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Poll: Are you actively trying to specialize in a new industry niche this year? | N/A

Lieven Malaise — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 09:32:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Are you actively trying to specialize in a new industry niche this year?
Poster: Lieven Malaise
Post title: N/A

I specialize along the way, by accepting virtually every subject I'm offered since I started ages ago. It is clearly one of the reasons - among many others - why I'm still doing fine today.

Poll: Are you actively trying to specialize in a new industry niche this year? | Happy with my specializations

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 09:28:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Are you actively trying to specialize in a new industry niche this year?
Poster: Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Post title: Happy with my specializations

I’ve been translating for 40 years. I started out as a generalist, and little by little, I moved away from the fields I didn’t like and began specializing in the ones that appealed to me most. The 20 years I spent translating at the EU as staff translator were very helpful, as it covered a wide range of topics including agricultural policy, free movement of persons and services, migration, taxation, employment policy, social policy, education and vocational training, public health, consumer protection, economic, social and territorial cohesion, research and technological development, international relations, and the environment. These are my niches…

Poll: Are you actively trying to specialize in a new industry niche this year? | It is absolutely necessary to specialize somehow

Christine Andersen — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 09:20:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Are you actively trying to specialize in a new industry niche this year?
Poster: Christine Andersen
Post title: It is absolutely necessary to specialize somehow

No. I have always specialized in the human touch.
I still use it to stand out from the machines, and hope the market will see the point.

Poll: Are you actively trying to specialize in a new industry niche this year? | Already fairly specialized

Danielle Crouch — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 08:23:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Are you actively trying to specialize in a new industry niche this year?
Poster: Danielle Crouch
Post title: Already fairly specialized

I was already focusing on fairly specific niches (patents and technical manuals), but I'm more actively targeting them now in my marketing. So my niches themselves haven't changed, but I'm completely overhauling how I position myself.

Poll: Are you actively trying to specialize in a new industry niche this year? | Happy here

Luca Adie — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 08:19:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Are you actively trying to specialize in a new industry niche this year?
Poster: Luca Adie
Post title: Happy here

Most of the translations I do nowadays are medical or artistic. I take on a whole range of texts, but never, ever touch financial or technical - ick!

Poll: Are you actively trying to specialize in a new industry niche this year?

ProZ.com Staff — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 08:10:05 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Are you actively trying to specialize in a new industry niche this year?
Poster: ProZ.com Staff

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