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Poll: Best title for a book about a freelance translator's life?
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Natalia Pedrosa
Natalia Pedrosa
Španělsko
Local time: 13:25
Člen (2012)
angličtina -> španělština
+ ...
Rates of Wrath Mar 5, 2017

Nothing to say, best poll I have ever seen.

Congratulations!

N.


 
Oleksandr Kupriyanchuk
Oleksandr Kupriyanchuk  Identity Verified
Spojené státy americké
Člen (2009)
ruština -> angličtina
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The most creative poll so far Mar 5, 2017

However, some of the most appealing titles are definitely missing...

For instance:

1) "To translate or not to translate?"

2) "50 shades of proofreading."

3) "Hey, this is not proofreading, this is PEMT!"

4) ?!


 
Jennifer Forbes
Jennifer Forbes  Identity Verified
Local time: 12:25
francouzština -> angličtina
+ ...
In memoriam
What about ... Mar 5, 2017

... The 100% Solution?
Yes, a fun poll.


 
Kathinka van de Griendt
Kathinka van de Griendt  Identity Verified
Local time: 13:25
němčina -> angličtina
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Comma Mar 5, 2017

I love the first option, but would prefer "Pride, Prejudice and Proofreading" - IMHO, this just looks better.

 
Muriel Vasconcellos
Muriel Vasconcellos  Identity Verified
Spojené státy americké
Local time: 04:25
Člen (2003)
španělština -> angličtina
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A Midsummer Night's Deadline Mar 5, 2017

Well, Anonymous has finally come through with a really good question!

If I look at the dark side of my life as a translator, it is one long series of looming deadlines.


James A. Walsh
 
Morano El-Kholy
Morano El-Kholy  Identity Verified
Egypt
Local time: 14:25
Člen (2011)
angličtina -> arabština
+ ...
A very creative poll! Mar 5, 2017

Yes, I liked this poll!

It is so creative, full of fun & awesome.


 
Annamaria Amik
Annamaria Amik  Identity Verified
Local time: 14:25
rumunština -> angličtina
+ ...
Terrific poll! Mar 5, 2017

I answered Nearly 100 Years of Solitude, which is the part of translation I like most. But looking at the current state of the industry (quality and all that), I wish it were Sense and Sensibility.

 
Jack Doughty
Jack Doughty  Identity Verified
Velká Británie
Local time: 12:25
ruština -> angličtina
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In memoriam
Other Mar 5, 2017

War of the Words

 
neilmac
neilmac
Španělsko
Local time: 13:25
španělština -> angličtina
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Celsius 232.778 Mar 5, 2017

As a Bradbury fan, the joke appealed to me.

 
Jennifer Forbes
Jennifer Forbes  Identity Verified
Local time: 12:25
francouzština -> angličtina
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In memoriam
Excellent Mar 5, 2017

Jack Doughty wrote:

War of the Words


Excellent, Jack!


 
Fiona Grace Peterson
Fiona Grace Peterson  Identity Verified
Itálie
Local time: 13:25
italština -> angličtina
Another one for the list Mar 5, 2017

"Trados is not the only CAT", Jeanette Winterson's classic.

 
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida  Identity Verified
Portugalsko
Local time: 12:25
Člen (2007)
angličtina -> portugalština
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A Midsummer Night's Deadline! Mar 5, 2017

I also love Jack's proposal: War of the Words! I join all the other voices of congratulations and say thank you to Anonymous for a creative and fun poll...

 
Julian Holmes
Julian Holmes  Identity Verified
Japonsko
Local time: 20:25
Člen (2011)
japonština -> angličtina
Other Mar 5, 2017

The Great Catsby

 
Edith van der Have
Edith van der Have
Nizozemsko
Local time: 13:25
Člen (2016)
angličtina -> nizozemština
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The Evenings Mar 5, 2017

Finally, after 70 years, this Dutch classic has been translated into English, see over here. The relevance for freelance translation probably needs no further explanation

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