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I finally did it. I broke $100k! Thread poster: Michael Marcoux
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Samuel Murray wrote:
Nikki Scott-Despaigne wrote:
Angie Garbarino wrote:
100K turnover or net after taxes?
Unless I am mistaken, "turnover" means gross sales.
I think Angie's question was meant to be read as "100K turnover or 100K net after taxes?". Michael does not mention turnover. But for translators, turnover and profit are so close to each other that you might as well regard them as the same thing. I assumed Michael meant gross profit.
This is what I meant and did not read turnover. And this is also what I wrote, I think.
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Felipe Lacerda 
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Congratulations, I am sure you have worked very hard to achieve that.
How well does the Russian work pay? Does it pay better than the Norwegian work or is the Norwegian work?
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texjax DDS PhD
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| Don’t dampen the mood | Feb 10, 2021 |
David GAY wrote:
And I would say that this kind of income is very low in the US nowadays as you have neither health coverage nor retirement benefits.
That would be incorrect. Below you can find the links to the most recent official numbers for the US and Maryland, where Michael apparently lives. His income is way above average.
https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/US/SEX255219
https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/US/SEX255219
Therefore, despite the naysayers Michael is not just doing good, he's doing great (with or without health coverage or retirement benefits). Hats off to him!
We should celebrate the success of our colleague(s), and be humble and open-minded so as to take a few pointers in the process.
That said, if I may ask, why did you decide to concentrate in the medical field? It was already an interest of yours, the result of a chain of translation events, a combination of the above or a mere strategic move?
In any case, congratulations Michael! Thank you for sharing your experience and I hope to read about you in the future for another record-breaking announcement. Best of luck!
[Edited at 2021-02-10 22:46 GMT]
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| turnover vs income | Feb 10, 2021 |
Turnover is not the same as income
If you have health issues, a turnover of 100k is nowhere near enough in the US, especially if you have to stop working.
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texjax DDS PhD
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| Don’t dampen the mood - Part 2 | Feb 11, 2021 |
David GAY wrote:
If you have health issues, a turnover of 100k is nowhere near enough in the US, especially if you have to stop working.
I rest my case.
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Michele Fauble
United States
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| Russian and Norwegian to English | Feb 11, 2021 |
It would be interesting to know how much of that income (and work) came from Russian and how much from Norwegian.
Michael Marcoux wrote:
I used free resources, mostly Khan Academy and YouTube, to learn everything I could about anatomy and physiology. From then on out I focused on taking work that centered around a handful of common conditions, like lower back pain or psychological trauma, to further specialize.
How did you manage to focus on those common conditions? In my experience, if you specialize in medical, you will be asked to translate anything medical.
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Samuel Murray
Netherlands
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| @David and @TexJax | Feb 11, 2021 |
David GAY wrote:
Turnover is not the same as income.
For practical purposes, for freelance translators working from home, turnover is nearly the same as income (unless you have tremendous amounts of business expenses).
As for the census.gov pages, I could not find a clear indication if they mean "before taxes" or "after taxes" (or "before deductible expenditures" or "after deductible expenditures") when they say "income". The full definitions imply different things in different places, or contain circular definitions, e.g. "“Total income” is the sum of the amounts reported separately for ... net self-employment income".
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Michael Marcoux wrote:
- I created a comprehensive set of over 5,000 flash cards using Anki so I could recall complex terms off the top of my head. That way I could dictate my translations rather than type them. Huge time saver.
This is a great idea. Hope you don't mind if I copy it!
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Dan Lucas
United Kingdom
Local time: 07:34
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Japanese to English
| An old idea, usefully updated | Feb 11, 2021 |
Kuochoe Nikoi-Kotei wrote:
This is a great idea. Hope you don't mind if I copy it!
I used paper flash cards when learning the kanji 30 years ago. I used Anki when learning Chinese 10 years ago. Anki is a far superior solution.
Kind of surprised it's not better known by a bunch of linguists like the esteemed members of this forum.
Regards,
Dan
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Dan Lucas wrote:
Kuochoe Nikoi-Kotei wrote:
This is a great idea. Hope you don't mind if I copy it!
I used paper flash cards when learning the kanji 30 years ago. I used Anki when learning Chinese 10 years ago. Anki is a far superior solution.
Kind of surprised it's not better known by a bunch of linguists like the esteemed members of this forum.
Regards,
Dan
I've never heard of Anki before, I'll have a look. I do use Memrise quite a bit when I want to test myself on things.
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Vladimir Pochinov
Russian Federation
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| Sidetracking | Feb 11, 2021 |
I like how this discussion sidetracks from the topic time and again But thanks for mentioning the Anki flash cards, I will try this application.
And Michael, congratulations! That's the way to go!
[Edited at 2021-02-11 10:36 GMT]
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Lingua 5B
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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| Somehow managed to get educated without those cards. | Feb 11, 2021 |
Dan Lucas wrote:
Kuochoe Nikoi-Kotei wrote:
This is a great idea. Hope you don't mind if I copy it!
I used paper flash cards when learning the kanji 30 years ago. I used Anki when learning Chinese 10 years ago. Anki is a far superior solution.
Kind of surprised it's not better known by a bunch of linguists like the esteemed members of this forum.
Regards,
Dan
I somehow managed to learn things and get education without those cards, miraculously.
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| I do know Anki | Feb 11, 2021 |
Dan Lucas wrote:
Kuochoe Nikoi-Kotei wrote:
This is a great idea. Hope you don't mind if I copy it!
I used paper flash cards when learning the kanji 30 years ago. I used Anki when learning Chinese 10 years ago. Anki is a far superior solution.
Kind of surprised it's not better known by a bunch of linguists like the esteemed members of this forum.
Regards,
Dan
To clarify, I've been using pre-made Anki decks to learn Korean recently, but I hadn't thought of creating glossaries for Japanese terminology. In the future, anything that gives me a hard time will be going straight to my new deck.
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Lingua 5B wrote:
Dan Lucas wrote:
Kuochoe Nikoi-Kotei wrote:
This is a great idea. Hope you don't mind if I copy it!
I used paper flash cards when learning the kanji 30 years ago. I used Anki when learning Chinese 10 years ago. Anki is a far superior solution.
Kind of surprised it's not better known by a bunch of linguists like the esteemed members of this forum.
Regards,
Dan
I somehow managed to learn things and get education without those cards, miraculously.
Me too, but new ideas are always good, right?
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