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ProZ.com Staff 
United States
Local time: 14:59
 Member (2011)
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This forum topic is for the discussion of the poll question "With the new year, are you planning to introduce any new services?".
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Victoria Burns
United Kingdom
Local time: 22:59
 Member (2007)
French to English
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No, I'm a translator - I translate.
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neilmac
Spain
Local time: 23:59
Member (2007)
Spanish to English
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Not if I can help it.
I have to add that I find the question's underlying supposition (i.e., that translating is somehow insufficient) irritating.
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Julian Holmes
Japan
Local time: 06:59
Member (2011)
Japanese to English
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I will do double even triple backflips for customers who pay 10x more than others - however painful it'll be.
At least the extra spondoolicks will pay for the hospital expenses.
Happy backflips!
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DianeGM
Greece
Local time: 00:59
Member (2006)
Dutch to English
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I assume, perhaps wrongly, that the question is directed at those who learned a new language or attained a new qualification/certification or similar, and I didn't.
So, I'll be continuing with the same services as before, only with a year more experience I hope I'll be providing them better.
Best wishes to all for a happy 2012!
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Diana Arbiser
United States
Local time: 15:59
Member (2007)
English to Spanish
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Why would the new year mean new services? This poll looks like a modified version of the New Year's resolutions poll. Changes in what I do may happen at any given time, not with the new year, in my experience. I was a translator, and then I became an interpreter at some point in my life, but it didn't happen with a calendar change!
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Chun Un
Macau
Local time: 05:59
Member (2007)
English to Chinese
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copy writing / transcreation
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Vneditor
Vietnam
Local time: 04:59
Member (2011)
English to Vietnamese
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Translating and reviewing/proofreading with a side job of transcribing has been enough to keep me well fed in 2011. I currently have no plans to offer more than that. Although now that I think about it, DTP and graphics editing both sound pretty tempting.
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Teresa Borges
Belgium
Local time: 23:59
Member (2007)
German to Portuguese
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I am a translator on the 31st December and I will still be a translator on the 1st January, only one day older... Best wishes for 2012!
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Suzanne Deliscar
Canada
Local time: 17:59
Member (2009)
Spanish to English
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I will be offering more contract abstraction and adding legal document review, both in French and Spanish.
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Melissa McMahon
Australia
Local time: 07:59
Member (2006)
French to English
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There are lots of skills I use in translating that I am thinking could be worth advertising as separate services, eg:
- pdf conversion & clean-up
- "gisting"/light MT post-editing
- copy-editing
- copywriting
Advertising them as separate services has the added advantage of highlighting the complex set of skills that a translator has beyond "knowing another language".
Happy New Year!
MM
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Muriel Vasconcellos
United States
Local time: 14:59
Member (2003)
Spanish to English
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| | I'm reducing my offerings | Jan 2 |
No more proofreading, no more abstracting or gisting, no more transcription, no more DTP. I'm happiest when I'm translating, and translating pays the best. Why bother with other services?
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Daniel Jimenez
Spain
Local time: 23:59
Member (2007)
English to Spanish
| | Quite the same as Melissa | Feb 20 |
I am charging new clients for pdf conversion, OCR, DTPing etc, separately or increasing the amount of hours or money, as this kind of tasks consume my time anyway, and that's what I charge money for: my time.
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