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Doubt - NDA's/portfolio? | No,

Rita Faleiro — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 13:58:00 +0000

Forum: Pro Bono Project
Topic: Doubt - NDA's/portfolio?
Poster: Rita Faleiro
Post title: No,

[quote]Daryo wrote:

[quote]Rita Faleiro wrote:

[quote]Samuel Murray wrote:

[quote]Rita Faleiro wrote:
The thing is: there is a paragraph on Pro Bono Ethics material that states the following... [/quote]
Yes, so from what I can tell, the content that you translated is confidential, but the fact that you had done a pro bono translation for this company is not confidential. So you may add information about this job to your résumé, but make your description of it as vague as possible. What I would do, if the client is not a large multinational organization, is not to mention the name of the client but describe them instead. [/quote]

However, I found that the documentary I translated the subtitles for is posted online ( [url removed] ), so I assume it's safe to say that at least that documentary is open to being included in the portfolio. Am I thinking correctly?

Thank you for all the help :) Pro Bono is still really new to me and I'm learning to navigate through it :) [/quote]

As you have done the subtitling FOR FREE have they at least credited you for the subtitling in the video? Or they decided on your behalf that you're just an 'anonymous donor' of your time and knowledge?
[/quote]

No, I don't get credits, I think. Being voluntarily and pro bono, I think that what I gain is experience - not expecting to get credits for it.

Doubt - NDA's/portfolio? | Previous post applies

William Bowley — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 13:41:00 +0000

Forum: Pro Bono Project
Topic: Doubt - NDA's/portfolio?
Poster: William Bowley
Post title: Previous post applies

This is a prime example of what I was stating in my previous post - terms such as this are vaguely or poorly-written in the hope of having overarching control over a translator, more so than they actually have, expecting them to "over-comply", which is simply unreasonable. Your work is your work. As per my previous post, using your work but blocking out any personal or client-specific information is reasonable.

[Edited at 2026-07-24 13:43 GMT]

Doubt - NDA's/portfolio? | Just curious ...

Daryo — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 12:49:00 +0000

Forum: Pro Bono Project
Topic: Doubt - NDA's/portfolio?
Poster: Daryo
Post title: Just curious ...

[quote]Rita Faleiro wrote:

[quote]Samuel Murray wrote:

[quote]Rita Faleiro wrote:
The thing is: there is a paragraph on Pro Bono Ethics material that states the following... [/quote]
Yes, so from what I can tell, the content that you translated is confidential, but the fact that you had done a pro bono translation for this company is not confidential. So you may add information about this job to your résumé, but make your description of it as vague as possible. What I would do, if the client is not a large multinational organization, is not to mention the name of the client but describe them instead. [/quote]

However, I found that the documentary I translated the subtitles for is posted online ( [url removed] ), so I assume it's safe to say that at least that documentary is open to being included in the portfolio. Am I thinking correctly?

Thank you for all the help :) Pro Bono is still really new to me and I'm learning to navigate through it :) [/quote]

As you have done the subtitling FOR FREE have they at least credited you for the subtitling in the video? Or they decided on your behalf that you're just an 'anonymous donor' of your time and knowledge?

Doubt - NDA's/portfolio? | Documentary Trauma Talks

Rita Faleiro — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 12:21:00 +0000

Forum: Pro Bono Project
Topic: Doubt - NDA's/portfolio?
Poster: Rita Faleiro
Post title: Documentary Trauma Talks

[quote]Samuel Murray wrote:

[quote]Rita Faleiro wrote:
The thing is: there is a paragraph on Pro Bono Ethics material that states the following... [/quote]
Yes, so from what I can tell, the content that you translated is confidential, but the fact that you had done a pro bono translation for this company is not confidential. So you may add information about this job to your résumé, but make your description of it as vague as possible. What I would do, if the client is not a large multinational organization, is not to mention the name of the client but describe them instead. [/quote]

However, I found that the documentary I translated the subtitles for is posted online ( [url removed] ), so I assume it's safe to say that at least that documentary is open to being included in the portfolio. Am I thinking correctly?

Thank you for all the help :) Pro Bono is still really new to me and I'm learning to navigate through it :)

Doubt - NDA's/portfolio? | @Rita

Samuel Murray — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 12:11:00 +0000

Forum: Pro Bono Project
Topic: Doubt - NDA's/portfolio?
Poster: Samuel Murray
Post title: @Rita

[quote]Rita Faleiro wrote:
The thing is: there is a paragraph on Pro Bono Ethics material that states the following... [/quote]
Yes, so from what I can tell, the content that you translated is confidential, but the fact that you had done a pro bono translation for this company is not confidential. So you may add information about this job to your résumé, but make your description of it as vague as possible. What I would do, if the client is not a large multinational organization, is not to mention the name of the client but describe them instead.

Doubt - NDA's/portfolio? | My only question is this one:

Rita Faleiro — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 11:40:00 +0000

Forum: Pro Bono Project
Topic: Doubt - NDA's/portfolio?
Poster: Rita Faleiro
Post title: My only question is this one:

The thing is: there is a paragraph on Pro Bono Ethics material that states the following:

So I'm not really sure on how to proceed.
I already contacted them. Let's see...

[Editada em 2026-07-24 11:48 GMT]

Doubt - NDA's/portfolio? | Is it a secret?

Samuel Murray — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 11:35:00 +0000

Forum: Pro Bono Project
Topic: Doubt - NDA's/portfolio?
Poster: Samuel Murray
Post title: Is it a secret?

[quote]Rita Faleiro wrote:
Work done through ProBono, being voluntary, and with humanitary purposes, can I add it to my Portfolio? [/quote]
Is the fact that you did the translation a secret? If not, then you can add it to your portfolio.

Doubt - NDA's/portfolio? | Your work

William Bowley — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 09:53:00 +0000

Forum: Pro Bono Project
Topic: Doubt - NDA's/portfolio?
Poster: William Bowley
Post title: Your work

NDAs tend to be misunderstood and misused in this industry.

The idea of NDAs is to prevent the sharing of sensitive, private information, rather than to allow an entity to have general overarching control over a translator (for example, to issue rules on intellectual property rights or personal information that is inherently private, but not rules on a translator's work).

Some terms may be unenforceable if they are not specific and fair. There are no universal "rules" as such.

You're generally free to use your own work as a sample of your translation ability, ensuring that any personal information is redacted.

Doubt - NDA's/portfolio? | Use it

The Shredder — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 08:19:00 +0000

Forum: Pro Bono Project
Topic: Doubt - NDA's/portfolio?
Poster: The Shredder
Post title: Use it

If you haven’t signed away your rights, you are free to use it as you see fit.

Doubt - NDA's/portfolio? | Kind of same situation

Gregor Trebec — Thu, 23 Jul 2026 17:22:00 +0000

Forum: Pro Bono Project
Topic: Doubt - NDA's/portfolio?
Poster: Gregor Trebec
Post title: Kind of same situation

This week, from eleven candidates i was the chosen one for translating a book for deaf people. My first book. It came out nice.
I am thinking to do it pro-bono. I was once on 100% invalidity and what i learned is a pensioner is always in need of money.

Doubt - NDA's/portfolio?

Rita Faleiro — Thu, 23 Jul 2026 12:06:00 +0000

Forum: Pro Bono Project
Topic: Doubt - NDA's/portfolio?
Poster: Rita Faleiro

Hello everyone,

I've just finished yesterday my first ProBono work - 9000 words of subtitles translation for a certain project/documentary.
My doubt is:

Work done through ProBono, being voluntary, and with humanitary purposes, can I add it to my Portfolio?

I don't want to infringe any rules.

Also, when text-translations via ProBono are made, can they be used as translation samples in order to improve our certified pro application?

Thank you all for your help,

Rita