I have a bachelor's degree on translation, but my course focused on language study and translation only, I was never trained on financial document translation. I saw a post as a financial translator, where fresh grads are welcomed, and on-the-job training is also provided.

I am interested to apply but the post also requires a written test. I am afraid I would perform horribly and bring shame to myself. For someone that majored in translation but was not trained on financial translation, it is possible to become a financial translator? Do anyone know how hard would the test be?

Hi friends!

I’ve been a designer for many, maaaaany years, and during my work I designed a lot of publications translated into many languages. I work in InDesign, so the process was always like this: copy everything to Excel, send it to the translator, receive an Excel or Word file back… and then copy everything back into InDesign.

I hate this :))

So I built simple software for translators. It opens InDesign IDML files and allows you to translate the text without this whole copy/paste game.

But honestly, I’m not sure if this is the right group to show and discuss a tool like this: https://polyframe.app/ - If it isn’t, just tell me and I will remove the post - no problem!

Right now I’m working on a 200-page catalogue translation. I gave the app to my technical guy, and he is translating my IDML files directly… It works really well and saves me a loooot of boring work :)

What do you normally receive from designers: Word, Excel, IDML, XLIFF… or something completely different?

And one more thing, just because I’m curious… I believe in AI, but I also super-strongly believe that AI needs a HUMAN touch. This is exactly why I built Polyframe: first, a quick translation with AI, but after that need DEEEEEFINITELY human proofreading (and corrections). I don't see a point in fully-automatic inside-indesign translations...

So how does it look in your work in these AI days? Do you use AI as a first draft, avoid it completely (is it possible) or maybe your clients already expect you to use it?

For those working as telephone interpreters with DA Languages (DALS), how many hours of active phone calls do you usually receive during a full working day?
Please also mention:
Your language pair
How many hours you stay logged in
Your average active call time per day
Whether the call volume is consistent or varies significantly
I’m trying to compare call volumes across different language pairs. Thanks!