| Pages in topic: < [1 2] | Does the place you live in influence the amount of work you receive? Thread poster: Yolanda Otero Alonso
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Laura Gentili 
Italy
Local time: 09:46
Member (2003)
English to Italian
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| My experience | Aug 14, 2007 |
Hi,
I don't think living in a small place rather than a big city has any impact, as long as both are in your target language country.
However, my experience shows that living in a country which is neither the source language country or the target language country has a negative impact on potential clients. I am an English into Italian translator and I lived in Israel for 8 years. Since I moved back to Italy the amount of job offers from international clients (not local ones) has incr... See more Hi,
I don't think living in a small place rather than a big city has any impact, as long as both are in your target language country.
However, my experience shows that living in a country which is neither the source language country or the target language country has a negative impact on potential clients. I am an English into Italian translator and I lived in Israel for 8 years. Since I moved back to Italy the amount of job offers from international clients (not local ones) has increased dramatically. You would think that international clients don't care about where you live. Well, this is not true, there is a kind of "psychological" factor that make them prefer some locations vs. others. In your case, however, you should be fine.
Laura ▲ Collapse
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Local time: 08:46
German to English
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In memoriam | Direct clients | Aug 14, 2007 |
Bin Tiede wrote:
Definately you have a much better chance to win end clients in a metropolis like Madrid through such jobs as interpreting, language teaching for companies located there. Once you gain the trust of your clients, they will approach you with translation work as well.
But for agencies, I see no reason why they should fancy translators in big cities more than those in small towns.
Best,
Bin
This is very much the case with German language customers from Germany, Switzerland and Austria. It is always interesting to note how many agency orders are for end customers in the direct proximity of the agency (be it a small or large city). Indeed, I often wonder whether these guys just take a look in the local yellow pages.
Because of the geographically decentralised nature of the German economy and the hign number of SMEs in the market, I am pretty sure that I could in fact gain a lot more direct customers were I to live over there.
[Edited at 2007-08-14 13:03]
| | | | Sophie Blachet (X)
France
Local time: 09:46
English to French
what interest agencies or clients is the currency ...
Effectively, even if I live in the US I accept Euro on a European Bank Account so I noticed that some agencies worked with me because (i) they like my work (ii) they can pay me in euro.
After a while, it was asked me where I live as a courtesy ... but that's it !
Do not worry !
Just live where you will feel comfortable :-0)
Sophie
| | | | | Maybe, if you move to a different country..... | Aug 25, 2007 |
Laura Gentili wrote:
Hi,
I don't think living in a small place rather than a big city has any impact, as long as both are in your target language country.
However, my experience shows that living in a country which is neither the source language country or the target language country has a negative impact on potential clients. I am an English into Italian translator and I lived in Israel for 8 years. Since I moved back to Italy the amount of job offers from international clients (not local ones) has increased dramatically. You would think that international clients don't care about where you live. Well, this is not true, there is a kind of "psychological" factor that make them prefer some locations vs. others. In your case, however, you should be fine.
Laura
Hi,
I don't think it really matters in your case.
My experience has been similar to Laura's. I'm an English to Tamil translator. I lived in Denmark for 3 years and though Tamil is my native language, didn't get much work. A couple of years ago I moved back to India and now I get more work (sometimes more than I can handle), mostly from international clients........native language+target country works better.
Good Luck,
Banu
[Edited at 2007-08-25 11:05]
[Edited at 2007-08-25 12:18]
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| Thank you all! | Sep 7, 2007 |
Sorry for this late reply, but thank you all very much for taking time to answer and share your experiences.
Best regards,
Yolanda.
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