| Stran v tématu: < [1 2 3] > | Poll: Would you be willing to relocate to another country if you found a very attractive job offer? Autor vlákna: ProZ.com Staff
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... it was sunny and near the sea, with a good harbour and reasonable mooring fees.
Because there are things more important than money!
Steve K.
| | | | Berna Bleeke (X)
Local time: 06:08
angličtina -> nizozemština
Only if my husband wants to move too. That means he'd need a job in the other country as well. Also, how is the climate?
| | | | Chun Un 
Macao
Člen (2007)
angličtina -> čínština
+ ...
if I were single but I am not... Enough said.
| | | | Angie Garbarino
Local time: 06:08
Člen (2003)
francouzština -> italština
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| Ah this is love:) | Apr 8, 2013 |
Nicole Schnell wrote:
the very day I handed in my resignation at my ad agency, I was offered a CEO position by their largest competitor. Oh well... had to bite my teeth and I cried quite a bit.
So you moved for love... Well done!
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Michael Harris
Německo
Local time: 06:08
Člen (2006)
němčina -> angličtina
my daughters would not be happy with it at the beginning, but they are small and would get used to it. But yes, define attractive:-)
| | | | Triston Goodwin
Spojené státy americké
Local time: 22:08
španělština -> angličtina
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| Let me finish with my wife's greencard first | Apr 8, 2013 |
It seems silly to spend all those thousands of dollars and to fill out those mountains of paperwork for nothing. She has to be in the US for three years, April 25th makes one.
I moved to Argentina because of a very attractive job offer. That's where I met my dear Gaby. We're planning to move back there eventually.
| | | | Mario Chavez (X)
Local time: 00:08
angličtina -> španělština
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| Many other reasons | Apr 8, 2013 |
Giovanna Alessandra Meloni wrote:
If I was alone, it should be exciting and easy to do
But I've a family, so my husband should have job opportunities there.
It's patently clear to me that family plays a real role in decisions like moving to another country. My father was the travel-happy half, whereas my mother (born to a semirural culture in Argentina) didn't feel that inclined to uproot.
By the way, Giovanna, the verb "to have" is not contracted when it's the main verb (I have a family vs. I've been having a headache). I'm saying it without spite (te lo digo de buena onda).
| | | | Mario Chavez (X)
Local time: 00:08
angličtina -> španělština
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| Make it a very long "eventually" | Apr 8, 2013 |
Triston Goodwin wrote:
It seems silly to spend all those thousands of dollars and to fill out those mountains of paperwork for nothing. She has to be in the US for three years, April 25th makes one.
I moved to Argentina because of a very attractive job offer. That's where I met my dear Gaby. We're planning to move back there eventually.
Ah, youth and idealism! Having grown up in Córdoba, Argentina myself, and having lived as an expat for 2 years there (2005-2007), I would say forget it, don't think about moving back there. Not eventually, not ever. Not even for retirement.
Capricious Argentine governments of different political colors are always introducing off-the-cuff changes to the law, increasing taxes or tariffs, changing the rules of the game. You're probably aware that Argentines going overseas have to pay a 20% surcharge on credit card transactions (credit cards issued by Argentine banks, of course) and they have to submit a written justification to buy foreign currency, such as dollars or euros.
In addition, I have a friend and a colleague who can't transfer thousands of pesos in Argentine bank deposits outside of the country.
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Terry Richards
Francie
Local time: 06:08
francouzština -> angličtina
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I already have 3 times, I have at least one more move in me.
Heck, I would move to another planet if somebody else was paying
| | | | Sheila Wilson
Španělsko
Local time: 05:08
Člen (2007)
angličtina
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| I find it a bizarre question | Apr 8, 2013 |
David Wright wrote:
I have an attractive job and I can take it wherever and whenever I want. It wouldn't be a job that would tempt me to move, but other factors might
I don't see what this "very attractive job offer" would be. Freelance translators pay their dues to the countries they work in, and there may of course be visa requirements etc. to work there. But if you're legally allowed to work in another country, just go there. What's to stop you? You don't have to wait for a job - you take your clients with you in the main. That's what happened when I decided to move from France to Spain - I only lost one client, and it's significant that that was the only one I've ever met personally and whose business was close to mine.
I accept that things are somewhat easier within the EU, but our job is portable - there's no question about that. Our personal lives are not so easily uprooted, though, and it's a big step to take. Many people, freelance translators or not, prefer to say "I'd love to but I can't" when they really mean "It's too difficult to contemplate". That's fine, but don't blame it on the job.
| | | | Triston Goodwin
Spojené státy americké
Local time: 22:08
španělština -> angličtina
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| I secretly hoping for a rebellion. | Apr 8, 2013 |
Mario Chavez wrote: Triston Goodwin wrote:
It seems silly to spend all those thousands of dollars and to fill out those mountains of paperwork for nothing. She has to be in the US for three years, April 25th makes one.
I moved to Argentina because of a very attractive job offer. That's where I met my dear Gaby. We're planning to move back there eventually. Ah, youth and idealism! Having grown up in Córdoba, Argentina myself, and having lived as an expat for 2 years there (2005-2007), I would say forget it, don't think about moving back there. Not eventually, not ever. Not even for retirement. Capricious Argentine governments of different political colors are always introducing off-the-cuff changes to the law, increasing taxes or tariffs, changing the rules of the game. You're probably aware that Argentines going overseas have to pay a 20% surcharge on credit card transactions (credit cards issued by Argentine banks, of course) and they have to submit a written justification to buy foreign currency, such as dollars or euros. In addition, I have a friend and a colleague who can't transfer thousands of pesos in Argentine bank deposits outside of the country.
I haven't made it to Cordoba yet, I mostly stayed in Buenos Aires. I'm hoping that eventually people will figure out how damaging polticians are. I'm hoping for the same thing to happen here in the US, but I don't want to spark a political debate.
As it stands right now, I would be afraid of going back because of the insecurity, the government, and money. The recent flooding is a good example.
| | | | | Not for a job, but for other reasons | Apr 8, 2013 |
Realistically, no one is going to offer me a job that is more attractive than translating - I don't think anyone would offer me a job at all! I'm far too old and cranky, and haven't enough experience.
But my husband has finally retired and at least in theory I can take the job anywhere there is a broad band connection...
I don't imagine I am going to stay here for ever. Too true, it will be a mammoth task to sort and dispose of many superfluous chattels and pack the res... See more Realistically, no one is going to offer me a job that is more attractive than translating - I don't think anyone would offer me a job at all! I'm far too old and cranky, and haven't enough experience.
But my husband has finally retired and at least in theory I can take the job anywhere there is a broad band connection...
I don't imagine I am going to stay here for ever. Too true, it will be a mammoth task to sort and dispose of many superfluous chattels and pack the rest, but I intend to start (or continue) soon!
One discovers so many lovely forgotten books on the shelves, and things hiding in drawers bring back memories.
They are always so sweet about my junk at the Charity shops (and I come home triumphantly with some treasure just like the one we used to have...)
No, I don't blame the job. Now it's daffodil time, I would move back to Northumberland faster than you can say Geordie if I had the chance...
Probably I will compromise and retire somewhere like Yorkshire, as the family is back in the south, but I need those wonderful light summer nights and the fresh smell of the north. We used to say the air changed as the train pulled out of Doncaster! ▲ Collapse
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| I would love to... | Apr 8, 2013 |
But I have a divorce paper that tells me I have to stay in the Netherlands. Three of my five children live both at my house and their dad's. I cannot even move out of the city.
If I could, I would move to France or Scotland.
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It's not the relocation that would be a problem, I just couldn't see me doing it for a job offer - I would be happy to relocate should my husband find another job, but I couldn't imagine doing anything other than freelance translating myself.
| | | | Muriel Vasconcellos
Spojené státy americké
Local time: 21:08
Člen (2003)
španělština -> angličtina
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I left a well-paying job as head of a translation service in an international organization for the sole purpose of moving to a place where I wanted to live - San Diego. I'm in Paradise, and nothing would be attractive enough to make me budge.
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