Pages in topic:   [1 2 3] >
Poll: Have you made, or are you making, plans for your retirement?
Thread poster: ProZ.com Staff
ProZ.com Staff
ProZ.com Staff
SITE STAFF
Aug 17, 2019

This forum topic is for the discussion of the poll question "Have you made, or are you making, plans for your retirement?".

View the poll results »



 
Muriel Vasconcellos
Muriel Vasconcellos  Identity Verified
United States
Local time: 04:36
Member (2003)
Spanish to English
+ ...
No Aug 17, 2019

I don't know anyone else my age who isn't retired, but I have no intention of stopping as long as my clients continue to send me work.

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
neilmac
Angie Garbarino
Ventnai
Paul van Zijll
Jean Shearer
Marion Njagi
 
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida  Identity Verified
Portugal
Local time: 11:36
Member (2007)
English to Portuguese
+ ...
No Aug 17, 2019

I started freelancing when I retired from my in-house position, so like Muriel I’m well beyond retiring age. If genes have to be blamed, my father worked as a consultant until the day he died at 93 and my mother who died recently at 105 used to say that the worst decision she ever took was to stop working at 90…

Muriel Vasconcellos
neilmac
Angie Garbarino
Philip Lees
Minna Bäckman
Kuochoe Nikoi-Kotei
Ann Marie Bohan
 
neilmac
neilmac
Spain
Local time: 12:36
Spanish to English
+ ...
Other Aug 17, 2019

My plan is to keep on working until I am physically or mentally unable. I'm part of the "boomer" generation and, due to a rather hedonistic liefestyle in my younger days, didn't really expect to live until retirement age, so never made any plans or set aside anything for a rainy day. Nowadays I manage to achieve a good enough work/life balance and I enjoy my work, so it's not a big issue.

Joanna Posylek
Philip Lees
Ventnai
 
Angie Garbarino
Angie Garbarino  Identity Verified
Local time: 12:36
Member (2003)
French to Italian
+ ...
Wonderful parents of yours Aug 17, 2019

Teresa Borges wrote:

I started freelancing when I retired from my in-house position, so like Muriel I’m well beyond retiring age. If genes have to be blamed, my father worked as a consultant until the day he died at 93 and my mother who died recently at 105 used to say that the worst decision she ever took was to stop working at 90…


Impressive


Linda Miranda
Liena Vijupe
Yetta Jensen Bogarde
Ana Vozone
David Muale
 
Angie Garbarino
Angie Garbarino  Identity Verified
Local time: 12:36
Member (2003)
French to Italian
+ ...
Aug 17, 2019



[Edited at 2019-08-17 11:49 GMT]


 
Kevin Fulton
Kevin Fulton  Identity Verified
United States
Local time: 07:36
German to English
I've never met a retired translator Aug 17, 2019

Several colleagues I've known over the years were found dead at their desks, having worked until the moment they died. My mentor worked until a month before he made the Great Translation – in hospice – in his mid-80s.

Elizabeth Tamblin
Thayenga
Muriel Vasconcellos
Gibril Koroma
Ana Vozone
David Muale
 
Christine Andersen
Christine Andersen  Identity Verified
Denmark
Local time: 12:36
Member (2003)
Danish to English
+ ...
Other - yes and no Aug 17, 2019

I have my Danish ´folkepension´ in place, and could live on it, in the sense of keep body and soul together. Quite well by world standards. However, why stop? It means I can afford to see my relatives in England and Sweden and wherever, or go to museums and see glass art and other things to save me getting bored. I can attend a powwow or otherwise meet up with colleagues. As long as I can set the pace and clients put up with my whims, I intend to carry on!

People talk a lot of rub
... See more
I have my Danish ´folkepension´ in place, and could live on it, in the sense of keep body and soul together. Quite well by world standards. However, why stop? It means I can afford to see my relatives in England and Sweden and wherever, or go to museums and see glass art and other things to save me getting bored. I can attend a powwow or otherwise meet up with colleagues. As long as I can set the pace and clients put up with my whims, I intend to carry on!

People talk a lot of rubbish here about the burden of the elderly when we get old and sick, or grey gold if we keep on working. I am saving up a few credits as long as I can, before I fall into the burden category! And if I am lucky and can work to the end, then of course that's fine by me.
Collapse


Muriel Vasconcellos
Philip Lees
David Muale
 
Maria Silvestri
Maria Silvestri  Identity Verified
United States
Member (2010)
Italian to English
+ ...
Pay yourself first Aug 17, 2019

I've got a good 25-30 years until retirement age - I put money aside each time I am paid, per invoice.

As freelancers, even when the going is tough, we have to remember to pay ourselves first and to be disciplined about saving because it adds up quickly.


Kaisa I
Muriel Vasconcellos
Kuochoe Nikoi-Kotei
Philippe Etienne
Anis Zulkifli
Stephanie Busch
 
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida  Identity Verified
Portugal
Local time: 11:36
Member (2007)
English to Portuguese
+ ...
Thanks, Angie! Aug 17, 2019

Angie Garbarino wrote:

Teresa Borges wrote:

I started freelancing when I retired from my in-house position, so like Muriel I’m well beyond retiring age. If genes have to be blamed, my father worked as a consultant until the day he died at 93 and my mother who died recently at 105 used to say that the worst decision she ever took was to stop working at 90…


Impressive


I come from a very large family of hard-working people, both on my father’s and my mother’s side. My mother was indeed a very special lady, at a time when most women didn’t study at all she not only completed her piano studies in the Music Conservatory, but also acquired a degree in Romance Languages and Literature.


Angie Garbarino
Muriel Vasconcellos
Deborah do Carmo
Ana Vozone
 
Thayenga
Thayenga  Identity Verified
Germany
Local time: 12:36
Member (2009)
English to German
+ ...
Oh yes Aug 17, 2019

The plan is to use my very last breath to hit "send" in order to deliver my very last translation.

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Muriel Vasconcellos
Kuochoe Nikoi-Kotei
 
Elizabeth Tamblin
Elizabeth Tamblin  Identity Verified
United Kingdom
Local time: 11:36
French to English
No Aug 17, 2019

I don't plan on being retired. Having said that, I haven't exactly got much translation work these days, so I'm pretty idle most of the time. If the translation work dries up completely, I will move on to something else, possibly a career as a best-selling novelist.

Muriel Vasconcellos
 
Anna Herbst
Anna Herbst  Identity Verified
Australia
Local time: 22:36
English to Swedish
+ ...

MODERATOR
SITE LOCALIZER
Other Aug 17, 2019

I am past retirement age, but have no plans to ever retire from freelancing. I can't imagine not working, and I need the income as well as I still have a mortgage to pay.

Muriel Vasconcellos
Philip Lees
 
Paul Dixon
Paul Dixon  Identity Verified
Brazil
Local time: 08:36
Portuguese to English
+ ...
No money, no retirement Aug 17, 2019

The crisis in Brazil gets worse by the day. With the advent of machine translation, there are less and less jobs on the market, and rates get lower and lower. Hence, I never have money to save for retirement, and shall have to work until the end of my days. Now, to make this dire situation even worse, the deeply unpopular Brazilian President plans to cut retirement pay, so people who are lucky enough to have retirement savings will now only get a part of what they put in. (I know this is not the... See more
The crisis in Brazil gets worse by the day. With the advent of machine translation, there are less and less jobs on the market, and rates get lower and lower. Hence, I never have money to save for retirement, and shall have to work until the end of my days. Now, to make this dire situation even worse, the deeply unpopular Brazilian President plans to cut retirement pay, so people who are lucky enough to have retirement savings will now only get a part of what they put in. (I know this is not the place to discuss politics, but the devastating effect the new pension reform will have on workers must be mentioned IMHO)Collapse


Karin Usher
 
Gibril Koroma
Gibril Koroma  Identity Verified
Canada
Local time: 07:36
French to English
+ ...
No Aug 17, 2019

I don't know any translator that has retired. Great profession.

Priscila Wilke
 
Pages in topic:   [1 2 3] >


To report site rules violations or get help, contact a site moderator:

Moderator(s) of this forum
Jared Tabor[Call to this topic]

You can also contact site staff by submitting a support request »

Poll: Have you made, or are you making, plans for your retirement?






Anycount & Translation Office 3000
Translation Office 3000

Translation Office 3000 is an advanced accounting tool for freelance translators and small agencies. TO3000 easily and seamlessly integrates with the business life of professional freelance translators.

More info »
Trados Business Manager Lite
Create customer quotes and invoices from within Trados Studio

Trados Business Manager Lite helps to simplify and speed up some of the daily tasks, such as invoicing and reporting, associated with running your freelance translation business.

More info »