| Pages in topic: [1 2] > | Poll: Have you ever been criticized by a relative for translating a lot? Thread poster: ProZ.com Staff
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This forum topic is for the discussion of the poll question "Have you ever been criticized by a relative for translating a lot?".
This poll was originally submitted by Salman Rostami. View the poll results »
| | | | neilmac
Spain
Local time: 01:30
Spanish to English
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Not really criticised per se, but family and friends sometimes express reget that I can't be more available to socilaise with them. For example, I was working over the whole 2-week Christmas period this year and didn't make it to visit my best friends, who I always see at least once at this time of year (I'll see them in summer when they come to Spain, and I'll have more free time then too).
| | | | Salman Rostami 
Canada
Local time: 16:30
Member (2009)
English to Persian (Farsi)
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| Thank you"Neilmac"! | Jan 25, 2016 |
Thank you"Neilmac" for sharing your experience. I had the same situation 2 years ago and my wife was very angry with me because she didn't like to go to New Year parties alone!
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I took the question literally. I live alone with my dogs. They complain, but we're not related (as far as I know).
That said, I have a very friendly neighborhood and I have huge problem with friends and neighbors who expect me to be available just because I'm "home." They can't understand how costly their interruptions are.
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| Agree with you on that one Muriel | Jan 25, 2016 |
Strange how people never seem to equate working at the computer with earning money ergo not working at the computer means not earning money.
I suppose it's because most employees have paid holidays and sick pay. Annoying though.
And that interruptions can ruin a train of thought...
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Given that the rest of my family are a bunch of scrounging spongers who are entirely dependent on me financially, they'd be ill-advised to do so.
I don't work evenings and weekends anyway. Contrary to the prevailing view on here, being a freelance translator doesn't mean work has to take over your entire life.
| | | | Kristina Cosumano (X)
Germany
Local time: 01:30
German to English
and not even criticized per se – my partner was out of sorts when I got so caught up in a row of "urgent!" translations that I worked straight through the morning and completely forgot I had promised to do some work for him. I had also forgotten to stop to make lunch.
He's a workaholic too, to he understood (once he had something to eat).
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Most of my relatives are blissfully unaware of my translation activities, as they live a fair distance from us. As for my husband, he works long hours at home as an app developer, so he doesn't mind how much I work.
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Chié_JP
Japan
Local time: 08:30
Member (2013)
English to Japanese
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| Not from relatives... | Jan 25, 2016 |
I used to end up staying on my PC almost all day, but fortunately enough, actual working period in a day is (I believe) a bit less than that of notoriously long Japanese working hours...(unless I stagger with less priority emails and old invoices, PC setting improvement etc)
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Just like Neil not really criticized per se, but one of my daughters seems to understand the meaning of freelancing as being able to leave everything behind every time she needs me for whatever.
I have also been invited to family parties at very short notice because… I’m my own boss!
| | | | | He mutters, but doesn't criticise | Jan 25, 2016 |
My husband is a retired workaholic, and if he didn't have the garden to keep in order and the meals to cook, he'd go spare! He knows about work and deadlines, and I don't overdo it much anyway. I do work evenings and occasionally Saturdays while my husband watches football, but that suits both of us.
Chris S wrote:
I don't work evenings and weekends anyway. Contrary to the prevailing view on here, being a freelance translator doesn't mean work has to take over your entire life.
Precisely!
What is the point of earning a living, if you don't live when you have earned it?
[Edited at 2016-01-25 16:25 GMT]
| | | | Rebecca Garber
Local time: 19:30
Member (2005)
German to English
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| On a more humerous note: | Jan 25, 2016 |
My family doesn't criticize. My husband is also self-employed, and it has meant that we could attend every performance and soccer game our daughter was involved in. We also both tend to work odd hours.
The extended family is somewhat concerned about our lack of paid vacation time, but they are happy to see us happy.
Our daughter recently confessed to using my translation activities to get permission to do things I am likely to reject.
She waited until I was deeply involv... See more My family doesn't criticize. My husband is also self-employed, and it has meant that we could attend every performance and soccer game our daughter was involved in. We also both tend to work odd hours.
The extended family is somewhat concerned about our lack of paid vacation time, but they are happy to see us happy.
Our daughter recently confessed to using my translation activities to get permission to do things I am likely to reject.
She waited until I was deeply involved in a translation and liable to surface only for a "what? ok, sure..." before getting drawn back to work, and asked then. (She was a good kid who's grown into a really nice adult, so this is more amusing than alarming.)
She also doesn't think I socialize enough, so was thrilled when I joined a reading group, even though it would be through skype, as the others live in Cambridge, MA. Then she found out it was a medieval manuscript translation reading group. I apparently 'failed' in an epic manner. ▲ Collapse
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| My children used to do exactly the same thing... | Jan 25, 2016 |
Rebecca Garber wrote:
Our daughter recently confessed to using my translation activities to get permission to do things I am likely to reject.
She waited until I was deeply involved in a translation and liable to surface only for a "what? ok, sure..." before getting drawn back to work, and asked then. (She was a good kid who's grown into a really nice adult, so this is more amusing than alarming.)
And all three turned out alright!
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but some friends think I am 'too isolated' and do not realize that there is plenty of human communication online.
| | | | Mario Chavez (X)
Local time: 19:30
English to Spanish
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| The ostracized translator speaks | Jan 25, 2016 |
My baby sister told me once that I had removed myself from family by living so far away (she lives in Utah with husband and child; I live in Ohio).
It is true that outsiders, even loved ones, don't usually fully understand how invested we are in what we do in our fancy schmancy home office. Wait, don't tell me you don't have a fancy home office!
Seriously, I enjoyed reading everyone's experiences with loved ones, relatives, and friends: too isolated, not socializing eno... See more My baby sister told me once that I had removed myself from family by living so far away (she lives in Utah with husband and child; I live in Ohio).
It is true that outsiders, even loved ones, don't usually fully understand how invested we are in what we do in our fancy schmancy home office. Wait, don't tell me you don't have a fancy home office!
Seriously, I enjoyed reading everyone's experiences with loved ones, relatives, and friends: too isolated, not socializing enough, etc. Muriel's dogs feeling neglected, etc.
I would add a sinister side to someone who lives with you and you work as a translator: my ex wife thought that I could make a lot of money by working from home. How did she get that idea, if I never showed her my financial statements, I'll never know. ▲ Collapse
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