João Roque Dias, portugál műszaki szakfordító a fordítói szakma 21. századi kérdéseit teszi fel. Az angol nyelvű előadást a fordit.hu videón közvetíti.

What’s going on?

In our profession, that is. Let’s ask ourselves some questions, all related to the master question of this talk: What’s going on? My task will be to provide you with some clues but, with no answers. All questions, I promise, will be about us, our profession, our clients and, of course, our money: Are you still bidding for jobs online? Seriously? We need 230 words within 2 hours, or 5 “linguists” to share the job. Really? Are we earning enough? Enough for what? Why is money pouring in into the translation market? Isn’t there anything more profitable? I saved the best one for last: how to hang yourself, with you providing the rope, the beam and even the bench to kick (caution: very graphic images will be shown).