technology tools if they serve the purpose I want in mind to earn a living. I mean, we might need not to focus solely on ... See more Before I get dismissive comments, listen or read for a moment: where were you before globalization, before every country had broadband internet? How did you earn your keep, make ends meet, strive towards a better future for yourself and your loved ones?
We might need to decouple from technology some of our most treasured goals. No, I'm not renouncing to practical technology tools if they serve the purpose I want in mind to earn a living. I mean, we might need not to focus solely on technology solutions.
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Peter Simon
Netherlands
Local time: 20:20
English to Hungarian
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Hege Jakobsen Lepri wrote:
Rates are the main reason I have started transitioning from translation into teaching. I haven't been able to increase my rates to keep up with inflation the past 6 to 7 years, and it is no longer possible to live in a high cost country and rely solely on translation as income if you want to have a decent pension at a certain point.
I'll add: Work has been steady, but having to work longer hours to compensate for inflation is no longer a prospect I can live with long term.
I currently only rely on translation for 20-30% of my income, and my stress levels are way down.
[Edited at 2025-02-24 15:05 GMT]
A definitely interesting shift, from my point of view! I was a teacher for 30 years but could hardly make a decent living from teaching in my low-income, fairly poor country. Towards the end it was becoming quite stressful as well.
After I moved to the Netherlands, I was already old enough not to be needed by schools, then came the idea of investing into what I used to do for a while one or two decades earlier: translation. I could survive serious health problems relatively easily at home and earn a decent living at my own pace, sipping tea as I wish. My stress levels subsided until I got to pensionable age. I still have some work but only if the fees are good. No stress at all now.
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