Over the last few weeks, I´ve been dedicating a lot of my time to the translation of a Portuguese text into English.
Most of you might know that I don´t really like translation - serving as the middleman or middlewoman between two speakers/writers of different languages has never really been my thing - but it´s hard work and for that I´ve always respected Maria José, João, Carolina and Astrid for dedicating their (professional) life to it.
Lately I had the opportunity to realise that translating is somewhat compatible with my nature because the truth is that I treasure intercultural communication and accuracy greatly. It stops being compatible, however, when the bigger picture is lost due to the fact that a lot of time and efforts need to be devoted to details.
Be that as it may, I´ve been enjoying my task immensely - a lot more than I anticipated. Time will tell if this will develop into something more serious. One thing is for sure though - I like to keep my options open and my horizons, wide...
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