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Poll: Would you be interested in being a mentor/mentee on the site? | Welcome onboard!

Baran Keki — Sat, 29 Jun 2024 09:41:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Would you be interested in being a mentor/mentee on the site?
Poster: Baran Keki
Post title: Welcome onboard!

[quote]Matthias Brombach wrote:
I would love to perform the "Proletarian Plus" package for proz, addressed to freelancers and dismissed agency personnel who today have to earn their living by physical work, but who have no idea how to use their both hands for other work than typing or phoning. [/quote]
Dear Brother Matthias,
Greetings from the Multilingual Services of the Church of Latter-Day Empowerment!
It's my pleasure and privilege to let you know that after careful consideration of your application, the elders of our church (pastors and project managers) have decided to welcome you into our congregation of translators to work on our exciting translation projects!
I must say that your resolute stand against DeepL and machine translation has been a determining factor in our decision making process for we, at the Church of Latter-Day Empowerment, denounce the evils of artificial intelligence, machine translation and CAT tools. We believe these to be the works of Lucifer, designed to corrupt the brilliant workings of the human brain, one of many gifts of our Lord.
We aim to save those poor souls who, for material considerations, made a pact with the devil and turned their backs on human translation. That's why your role as a mentor is vitally important to save those poor sods and show them the path of righteousness (in which case your physical and manual skills will come in very handy!).
Please go ahead and create your profile on our holy translation management system. We pay our translators through Jesus direct (our Mormon approved online payment platform). Make sure you enter your bank details correctly along with your PIN number and sort code. We advise our translators to disable 2 factor authentication (yet another Satan's invention to lull people into a false sense of security!) for more efficient results.
We're very much looking forward to working with you soon. May Alla.. ah Jesus Christ be praised.
Rev. B. Keki III (he, him, his holiness)
Project Manager at the Church of Latter-Day Empowerment

[Edited at 2024-06-29 14:20 GMT]

Poll: Would you be interested in being a mentor/mentee on the site? | No

Siobhán Fulton — Thu, 27 Jun 2024 22:18:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Would you be interested in being a mentor/mentee on the site?
Poster: Siobhán Fulton
Post title: No

Given the current state of the industry, it's like teaching cockroaches how to eat crumbs. They'll learn it on their own.

Poll: Would you be interested in being a mentor/mentee on the site? | Yes!

Matthias Brombach — Thu, 27 Jun 2024 16:27:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Would you be interested in being a mentor/mentee on the site?
Poster: Matthias Brombach
Post title: Yes!

As one of the numerous Enfants terribles of this service I would love to perform the "Proletarian Plus" package for proz, addressed to freelancers and dismissed agency personnel who today have to earn their living by physical work, but who have no idea how to use their both hands for other work than typing or phoning. In line with the reasonable prices of the webinar programs offered by the Keki Consultants Group (also in short known as the "Sultans Group") I would offer a week on a boot camp somehow around Kiel / Germany, where you could learn how to handle tools (e.g. screwdrivers, a hammer, keys of all type, etc.), to name the most important fasteners, how to treat minor working related injuries, how to clean a German staircase and how to deal with colleagues. We will learn what tattoos to wear in a working environment, what to discuss on-site and which subjects you better avoid today, how to prepare a burger with chips, and how to tap a German beer properly for professional purposes. I would plan an excursion to a nearby supermarket, where we could learn how to collect shopping carts on a parking site without damaging any of the cars parked there and how to talk to customers. Ex-agency personnel would learn how to survive with an equivalent income based on the earlier "5-cent-per-word" jobs and how to fill the income gap by collecting deposit bottles.

Poll: Would you be interested in being a mentor/mentee on the site? | 19 actually

Baran Keki — Thu, 27 Jun 2024 10:45:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Would you be interested in being a mentor/mentee on the site?
Poster: Baran Keki
Post title: 19 actually

[quote]Christopher Schröder wrote:
18 cards!
[/quote]
I got mine in the post this morning...
That ref needs serious mentoring.

Poll: Would you be interested in being a mentor/mentee on the site? | 18 cards!

The Shredder — Thu, 27 Jun 2024 09:47:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Would you be interested in being a mentor/mentee on the site?
Poster: The Shredder
Post title: 18 cards!

[quote]Baran Keki wrote:
That kid was going to be our first ever Brazilian client... But we did represent some world class players from your neck of the woods including Mike Bassett, Tommy Muirhead, Perv Henderson, Mickey Pogg and Andy Carroll. [/quote]
That's a pretty crazy gang.

After last night, maybe you should mentor your own countrymen and help them challenge those stereotypes :-) :-)

As for me, I'm considering offering my lot a ten-part training programme in where the goal is and why they should try kicking the ball towards it.

Back on topic, though, I'd be happy to offer newbie translators similarly incisive nuggets of advice drawn from more than 30 years of simply applying a bit of common sense and taking pride in what I do.

Unfortunately, though, that doesn't fit the ProZ narrative. It's all about leveraging technology and AI and kowtowing to exploitative agencies.

Poll: Would you be interested in being a mentor/mentee on the site? | No idea mate

Baran Keki — Thu, 27 Jun 2024 08:21:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Would you be interested in being a mentor/mentee on the site?
Poster: Baran Keki
Post title: No idea mate

[quote]Christopher Schröder wrote:
Whatever happened to Pauliñho?
[/quote]
That kid was going to be our first ever Brazilian client... But we did represent some world class players from your neck of the woods including Mike Bassett, Tommy Muirhead, Perv Henderson, Mickey Pogg and Andy Carroll.

Poll: Would you be interested in being a mentor/mentee on the site? | 🎶🎶

The Shredder — Thu, 27 Jun 2024 06:23:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Would you be interested in being a mentor/mentee on the site?
Poster: The Shredder
Post title: 🎶🎶

[quote]Lingua 5B wrote:

A couple of times I tried giving a piece of advice to newbies on the forum and it resulted in their hysteria/rage, as my answers did not match their daydreaming projections. [/quote]
“It’s not what you do, it’s the way that you do it…” 🎶🎶

Poll: Would you be interested in being a mentor/mentee on the site? | Brazilian

The Shredder — Thu, 27 Jun 2024 06:21:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Would you be interested in being a mentor/mentee on the site?
Poster: The Shredder
Post title: Brazilian

[quote]Baran Keki wrote:

I once tried to take a young Brazilian lad under my wing and advised him to stop ruining his life by becoming a freelance translator, and suggested that he become a footballer instead (he had a tan like Romario, so I figured he had the talent and aptitude as well).
I even referred him to our agents at Keki Talent Management Ltd. to prepare deep fake Welcome to [insert club's name here] videos on Youtube for him, but, just like Lingua, my efforts were not appreciated. I was as good as called a scammer.
[/quote]
Whatever happened to Pauliñho?

Poll: Would you be interested in being a mentor/mentee on the site? | Veteran's curse

B&B FinTrans — Thu, 27 Jun 2024 05:36:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Would you be interested in being a mentor/mentee on the site?
Poster: B&B FinTrans
Post title: Veteran's curse

[quote]Alex Lichanow wrote:

I like to spend my productive working time actually working. If I have nothing to work on, there is a whole bunch of things I do to remain productive and get in shape. Also, I frankly don't think the cynicism towards the translation industry that I have accrued over the past few years would really lend itself to a successful and mutually satisfying mentorship. [/quote]

Interesting point I totally agree with. I did some mentoring before the GFC and for a few years after, but I gradually turned into a "blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are not as they ought to be" and I kept telling newbies again and again that it would be advantageous to have a solid plan B (e. g. in case of Skynet scenarios). Now one of my former mentees has discovered her love of WWOOFing and another is teaching English and Economics at a private school. They don't seem to regret leaving their lives as freelance translators behind ...

[Edited at 2024-06-27 05:40 GMT]

Poll: Would you be interested in being a mentor/mentee on the site? | inhouse positions

Zea_Mays — Wed, 26 Jun 2024 15:33:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Would you be interested in being a mentor/mentee on the site?
Poster: Zea_Mays
Post title: inhouse positions

Wouldn't an in-house position be the best option for beginners? The conflict of interest would also be much less that way.
Personally, I am not convinced of the usefulness of mentoring when the mentor and mentee are from the same niche = competitors.
As is often the case in higher education, there may be also situations where the mentor uses the mentee for their own benefit.

Poll: Would you be interested in being a mentor/mentee on the site? | No

Alex Lichanow — Wed, 26 Jun 2024 13:21:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Would you be interested in being a mentor/mentee on the site?
Poster: Alex Lichanow
Post title: No

I like to spend my productive working time actually working. If I have nothing to work on, there is a whole bunch of things I do to remain productive and get in shape. Also, I frankly don't think the cynicism towards the translation industry that I have accrued over the past few years would really lend itself to a successful and mutually satisfying mentorship.

Poll: Would you be interested in being a mentor/mentee on the site? | No way

Baran Keki — Wed, 26 Jun 2024 12:47:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Would you be interested in being a mentor/mentee on the site?
Poster: Baran Keki
Post title: No way

I once tried to take a young Brazilian lad under my wing and advised him to stop ruining his life by becoming a freelance translator, and suggested that he become a footballer instead (he had a tan like Romario, so I figured he had the talent and aptitude as well).
I even referred him to our agents at Keki Talent Management Ltd. to prepare deep fake Welcome to [insert club's name here] videos on Youtube for him, but, just like Lingua, my efforts were not appreciated. I was as good as called a scammer.

Poll: Would you be interested in being a mentor/mentee on the site? | Absolutely not

Lingua 5B — Wed, 26 Jun 2024 12:03:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Would you be interested in being a mentor/mentee on the site?
Poster: Lingua 5B
Post title: Absolutely not

A couple of times I tried giving a piece of advice to newbies on the forum and it resulted in their hysteria/rage, as my answers did not match their daydreaming projections.

Poll: Would you be interested in being a mentor/mentee on the site? | No

Liena V. — Wed, 26 Jun 2024 11:45:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Would you be interested in being a mentor/mentee on the site?
Poster: Liena V.
Post title: No

Not for me either. I don't deny advice when asked and being able to consult someone who has more experience is great, but the whole idea of mentorship is rather foreign to me, especially in translation. What could I do anyway, other than answer some questions and/or revise? I have no time or interest to train anyone and, as we can see in discussions here, everyone has a different approach, also situations vary in different countries and languages. I think it's best to let people figure things out for themselves, like I did without ever feeling any need for a mentor.

Poll: Would you be interested in being a mentor/mentee on the site? | No

neilmac — Wed, 26 Jun 2024 11:36:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Would you be interested in being a mentor/mentee on the site?
Poster: neilmac
Post title: No

Unfortunately, I'm much too busy with work... and life in general. Currently dealing with house insurance to see about getting the wall that was blown down by a storm a couple weeks ago fixed. Policy is in the landlord's name but his Spanish is minimal. Also trying to get hold of the local plumber, who is always busy...

Poll: Would you be interested in being a mentor/mentee on the site? | .

Kay Denney — Wed, 26 Jun 2024 08:49:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Would you be interested in being a mentor/mentee on the site?
Poster: Kay Denney
Post title: .

Honestly I don't see the point. I'm just trying to keep earning a living until retirement, I don't see any real future for wannabe translators so mentoring would be a waste of time.

That said, I do enjoy teaching, passing on my knowledge. But I do that in my volunteer work rather than as a translator.

Poll: Would you be interested in being a mentor/mentee on the site? | No

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida — Tue, 25 Jun 2024 20:26:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Would you be interested in being a mentor/mentee on the site?
Poster: Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Post title: No

I mentored several junior colleagues in the past when I worked in-house and I have informally helped some Proz members, but I’m not interested in doing that formally.

Poll: Would you be interested in being a mentor/mentee on the site?

ProZ.com Staff — Tue, 25 Jun 2024 20:10:05 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Would you be interested in being a mentor/mentee on the site?
Poster: ProZ.com Staff

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