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Poll: At what age are you planning to retire?
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Sandra C.
Sandra C.
France
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don't know Dec 21, 2005

need a don't know/not sure answer... or maybe a "whenever/as soon as possible"!

 
Özden Arıkan
Özden Arıkan  Identity Verified
Germany
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I am impressed! Dec 21, 2005

Also chose never


Till the ultimate deadline... or, alzheimer


 
Nikki Graham
Nikki Graham  Identity Verified
United Kingdom
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Spanish to English
Sorry! Dec 21, 2005

Sandra Chiancone wrote:

need a don't know/not sure answer... or maybe a "whenever/as soon as possible"!


Sorry about that. Wrong of me to assume we'd all have some sort of age in mind... But has it made you think about it? I'd certainly like to do Timothy's round-the-world trip as soon as possible!


 
Arabella K-
Arabella K-
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young, wild and restless :p Dec 21, 2005

I'm too young to think about it !

 
Julio Torres
Julio Torres
Mexico
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Never! Dec 22, 2005

Xola wrote:

Also chose never


Till the ultimate deadline... or, alzheimer


I agree. This isn't only a job: it's a way of life.


 
Ikram Mahyuddin
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Indonesia
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Never plan to retire Dec 22, 2005

I never plan to stop translating and to retire since I love the job, unless I become a millionnaire some day.

 
Steven Sidore
Steven Sidore  Identity Verified
Germany
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German to English
Couldn't find my option Dec 22, 2005

Where's the button for "Once I have attained world domination?"

 
GaryG
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But some of us already are! Dec 27, 2005

And translation is our second, part-time job to supplement our pension.

Since I don't have to commute and the work is usually interesting, I don't forsee retiring as long as I have my faculties (and dictionaries


 
Tsogt Gombosuren
Tsogt Gombosuren  Identity Verified
Canada
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Member (2004)
English to Mongolian
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Translators never retire Dec 27, 2005

... because translators become valuable sources of knowledge (walking dictionaries/encyclopaedias) when they get old.

 
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