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Poll: Are freelance translators also entrepreneurs? | Not at all

Mario Freitas — Wed, 27 Dec 2017 23:47:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Are freelance translators also entrepreneurs?
Poster: Mario Freitas
Post title: Not at all

I know many freelancers believe they are entrepreneurs. But that's simply because they have never been entrepreneurs before.
I had my own partnership for 11 years, a beverage distributor for a large brewery, with exclusive distribution for 11 municipalities. We were three partners, each taking care of one branch in one town.
Believe me, the work we develop as freelancers is very, very far from an enterprise. Having a formal legal entity (company) is only 1% of being an entrepreneur.
I have never met a freelancer who could call themselves and entrepreneur, and very few translation agency owners would be entitled to that category also.

Poll: Are freelance translators also entrepreneurs? | portmanteaux

Kay Denney — Wed, 27 Dec 2017 09:28:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Are freelance translators also entrepreneurs?
Poster: Kay Denney
Post title: portmanteaux

[quote]Mario Chavez wrote:

Among the ugliest aspects of English is its penchant for creating the stupidest portmanteaus. The word “entrepreneur” is just an imported word, but “mompreneur” and “solopreneur”? Gimme a break, s'il vous plaît ! [/quote]

I would say that this is a cause to celebrate. English is a living, nay thriving language, changing along with society.

I prefer to define myself as a freelance translator personally. The business side is the most boring side of it and I don't think entrepreneurial is an adjective that fits me.

Poll: Are freelance translators also entrepreneurs? | O Canada

Mario Chavez (X) — Wed, 27 Dec 2017 00:12:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Are freelance translators also entrepreneurs?
Poster: Mario Chavez (X)
Post title: O Canada

[quote]Thayenga wrote:

[quote]Teresa Borges wrote:

[quote]Thayenga wrote:

Of course they are running their own business.

Merry Christmas...if the 26th is still a holiday in your country. [/quote]

... but there's no boxing day in Portugal! [/quote]

I believe that the boxing day is a local custom/holiday only in England. Here in Germany it's a regular second day of Christmas holiday. [/quote]

Canada celebrates Boxing Day. I promise I won't tell them.

:D

Poll: Are freelance translators also entrepreneurs? | Call it what you want...

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida — Tue, 26 Dec 2017 20:44:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Are freelance translators also entrepreneurs?
Poster: Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Post title: Call it what you want...

[quote]Thayenga wrote:

[quote]Teresa Borges wrote:

[quote]Thayenga wrote:

Of course they are running their own business.

Merry Christmas...if the 26th is still a holiday in your country. [/quote]

... but there's no boxing day in Portugal! [/quote]

I believe that the boxing day is a local custom/holiday only in England. Here in Germany it's a regular second day of Christmas holiday. [/quote]

Call it what you want - Boxing Day, Wren's Day, Zweite Feiertag, St. Stephen’s Day, le Jour de Saint Étienne, Día de San Esteban or whatever – what I meant to say was that in Portugal it’s not a holiday, it’s a regular day of work…

Poll: Are freelance translators also entrepreneurs? | No

Tina Vonhof (X) — Tue, 26 Dec 2017 20:30:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Are freelance translators also entrepreneurs?
Poster: Tina Vonhof (X)
Post title: No

Not unless they run an agency and/or have paid employees. Are doctors entrepreneurs? Lawyers? I don't think so. We are professionals offering a service, that's all.

Poll: Are freelance translators also entrepreneurs? | Cough Cough!

Michael Harris — Tue, 26 Dec 2017 19:08:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Are freelance translators also entrepreneurs?
Poster: Michael Harris
Post title: Cough Cough!

[quote]Thayenga wrote:

[quote]Teresa Borges wrote:

[quote]Thayenga wrote:

Of course they are running their own business.

Merry Christmas...if the 26th is still a holiday in your country. [/quote]

... but there's no boxing day in Portugal! [/quote]

I believe that the boxing day is a local custom/holiday only in England. Here in Germany it's a regular second day of Christmas holiday. [/quote]

England?

Great Britain or the United Kingdom - Oh the Germans☺

Poll: Are freelance translators also entrepreneurs? | Or in Germany

Thayenga — Tue, 26 Dec 2017 18:50:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Are freelance translators also entrepreneurs?
Poster: Thayenga
Post title: Or in Germany

[quote]Teresa Borges wrote:

[quote]Thayenga wrote:

Of course they are running their own business.

Merry Christmas...if the 26th is still a holiday in your country. [/quote]

... but there's no boxing day in Portugal! [/quote]

I believe that the boxing day is a local custom/holiday only in England. Here in Germany it's a regular second day of Christmas holiday.

Poll: Are freelance translators also entrepreneurs? | Time to retire the word and its ilk

Mario Chavez (X) — Tue, 26 Dec 2017 18:13:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Are freelance translators also entrepreneurs?
Poster: Mario Chavez (X)
Post title: Time to retire the word and its ilk

Happy holidays!

Now, to the business at hand: I am not an entrepreneur nor a freelance translator. I am a professional and independent translator who works full-time or part-time, depending on the week or the month.

Among the ugliest aspects of English is its penchant for creating the stupidest portmanteaus. The word “entrepreneur” is just an imported word, but “mompreneur” and “solopreneur”? Gimme a break, s'il vous plaît !

Poll: Are freelance translators also entrepreneurs? | Self-employed, yes

Justin Peterson — Tue, 26 Dec 2017 15:57:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Are freelance translators also entrepreneurs?
Poster: Justin Peterson
Post title: Self-employed, yes

Self-employed, yes. Entrepreneur? Theoretically. But to me the word suggests the foundation of a business that involves some type of innovation ... but perhaps that's because I'm from California.

[Edited at 2017-12-26 15:57 GMT]

Poll: Are freelance translators also entrepreneurs? | Not necessarily

Yetta Jensen Bogarde — Tue, 26 Dec 2017 11:45:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Are freelance translators also entrepreneurs?
Poster: Yetta Jensen Bogarde
Post title: Not necessarily

but I felt like that when I first started out

Poll: Are freelance translators also entrepreneurs? | Yes, but I don't like the word...

neilmac — Tue, 26 Dec 2017 11:43:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Are freelance translators also entrepreneurs?
Poster: neilmac
Post title: Yes, but I don't like the word...

Nor do I think of myself as "running a business".
I'm a person. I work. Nuff said.

Poll: Are freelance translators also entrepreneurs? | Yes, but I don't like the word

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida — Tue, 26 Dec 2017 10:31:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Are freelance translators also entrepreneurs?
Poster: Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Post title: Yes, but I don't like the word

I don’t know why but “entrepreneur” reminds me of those snobbish men’s-only clubs.

Poll: Are freelance translators also entrepreneurs? | Thanks, Thayenga

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida — Tue, 26 Dec 2017 10:17:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Are freelance translators also entrepreneurs?
Poster: Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Post title: Thanks, Thayenga

[quote]Thayenga wrote:

Of course they are running their own business.

Merry Christmas...if the 26th is still a holiday in your country. [/quote]

... but there's no boxing day in Portugal!

Poll: Are freelance translators also entrepreneurs? | Yes

Thayenga — Tue, 26 Dec 2017 10:00:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Are freelance translators also entrepreneurs?
Poster: Thayenga
Post title: Yes

Of course they are running their own business.

Merry Christmas...if the 26th is still a holiday in your country.

Poll: Are freelance translators also entrepreneurs?

ProZ.com Staff — Tue, 26 Dec 2017 08:10:02 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Are freelance translators also entrepreneurs?
Poster: ProZ.com Staff

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