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adanm
adanm  Identity Verified
Америка Құрама Штаттары
Local time: 20:24
English to Spanish
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Oct 30, 2014

Hello everyone,

I am a new translator and I am having difficulty navigating this new career without being overwhelmed. If anyone is interested in taking me under their wing, I would be eternally grateful. My language pair is EN>SP. Thank you so much!

P.S. I did try to contact a couple of people in the mentoring program but I did not get any responses.

-Ada
 
Triston Goodwin
Triston Goodwin  Identity Verified
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Hi Oct 30, 2014

I don't pretend to be an expert, but I'd be happy to help.
 
adanm
adanm  Identity Verified
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Local time: 20:24
English to Spanish
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TOPIC STARTER
Gracias! Oct 30, 2014

Le envie un email!
 
writeaway
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French to English
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Only people with the Proz P are allowed to mentor Oct 30, 2014

According to the powers that be, none of the rest of us are considered good enough. At least that's the message I receive if I click on a request for a mentor: You are not eligible to respond to a mentoring offer.
Good luck. I'm sure you'll find someone in your pair who will help you get started.
 
Josephine Cassar
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Мальта
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Member (2012)
English to Maltese
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Those with P are too busy to mentor Oct 30, 2014

I hope you have more luck than I had. So that is the reason, Writeaway, and only those that have the P are allowed to mentor and those are too busy-I don't blame them-to mentor. About time this is changed, at least they could change it to something like 'those that have xxxx KudoZ points.

[Edited at 2014-10-31 07:52 GMT]
 
ATIL KAYHAN
ATIL KAYHAN  Identity Verified
Түркия
Local time: 03:24
Member (2007)
Turkish to English
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Ask Specific Questions Oct 31, 2014

If you ask specific questions here, I am sure most of us would be happy to reply. I had done some mentoring for teenagers a while ago but the skills I have used were probably different than skills that would be necessary here. Anyhow, I would be happy to help if you ask some questions. Good luck!
 


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