Poll: Do you take part in a continuing education/development program? De persoon die dit onderwerp heeft geplaatst: ProZ.com Staff
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| No - too late | Oct 19, 2017 |
This old dog learned her last tricks a long time ago.
Of course, I learn as I go from every new job, but it's too late for any formal education or training in translation.
I've been studying ornamental horticulture on the side for 7 years, but that doesn't count.
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| Not in the sense implied here ... | Oct 19, 2017 |
... but life is a continuing education/development programme, whether you think you're taking part in it or not.
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If the course is affordable, seems interesting and I’m available… The last one was a one-week summer course on new words at the Lisbon New University (College of Social and Human Sciences) I took in July.
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| Not as much as I used to... | Oct 19, 2017 |
Since I passed my diploma, I have only taken two extended programmes, but I have attended a couple of one-day sessions each year after that.
I now feel I have covered the ground on many of them, either because I have been before, or because I have often found that time and money are better spent on reading up at home than travelling a long way for a short session.
But I do consider it important to keep up with developments one way or another.
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Agneta Pallinder 
Verenigd Koninkrijk
Local time: 10:04
Lid 2014
Zweeds naar Engels
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| No, but also yes | Oct 19, 2017 |
I said no - but of course I do take part in the continuing education/development program that is called "life".
Hi Jenny - I didn't see your contribution - snap!
[Edited at 2017-10-19 09:07 GMT]
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Agneta Pallinder
Verenigd Koninkrijk
Local time: 10:04
Lid 2014
Zweeds naar Engels
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| No, but also yes | Oct 19, 2017 |
I said no - but of course I do take part in the continuing education/development program that is called "life".
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neilmac
Spanje
Local time: 11:04
Spaans naar Engels
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I seriously don't know where I would find the time. I don't think I've even managed to read a book for leisure this year, never mind attending training courses or the like.
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Julian Holmes
Japan
Local time: 18:04
Lid 2011
Japans naar Engels
Assuming that the question implies a 'formal' program...
Formal? - No
However, it would be fantastic to go back to college for a year and earn a Masters. The thought of being surrounded by all those pretty young things and tapping into cheap beer and living on the cheap for a change is very alluring. 
Informal? - Yes
One thing that college taught me was how to learn by myself and be resource... See more Assuming that the question implies a 'formal' program...
Formal? - No
However, it would be fantastic to go back to college for a year and earn a Masters. The thought of being surrounded by all those pretty young things and tapping into cheap beer and living on the cheap for a change is very alluring.
Informal? - Yes
One thing that college taught me was how to learn by myself and be resourceful. I am always pushing myself and am not satisfied with the status quo. It's like an itch when I find something I don't know when I translate. However, it's an itch I can scratch since the web is literally at my fingertips and I know enough to get me out of tricky translation situations.  ▲ Collapse
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EvaVer (X)
Local time: 11:04
Tsjechisch naar Frans
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| "Program" is too big a word | Oct 19, 2017 |
But even just before retirement, I do take some lessons.
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Kay Denney
Frankrijk
Local time: 11:04
Frans naar Engels
| university of life! | Oct 19, 2017 |
Nothing formal since I did a course for my professional experience to qualify as a Master. I was made to study translation theory, in that when you learn on the job you study the theory. Well I knew it all already, having figured stuff out using that much-ignored quantity called common sense.
That said, I learn something with practically every job. I even drive people mad coming out with weird facts on whatever subject crops up at dinner. Now my family just ask "did you do a transl... See more Nothing formal since I did a course for my professional experience to qualify as a Master. I was made to study translation theory, in that when you learn on the job you study the theory. Well I knew it all already, having figured stuff out using that much-ignored quantity called common sense.
That said, I learn something with practically every job. I even drive people mad coming out with weird facts on whatever subject crops up at dinner. Now my family just ask "did you do a translation on that", which has the effect of shutting the conversation down. ▲ Collapse
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Mario Freitas
Brazilië
Local time: 06:04
Lid 2014
Engels naar Portugees
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Translating is a process of continual education, no doubt about that.
As to courses and the like, I'm way beyond that (patience) at over 50.
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