| Pages in topic: < [1 2] | Poll: Do you save a percentage of your translation income to support a charity organization? Thread poster: ProZ.com Staff
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| Greenpeace and Save The children | Jan 4, 2016 |
Muriel Vasconcellos wrote:
If I understand the question correctly, my answer is 'yes'. I donate a percentage of my income to charities every year - not one, but several. These donations are tax-deductible. I have done this since I first started working. I can't imagine not doing it.
Same here. I've been contributing to the cause for the past 6 years, donating 20 euros/month for both. Totally affordable for me and - hopefully - extremely useful for them.
| | | | Rebecca Garber 
Local time: 15:10
Member (2005)
German to English
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| We donate to several charitable organizations | Jan 4, 2016 |
Some are local, some national, some international.
The causes vary.
There is no fixed percentage.
Any further information is on a need to know basis between me and my conscience.
| | | | Mónica Algazi
Uruguay
Local time: 16:10
Member (2005)
English to Spanish
| Direct support | Jan 4, 2016 |
through pro bono work is my choice.
| | | | | Not a fixed percentage | Jan 4, 2016 |
but I donate regularly to disaster relief efforts, arts organizations, organizations promoting civil society and environmental organizations.
If nothing else, I hope it makes Ayn Rand turn in her grave. Feeling global empathy and acting on it is a way of staying connected and kicking the idea that "selfishness is virtue" in the butt.
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Michael Harris
Germany
Local time: 21:10
Member (2006)
German to English
Franzi1979 wrote: Muriel Vasconcellos wrote:
If I understand the question correctly, my answer is 'yes'. I donate a percentage of my income to charities every year - not one, but several. These donations are tax-deductible. I have done this since I first started working. I can't imagine not doing it. Same here. I've been contributing to the cause for the past 6 years, donating 20 euros/month for both. Totally affordable for me and - hopefully - extremely useful for them.
Charity organisation? Thats new to me, seeing as they cause more destruction then good - once again, transparency. Sometimes it is good ro inform about what happens to the money you are donating and what they are doing with it - and not only that, in cas eof greenpeace, who also supports them...
| | | | neilmac
Spain
Local time: 21:10
Spanish to English
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No, not on a regular basis. I don't mind making occasional one-off donations to different charitable causes, but I feel I have to refuse those seeking regular payments, as a large part of my income isn't all that regular. Apart from the fact that I sometimes have to chase up clients to try to get them to pay on time, I already have enough regular outgoings with my social security payments, VAT, rent, household bills, vehicles (clutch went kaput on my car - again! - last night on way back from Xm... See more No, not on a regular basis. I don't mind making occasional one-off donations to different charitable causes, but I feel I have to refuse those seeking regular payments, as a large part of my income isn't all that regular. Apart from the fact that I sometimes have to chase up clients to try to get them to pay on time, I already have enough regular outgoings with my social security payments, VAT, rent, household bills, vehicles (clutch went kaput on my car - again! - last night on way back from Xmas break)... ▲ Collapse
| | | | Mario Freitas
Brazil
Local time: 16:10
Member (2014)
English to Portuguese
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I already make a few donations sporadically, but it's not a percentage of my income. If I make a lot of Money, there are many institutions I'd like to assist, but I don't think I'll ever determine a percentage of my income for that purpose.
| | | | 564354352 (X)
Denmark
Local time: 21:10
Danish to English
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| A slippery slope | Jan 5, 2016 |
Dear ProZ
Is this the kind of poll we are to expect from now on when you run out of polls that are relevant to translation professionals?
The mind boggles...
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David Young (X)
Denmark
Local time: 21:10
Danish to English
| Not a fixed percentage, but I donate regularly. | Jan 5, 2016 |
Hege Jakobsen Lepri wrote:
but I donate regularly to disaster relief efforts, arts organizations, organizations promoting civil society and environmental organizations.
If nothing else, I hope it makes Ayn Rand turn in her grave. Feeling global empathy and acting on it is a way of staying connected and kicking the idea that "selfishness is virtue" in the butt.
Thank you for this, Hege - made my day.
I give each month to Médecins Sans Frontières and a local Danish environmental organisation. Yes, it's tax-deductible but I just view that as being able to afford to give more and make my government donate at the same time (especially now it's decided to cut back on third-world assistance).
Plus I support a few other organisations that give free services which I use regularly, like Wikipedia (fantastic resource), OmegaT and Calibre.
And I'm sure it's cheaper than having kids .
| | | | Michael Harris
Germany
Local time: 21:10
Member (2006)
German to English
| When are the likes going to be introduced? | Jan 5, 2016 |
Gitte Hovedskov, MCIL wrote:
Dear ProZ
Is this the kind of poll we are to expect from now on when you run out of polls that are relevant to translation professionals?
The mind boggles...
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