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Poll: Best title for a book about a freelance translator's life?
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Natalia Pedrosa
Natalia Pedrosa
Spain
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Rates of Wrath Mar 5, 2017

Nothing to say, best poll I have ever seen.

Congratulations!

N.


 
Oleksandr Kupriyanchuk
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United States
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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
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In memoriam
What about ... Mar 5, 2017

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


 
Kathinka van de Griendt
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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
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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
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A very creative poll! Mar 5, 2017

Yes, I liked this poll!

It is so creative, full of fun & awesome.


 
Annamaria Amik
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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
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United Kingdom
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In memoriam
Other Mar 5, 2017

War of the Words

 
neilmac
neilmac
Spain
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Celsius 232.778 Mar 5, 2017

As a Bradbury fan, the joke appealed to me.

 
Jennifer Forbes
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In memoriam
Excellent Mar 5, 2017

Jack Doughty wrote:

War of the Words


Excellent, Jack!


 
Fiona Grace Peterson
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Italy
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Italian to English
Another one for the list Mar 5, 2017

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

 
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
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Portugal
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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
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Japan
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Japanese to English
Other Mar 5, 2017

The Great Catsby

 
Edith van der Have
Edith van der Have
Netherlands
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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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