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I updated my website and paid my Proz membership. As my printer/scanner/copier has started quite recently to do a strange grinding noise I think this will be my next “investment”. Other than that I’m good…
| | | | Angus Stewart 
United Kingdom
Local time: 02:19
Member (2011)
French to English
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I need to replace my laptop and upgrade my translation software, but I have been putting off the expenditure to see whether there is still a market for translation into UK English after Brexit. At the moment I am reluctant to spend money either work-related or in my personal life due to the uncertainty. I really can't understand the madness of politics in my country at the moment!
| | | | | I have no idea in dollars, but... | Dec 6, 2018 |
Subscriptions to this site and CIoL
Subscription to Trados
Subscriptions to online dictionaries
Indemnity insurance package - again, not a lot, but I will drop it when I really give up translating.
A two-day powwow, which was really brilliant, but with travel and meals, staying overnight etc. did cost a little.
Travel to two otherwise free translator and language events. (One in London was combined with holiday, so the separate costs were minimal.)
... See more Subscriptions to this site and CIoL
Subscription to Trados
Subscriptions to online dictionaries
Indemnity insurance package - again, not a lot, but I will drop it when I really give up translating.
A two-day powwow, which was really brilliant, but with travel and meals, staying overnight etc. did cost a little.
Travel to two otherwise free translator and language events. (One in London was combined with holiday, so the separate costs were minimal.)
A new desktop computer, instead of just continuing with my laptop alone when the old one broke down.
I don't know whether these are 'investments' or just expenses, but they add up. ▲ Collapse
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| $2000 to $4000 | Dec 6, 2018 |
I bought a new desktop with a 27" screen and also a MS Surface Go (small laptop), plus a couple of keyboards and mice. Also a new backup drive, a fancy new hub, and an external DVD reader/writer. I didn't have a laptop before and my main computer was failing fast.
| | | | Sinan Pat
Germany
Local time: 03:19
Member (2019)
English to Turkish
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| Something missing | Dec 6, 2018 |
The range from 1000$ to 2000$ seems to be missing; at least this was the case on the mobile app.
| | | | neilmac
Spain
Local time: 03:19
Spanish to English
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Does paying to get a PC or laptop fixed count? I might have done that, or at least spent some time and gas money taking my colleague's PC to the guy...
I probably paid a subscription to some software provider or other as well. I suppose my monthly internet bill is mainly a work-related "investment" too...
| | | | neilmac
Spain
Local time: 03:19
Spanish to English
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Angus Stewart wrote:
.. but I have been putting off the expenditure to see whether there is still a market for translation into UK English after Brexit. ...
I initially thought your Brexit comment was just a joke, but now I'm not so sure. I don't really see how the UK being in or out of the EU will have any great effect on the demand for UK English translation. I suppose in a worst-case scenario we could learn US English, I mean how hard can it be?
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Ricki Farn
Germany
Local time: 03:19
English to German
| | At least 4000 dollars | Dec 6, 2018 |
I always keep my equipment up-to-date and nothing is more than 4 years old.
Why bother with old stuff when the investment can be deducted in tax?
| | | | Angus Stewart
United Kingdom
Local time: 02:19
Member (2011)
French to English
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| Regrettably, I am serious | Dec 6, 2018 |
neilmac wrote: Angus Stewart wrote:
.. but I have been putting off the expenditure to see whether there is still a market for translation into UK English after Brexit. ... I initially thought your Brexit comment was just a joke, but now I'm not so sure. I don't really see how the UK being in or out of the EU will have any great effect on the demand for UK English translation. I suppose in a worst-case scenario we could learn US English, I mean how hard can it be?
Regrettably, I am serious. I have been following the Brexit proceedings and the various comments made in online forums with great concern and unfortunately there is a segment of the UK population that is so xenophobic that they have been expressing views to the effect that they don't even want tourists to visit the UK any more. The mood tone they are creating is so negative that in the event they get their way and we go for a no-deal Brexit it (or a hard Brexit along the lines advocated by Theresa May), it is conceivable that foreigners would no longer wish to trade with the UK. In that event, there would be little or no demand for translation into UK English (at least in my language pairs).
| | | | | Scaremongered | Dec 6, 2018 |
Angus Stewart wrote:
there is a segment of the UK population that is so xenophobic that they have been expressing views to the effect that they don't even want tourists to visit the UK any more
Don't believe everything you read in the Daily Express...
Angus Stewart wrote:
... it is conceivable that foreigners would no longer wish to trade with the UK. In that event, there would be little or no demand for translation into UK English
Not, it is not conceivable. The same xenophobic minority didn't stop them trading with us before Brexit, and won't after. Britain trades with all kinds of obnoxious regimes and will always do so, as will all other countries. There will still be just as much trade and translation after Brexit. Relax.
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neilmac
Spain
Local time: 03:19
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| Translator overboard! | Dec 6, 2018 |
Hmmm. The language of the EU becomes curiouser and curious everyday. I suppose it's always an option in a worst-case scenario…
| | | | | more than 10% spent nothing? | Dec 6, 2018 |
I was at the low en of expenditures this past year (no major equipment acquired), but still racked up 8-900 dollars in memberships, dictionaries, cartridges, paper, new laptop battery, a fan and a space heater for my study.
Next year I'll triple that since I need a new computer.
However is it possible to spend nothing?
| | | | | Investing nothing | Dec 6, 2018 |
Hege Jakobsen Lepri wrote:
I was at the low en of expenditures this past year (no major equipment acquired), but still racked up 8-900 dollars in memberships, dictionaries, cartridges, paper, new laptop battery, a fan and a space heater for my study.
Next year I'll triple that since I need a new computer.
However is it possible to spend nothing?
Bear in mind that some (and arguably most) of what you list are not investments but expenses!
Nobody needs to buy a new PC and printer (our main investments) every year!
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