I have been a freelance Translator since 1999.
I can't really say that it was something that I've always known, I mean I didn't have a special calling to become a translator. Life just presented Translation to me exactly when I was about to make my move in order to pave the way for my future.
I was still in college when I was offered a huge challenge. This was in fact a big project but by then I had no idea that this experience would be such an important milestone in the story of my life. Everything I had decided so far concerning my future career was put into perspective and suddendly I wasn't so sure anymore. One day I had it all figured out and the next day I was completely lost in the middle of the ocean!
When I was eighteen years old, Trucks and Busses weren't exactly my thing and when I was asked to translate a technical manual of a bus from German into Portuguese I just thought to myself, you've got to be kidding me! I had no clue about translation nor mechanical industry/engineering. Of course I said no. But it didn't work. After beeing assured that I would have direct support from the responsable engineer, I would have access to the company's dictionaries and all related documents, among others, I gave in and accepted the project. Lots of questions were flying around my head and my legs were shaking but I was determined.
After almost two months of hard work and many, many, many questions (you guys have no idea!!!), I finally completed my endeavour. The waiting for the client's feedback was equally disconcerting. A week later, the expected email arrived. The manual had been approved and guess what? I was offered a new project.
When I think about it today, I feel like it was just meant to be. This passion was definitely already there, I obviously already had it in me, I just needed a little push to bring it all out.
This is me, I guess. This is who I am. I am always pushing my limits, always running away from my confort zone. This is how I think people should live. This is the only way we really get to know ourselves and what we are really capable of.
I can't really say that it was something that I've always known, I mean I didn't have a special calling to become a translator. Life just presented Translation to me exactly when I was about to make my move in order to pave the way for my future.
I was still in college when I was offered a huge challenge. This was in fact a big project but by then I had no idea that this experience would be such an important milestone in the story of my life. Everything I had decided so far concerning my future career was put into perspective and suddendly I wasn't so sure anymore. One day I had it all figured out and the next day I was completely lost in the middle of the ocean!
When I was eighteen years old, Trucks and Busses weren't exactly my thing and when I was asked to translate a technical manual of a bus from German into Portuguese I just thought to myself, you've got to be kidding me! I had no clue about translation nor mechanical industry/engineering. Of course I said no. But it didn't work. After beeing assured that I would have direct support from the responsable engineer, I would have access to the company's dictionaries and all related documents, among others, I gave in and accepted the project. Lots of questions were flying around my head and my legs were shaking but I was determined.
After almost two months of hard work and many, many, many questions (you guys have no idea!!!), I finally completed my endeavour. The waiting for the client's feedback was equally disconcerting. A week later, the expected email arrived. The manual had been approved and guess what? I was offered a new project.
When I think about it today, I feel like it was just meant to be. This passion was definitely already there, I obviously already had it in me, I just needed a little push to bring it all out.
This is me, I guess. This is who I am. I am always pushing my limits, always running away from my confort zone. This is how I think people should live. This is the only way we really get to know ourselves and what we are really capable of.
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