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Reflections on 2017, my first $US 100,000+ year from translation Thread poster: Dylan J Hartmann
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Lingua 5B 
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| Invest in a better alarm and surveillance system. | Jan 23, 2018 |
Mervyn Henderson wrote:
Then again, I've just looked outside to check and there's definitely no Merc there. Must be doing something wrong.
Your Merc is not there, it may have been stolen?
[Edited at 2018-01-23 11:32 GMT]
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Lingua 5B
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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| I just told you... | Jan 23, 2018 |
DJHartmann wrote: Lingua 5B wrote:
there are many translators with those qualities in Europe who will never be able to reach those figures from translation. I didn't intend for this post to be a 'how to get rich guide'. There are plenty of 'how to succeed' guides for translators. I think people should look there for advice and tips (like I did years ago). Rather, I wanted to share my experiences last year and what I learned. Maybe those many translators that you are referring to could try something different?
That in a highly competitive translator's market in Europe, being "reliable and certified" doesn't mean much in terms of very high earnings. I was just making comparisons. You said your rates were high, why did you have to work 16 hrs/day then?
[Edited at 2018-01-23 11:35 GMT]
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Tom in London
United Kingdom
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Italian to English
DJHartmann wrote:
I wanted to share my experiences last year and what I learned.
Why?
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Mervyn Henderson (X)
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| Well spotted, that lady | Jan 23, 2018 |
Since I reckoned you had definitely put your finger on it, Lingua 5B, I've just rung the police to report a missing Merc. But when I was unable to tell them the registration, the colour, the model or any details whatsoever, they were rather rude and simply hung up on me.
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Lingua 5B
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Can we see the picture of your Merc Benz?
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| 130.000 US (NOT Australian) dollars | Jan 23, 2018 |
Lingua 5B wrote:
That in a highly competitive translator's market in Europe, being "reliable and certified" doesn't mean much in terms of very high earnings. I was just making comparisons. You said your rates were high, why did you have to work 16 hrs/day then?
[Edited at 2018-01-23 11:35 GMT]
that is 100.000 euros, one must surely work 16 hours per day in my opinion.
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Lingua 5B
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Angie Garbarino wrote: Lingua 5B wrote:
That in a highly competitive translator's market in Europe, being "reliable and certified" doesn't mean much in terms of very high earnings. I was just making comparisons. You said your rates were high, why did you have to work 16 hrs/day then?
[Edited at 2018-01-23 11:35 GMT] that is 100.000 euros, one must surely work 16 hours per day in my opinion.
If I had to hire someone for services (any kind, say a mechanic, translator or any, doesn't matter) and I knew this person was overworked with 16 hr/day shifts, I would never hire them as I couldn't trust such an overworked person can provide quality work.
[Edited at 2018-01-23 11:45 GMT]
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Dylan J Hartmann
Australia
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MODERATOR TOPIC STARTER | You can share in my happiness and positivity through my Instagram feed | Jan 23, 2018 |
Google djhartmann Instagram if you're really interested.
I don't want to share the link here.
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Lingua 5B
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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| Not using Instagram actively. | Jan 23, 2018 |
DJHartmann wrote:
Google djhartmann Instagram if you're really interested.
I don't want to share the link here.
Won't be doing that, I just thought as you provided a pic with bicycles it was easy to provide one with the Benz.
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Mervyn Henderson (X)
Spain
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| NOT that I'm suggesting ... | Jan 23, 2018 |
... DJ's doing this in the thread, by any means, but by association it reminds me of a long time ago when a friend of mine, who had done very well for himself and wanted to tell me about it, rang me and said, "Hey, listen to this", whereupon I heard an echoey "clok-clok-clok-clok-clok-clok-clok-clok" for nearly a full minute, and then he said, "That was me walking the full length of my teak floor in the living room."
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Tom in London
United Kingdom
Local time: 17:38
Member (2008)
Italian to English
| Not friendly | Jan 23, 2018 |
Mervyn Henderson wrote:
.... he said, "That was me walking the full length of my teak floor in the living room."
That's very NOT environmentally friendly. Teak is a tropical hardwood.
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DZiW (X)
Ukraine
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| Keep it up, DJ | Jan 23, 2018 |
My part-time freelancing for direct clients brought me some $32K gross (pretax) last year, whereas back-of-the-envelope calculations with agencies throw icy-cold water over the "Big Win" plan, so I'd rather mum's the word!
...A wrong country or a niche, perhaps.
You did mention 'I “became” DJHartmann Translation'--did you go for a small business as an agency/LLC?
This educated guess would explain a few things)
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| No way, Lingua5B... | Jan 23, 2018 |
Lingua 5B wrote: I just thought as you provided a pic with bicycles it was easy to provide one with the Benz.
... as we know from the previous pic, he´s already married 
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Lingua 5B
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Matthias Brombach wrote: Lingua 5B wrote: I just thought as you provided a pic with bicycles it was easy to provide one with the Benz. ... as we know from the previous pic, he´s already married
I just wanted to see the car, that's all. As far as I can recall, he was showing his workplace in a coffee shop, and was providing his annual earnings report before as well. Or if it was some other poster, I apologize.
He showed annual earnings report last year(s?) as well, and now - it's tradition. (for all of you who are asking - why?)
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Dylan J Hartmann
Australia
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MODERATOR TOPIC STARTER | Australian Registered Business | Jan 23, 2018 |
DZiW wrote:
You did mention 'I “became” DJHartmann Translation'--did you go for a small business as an agency/LLC?
This is more to do with the Australian business environment. I have registered as a business here and charge Australian clients GST.
I do not want to give up being a good translator to become an agency.
What I meant about that was I gave my full 100% focus on my work, at the cost of my wife and family.
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