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Forum: Polish
Topic: Życzenia
Poster: franela
Post title: pokornego szczęścia…

Na Nowy Rok wszystkim życzę szczęścia,które umiałoby się wpasować w nasze
marzenia.
Franela

Forum: Chinese
Topic: 唱歌吧……(Sing, Sing a Song…)
Poster: wherestip
Post title: 敬祝元旦

[quote]stone118 wrote:

Steve,

Thanks! Also wish you a best 「whole」year. （我們在台灣，好像不少人把虎年諧音為 whole year）

我知道 from around the world 是最適切的說法，但如果只用一個介係詞的話可以嗎？所以我才想用 of the world. 這是因為不想讓一整行太長（有視覺美觀上的限制），因為那裡沒辦法調整字體大小啊。 *_*

這一年半我跟著小孩「轉學」（本來讓他唸山裡小學，後來考上資優班，就來實驗一下台北縣目前的資優班教育辦得怎樣），跑到他讀的小學當起兼任的英語科任老師了，所以很少時間能做其他的事了….。不過還是定期會來 proz forum 看看，否則也不會這麼＜交好運＞，看到你們貼的這麼多好演出了！：） [/quote]

谢谢 stone. :-)

“Greetings of the world” 也可以, 但我觉得不是太好. 要短的话, 不如就说 “Season’s Greetings” or “Happy Holidays”. Both of these are short and sweet.

一定要着重全球各地的话, 用 “Greetings from afar”, “Greetings from near and far” 也都行.

Forum: Chinese
Topic: 唱歌吧……(Sing, Sing a Song…)
Poster: stone118
Post title: thanks

Steve,

Thanks! Also wish you a best 「whole」year. （我們在台灣，好像不少人把虎年諧音為 whole year）

我知道 from around the world 是最適切的說法，但如果只用一個介係詞的話可以嗎？所以我才想用 of the world. 這是因為不想讓一整行太長（有視覺美觀上的限制），因為那裡沒辦法調整字體大小啊。 *_*

這一年半我跟著小孩「轉學」（本來讓他唸山裡小學，後來考上資優班，就來實驗一下台北縣目前的資優班教育辦得怎樣），跑到他讀的小學當起兼任的英語科任老師了，所以很少時間能做其他的事了….。不過還是定期會來 proz forum 看看，否則也不會這麼＜交好運＞，看到你們貼的這麼多好演出了！：）

Forum: Polish
Topic: Życzenia
Poster: Marcelina Haftka
Post title: życzenia c.d.

Oby ten rok był lepszy, tłumacze - zdrowsi, klienci - lepiej wypłacalni, a świat - spokojniejszy! :)

Forum: Italian
Topic: Off-topic: Auguri per l’anno nuovo
Poster: cecilia metta
Post title: Auguri

Tanti auguri di vero cuore per un favoloso 2010 ma soprattutto sereno.
Un abbraccio a tutti voi
Cecilia

Forum: Russian
Topic: Русский (?) язык переводов
Poster: raskas
Post title: Спасибо за ссылку

[quote]Yana Deni wrote:

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Оттуда: …Мы все тут, которые писучие, - уже давно не верховные жрецы чистоты языка, эта функция ушла вместе с советской школой литературного редакторства…
…Но я все же искренне полагаю, что везде, где нашей культуры\знаний\вкуса\такта\наглости хватает на то, чтобы не впустить в язык\речь лишний кусок мусора - нам лучше бы это делать. Ну, потому что так - честнее, что ли…

\\\\ Но лексика местами неформальная, писали не для издательства. Тем, кого это задевает, не рекомендую….

[Редактировалось 2009-12-31 23:45 GMT]

Forum: Chinese
Topic: 唱歌吧……(Sing, Sing a Song…)
Poster: wherestip
Post title: Best Wishes for the New Year

Stone,

祝你全家新年快乐!

好久不见你在论坛发言, 怎么那么忙啊? Glad to hear that you had a wonderful Christmas, and that you enjoyed the Christmas songs posted in the forum. BTW, “Season’s greetings from around the world” is one way to categorize the various greetings you were asking about.

Forum: Russian
Topic: Русский (?) язык переводов
Poster: Yana Deni
Post title: //

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Переписка редактора и переводчика “Дэнс, дэнс, дэнс” Харуки Мураками.

Мало того, что литературный перевод оплачивается чисто условно, так ещё они там тратили офигеть сколько времени на письменное обсуждение некоторых моментов. И наверняка это ещё не полностью переписка, а только самое интересное.

Forum: Money matters
Topic: Getting paid by a Greek company
Poster: Sheila Wilson
Post title: I can only speak for French companies

Hello Gabriella,

Sorry to hear of your troubles - it is happening too frequently.

Firstly, I’m sure you were given the right advice about not chasing the company through the courts. If they are bankrupt, no court is going to get your money for you, nor is a debt collection agency. I don’t know the situation in Germany or in Greece, and I’m not a legal expert, but I was owed money here in France by a company that went into liquidation, so I can tell you how that worked.

I was told to send a letter by registered post to the registered premises of the company, stating my claim for payment and enclosing copies of supporting documents (in my case this was the unpaid invoices and the presence sheets proving I had taught classes of English students as invoiced). This had to be done within a relatively short period. In return, I received a letter and a form from a lawyer who had been appointed as the official receiver. Apparently, the form was simply to put my claim forward in the official way so that it could be considered with all the rest.

This tale doesn’t have a happy ending, unfortunately. My claim was very small and the company was very broke (the owner was awaiting trial last time I heard), and there wasn’t anything left for little old me once the big fish had had their fill.

Still, I felt as though I had protected my interests as best I could. I wish you luck protecting yours, and hope you achieve better results.

All the best
Sheila

Forum: ProZ.com job systems
Topic: Request for guidance
Poster: PRAKAASH
Post title: They can’t deny my experience.

Hi Nicole,
I understand your point and admire your concern.
However, that company is yet maligning my image by giving negative references to my potential clients/employers. At least, people should know the truth, I feel. Professionally, I have gained appreciations in my career, except this one instance. Management is really poor there. I feel those who will read that posting, if interested, will visit my page and will see the appreciations as well, that I have got for my hardwork and sincerity, prior to working with that organization and will understand the sort of mistreatment I am talking about. Such mistreatments are usually taken care in well manner in good organizations, if done by others, but one can’t help if management does it itself.
The management of that organization cannot deny my experience as I have ‘experience certificate’, ‘appointment letter’ etc authentic proofs. They have to think twice to deny! I can present my experience certificate to prove my point anywhere!
Regards,
Prakaash

[Edited at 2009-12-31 22:37 GMT]

Forum: Italian
Topic: Traduttrice demoralizzata!
Poster: Olly85

Ciao a tutti!

Volevo qualche consiglio da voi colleghi!
Sono una ragazza 24enne che da poco ha intrapreso questa professione.
Mi sono laureata in pedagogia linguistica in Russia e parlo perfettamente russo, italiano ed inglese.
Ovvio che la perfetta conoscenza delle lingue non basta assolutamente per andare avanti.
Amo molto questo lavoro, mi sento assolutamente portata e piena di grinta per farmi strada.
Purtroppo pero’ mi sto rendendo conto che servono decisamente studi specifici per migliorare la propria condizione lavorativa.
A tal proposito vorrei qualche consiglio da voi.
Vorrei tanto acquisire le tecniche per diventare ancora piu’ competente in questo campo ma per ora non so quale strada sia migliore per quanto riguarda gli studi.
Quest’anno ho lavorato come traduttrice/interprete/segretaria ma e’ stata un’esperienza piuttosto negativa.
Seppur me la sono cavata egregiamente con il mio lavoro, non mi sono sentita per nulla gratificata anche perche’ piena di persone scorrette nel modo di agire.
Spero non sia cosi’ dapertutto.
Concretamente come campa un bravo interprete/traduttore?
Voi, ad esempio, lavorate per delle agenzie, aziende o in proprio?
Lavorare come traduttore freelance non mi sembra proprio il massimo, ma forse mi sbaglio data la mia inesperienza.
Vi andrebbe di condividere le vostre esperienze?

Forum: Money matters
Topic: Getting paid by a Greek company
Poster: jotaguti
Post title: Don’t know

Gabriella: Sorry I don’t now the answer, I’m just writing to encourage anybody who might know how to guide you, to step forward and try to help. This is of interest to the entire Translation community.
Good Luck.

Forum: ProZ.com job systems
Topic: Request for guidance
Poster: Nicole Schnell
Post title: Your professional image

Blueboard rules aside - I do have the feeling that such an entry might hurt your professional image more than it might hurt your previous employer. Who - worst case scenario - might post a reply such as: “Who are you? We have never worked with this person.”
Any kind of bad mouthing or discriminatory remarks are areas of concern for potential clients, and I am wondering if this is the best way to present yourself.

Best regards,

Nicole :-)

Forum: Getting established
Topic: Which rate to ask for?
Poster: ariffo
Post title: Interesting tidbit of info…

[quote]Laurent KRAULAND wrote:

And this will be my last intervention about rates on ProZ.com, as I discovered that some colleagues complaining about low rates are not ashamed of outsourcing at such rates.

[/quote]

(I apologise for the digression)

Andrea

[Edited at 2009-12-31 21:49 GMT]

Forum: Russian
Topic: С Новым Годом!
Poster: Sergei Tumanov

Собственнь сабж

С НОВЫМ ГОДОМ!!!

(верхний регистр - это специально)