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My belated best wishes to all colleagues for the International Translation Day!

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Last weekend we celebrated International Translation Day and I would like to send my best wishes to my colleagues throughout the world! Have you ever thought what would your life be like if you chose some other profession? I definitely can't imagine mine without languages.
I would like to send my very best wishes to all my colleagues. There are some very specific things that I wish to you because I know you love to translate and you want translation to stay in demand for years and years. So here's the list of my wishes to you, dear translators: (actually, I wish the same things to myself, too!)

1. I wish you a stream of fantastic, juicy projects just in your areas of specialty...
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2. ... And more loyal clients who value you as a professional and appreciate your work;
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3. I wish to you that cool gadget/CAT tool/piece of soft- or hardware etc. that you've been longing to buy but couldn't afford. Now that you have a long list of great projects (and well paid, too!) you will surely be able to get it!
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4. I wish that you gain understanding and inner confidence that you are very special and that the translation industry needs you with your experience, your language skills and your professional qualities.
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5. I wish you great possibilities for professional growth;
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6. I surely wish you more networking possibilities and, as a result, more great contacts and more new clients;
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7. I wish you new creative ways to market your business ...
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8. And spotless professional reputation;
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9. And finally, a balanced life.
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 Have a Happy Translation Day and the Happiest Translation Year ever!

Comments

  1. Dear Olenka,
    Thank you so much for reminding me of this holiday! Shame on me but I totally forgot about it! OK, I guess I need to celebrate it today! :-) It's better than nothing! Tanya M.

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  2. Great post!
    I celebrated this day at the Translation Forum Russia in Kasan and it was fantastic! I'm going to write something about the Forum, but there is a lot of reviews and photoes on Facebook about it already.

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  3. @Tanechka, you are very welcome! I thought I wrote a reply to your comment but I obviously forgot. I hope you treated yourself to something special!

    @Olga, I was thinking about you and your trip to the Forum! Please write something about it! I would love to read about YOUR perception of what was going on there. Have a great weekend, by the way! :)

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