A Day in the Life of a Freelance Translator
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00:00 Intro
00:21 Morning Routine
01:40 Discussing Work
05:30 Workout
06:10 What does it Take?
08:30 VORMOR AD
10:10 Stream and Evening
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"going to meet up with friends" ...films himself sitting at an empty table lmao
was it tongue- in- cheek??or.............?
I appreaciate your wittyness and honesty. Love the swear words once in a while. Hi from Croatia, English Croatian freelance translator here.
Tired as hell from Uni, coming home with one singular baguette that Willys had left. And to my delight, a Fish Slappee upload awaits once i open up YT.
You can get a Willy baguette, interesting 🤔😂
This tickled me very much, yes yes! Very interesting! I like both the role of the Narrator and the Translator, they make a good team. Please bring back in future videos! I admire your disciplin and that you're actually working from 8-12, I try everyday but I with concentration difficulties I somehow end up doing the "after work fun things" before work lool! (like watching vods and videos yaaay!)
Oh my god I'm so happy I found your channel! I'm a Greek ba student majoring in Chinese & Japanese while I'm learning Swedish in order to do a masters on translation in Sweden. I think I found my go to channel, keep it up!! 🎉
How has your journey towards that objective gone so far, I'm looking to go down the same path?
Wow, you are very disciplined cause I am a freelance translator, I never get up at 7:30 unless I have an interpreting job or an appointment with a dentist.. But I also work 4 or 5 hours a day.
Is it worth to be a translator?
20-25 hours a week?
I've been translating from French to English for several years, I work directly with clients. Don't know any agencies. I do love translating.
Do you think that Chatgpt will replace translators?
@@Danknight403I actually had a chat with a translator who told me that it's possible for chat gpt to become a tool for translators but it can't replace a professional translator.
It is motivating me to continue working as a freelance translator too. I live in Stockholm for almost a year now and mainly working on Burmese/English/Karen languages. I sometimes think my life is boring but at least you made it fun. It seems like happiness relies on us.
I'm currently in Malmo Sweden for 3 months, and have been greatly enjoying your videos. Keep it up!
Brilliant video 😂 well done!!
Motivated me to get back into translating with this, thanks dude, great content
Lovely video. Liked the part at the end where you are in the restaurant. I spent Christmas in Stockholm inspired by your videos.
I love the video, thanks for making it! It does take discipline to be self employed but doing the work it so easy when you love it. I absolutely love translating and language teaching so it doesn't feel like a grind.
thank you for this video. I'm currently living in Taiwan in my 4th year of college majoring in Mandarin Chinese and starting my first translation classes. This gave me a good idea of what a typical day would be like, so thank you!
I started my day by watching this and now I'm motivated to be at least half as productive as you! Bra skit 👏
たまにくる日本語のキャプションがかわいいですｗｗｗｗｗｗｗｗ
this was a really interesting video, some more vids on this topic would be great!
This video was very interesting, funny and useful. Overall I think this video was great, thank you for taking time out of your day to film this
Accidentally bumped into your YT channel and couldn’t have been any happier! Love your content!🫶🏻
yaaaaaaaaaay thanks for such a lovely comment! ^^
It would be cool to tour more of your home town! I love your videos bro. Hope to visit Stockholm this summer. -San Diego, CA
Much more interesting than most of my days... Also would buy the pocket translator, looks sick as heck!
Din kanal har fan blivit det enda jag ser fram emot utöver gaming här på CZcams, bra jobbat och perfekt humor som alltid!
Keep it up bro
Nämen kul att höra!! Tusen tack 😄
I'm just discovering this channel after searching Sweden travel videos, and these are hilarious and extremely helpful. I'm visiting Sweden for New years this year - can you recommend some do's & don'ts for a first-time traveler to Sweden for the holidays?
Which one is your best friend? The HP sauce or the vinegar?
I'd love to see more videos about your job as a freelance translator. I'm thinking of maybe switching my career to translation work. I'd mainly translate form English to German. So I'm looking forward for more videos around that topic 😊
Hi Julian, pleasant video as always! I'd personally love to see more videos about your profession as it seems rather interesting. As a socially awkward uni student, I feel like being able to do some free-lance translating from home as a part time job to rack in some extra cash (since the studiebidrag isn't that much of a montly pay) actually wouldn't be that bad of an idea... Do you know of any practical ways to get some "simpler" or smaller works that wouldn't need much experience or whatnot, sort of some website where people put up requests for translation work that anybody could snag? Something like Fiverr for example, but the other way around (so that the sellers become the buyers in the ads). Again, great video and would love to see and hear more of you and your life/work!
Great way to end your day. You are such a lovely guy. Very jovial and easy to like.
Fun, the subtle have a meal at the pub with all my friends, leading to the shot of you eating alone. Quite funny. You are a quirky guy.
That's actually not much different from my days except I am not working momentarily due to health but workout, go on Duolingo and do a language session in Swedish, Russian, French, Spanish, and German. But the German is a trial for now. Normally, I would be taking online college courses and doing homework late into the evening but my health decided to tank at the moment so, I am taking this semester off to recharge.
Have a good recovery buddy
after a month of living in Stockholm I have to say thank you....I love it here and you are one of the reasons I decided for Sweden
videos are usually too calm or too in your face "trying to be funny" but this strikes a perfext balance. Well done mate
my goodness, what a nice compliment. Thank you ~ ^^
that was just another level of comedy haha
I finally realized who you remind me of - Lars Fredrikson the singer who represented Norway in Eurovision 1998! 😊great channel btw.
7:07 Haha true! I know that for instance, one weird rule in French is that there is a space before adding these ": ; ! ?"
Anyway thanks for the video. I've been lost for quite some time now and I'm considering getting into translating, especially from Swedish to French as I've developped some fascination with your language; it's very pretty :) I think it's a smart choice as I've always been a bit fascinated by languages and their different quirks and it seems like a job that would be a good fit for me as I don't handle competition and stress very well!
What makes it also attractive is the freedom it seems to provide; I've always been scared of feeling "trapped" in a job. At least, it allows you to do different activities on the side.
I totally understand this!! That's what I'm feeling too. I'm french, and I really love Scandinavian languages (rather Swedish and Danish in fact) and I'm considering becoming a translator, and it would be so much better if I could do it as a freelance. So that I could travel the world!!… 🌍
Thanks for this. It has made me think I could do with some extra income and look for interpreter or translation jobs. I am now googleling how to get into it. 🤓. And of course no matter the subject, your videos are funny and entertaining 😁
I just love this guy🤣
This was quite interesting. Never watched day routine videos, now i know how translators live.
Have been considering Swedish/English translation for some year now but haven't really taken the step towards actually trying it out.
Is there any websites that you'd reccomend? Would be nice to have some sort of starting point to get some experience on the side of ones so called normal job.
Side note: Any plans on getting back to Japan after having re-ignited the language learning for a while now?
😂i cant. *readjust my nuts* youre so much funnier than other quippy one-off american comedic vloggers. wow, amazing editing ideas here, talking to yourself
I was looking for life as a translator videos because I've been working on my exams for Japanese, and while I have never considered Swedish, I am suddenly very curious. Does everyone have this refreshing sense of humor?
Du är så rolig och söt😊
Well theres the day made 😁♥️
Also love how big your hair is haha
Hi! I’m new to this channel. Would you mind sharing where and how can I find some gigs for translation and interpretation? I’m already a graduate translation student but I currently work as a language teacher. I would really work as a freelance translation but I don’t know where to start.😢
I like this dude 😂
farmville 2 is one of my favourite games ever. i will probably never need to play it in swedish, but thank you regardless. 👍👍
Sumptuous
Indubitably 👌
New sub:D
I don’t know why we couldn’t go in the shower with you lol 😂 great vlog as always 👍😊
Thank you gor the great video! I've really been ejoying your channel. Just a quick question: Do you have any kind of ceritfication to work as a freelance translator? I'm asking because in Canada, the only way you can become "certified" or "official" is by essentially having to do these tests to prove your level of knowledge + paying an annual fee to keep your accreditation.
That could be a requirement for legal translators but not those who localize apps and translate marketing copies
🎶Come in she said I’ll give ya shelter from the storm🎶
Is it well paid job? Or does it depend on your performance?
What is the best way to learn Swedish for an absolute beginner?
What’s the best path to take? Should I try to get hired by an agency? Or should I search for work on upwork, fiver, and pro z. I’m studying Spanish in college right now and I’d like to know how to maximize my earnings. My dream is to be able to travel around Latin America. You really only need to make 2k usd to feel comfortable. I read the average rate of Spanish is 0.09c a word. And that the average translator can translate 1700 words a day which is like 150$ a day. What’s the best way to maximize earnings?
Hey, great video! I have some questions about moving to Sweden, can you please help me?
Could someone here gimme or share me a page where I could find an online job this type?
Is the discord still up? I'm thinking of getting into translating and i'd like to have some help.
Do you know if there is demand in Sweden for translation/interpretation/localization into languages other than Swedish?
Was also wondering🤔
There might be some demand for translating government information and such things into some of the big immigrant languages, such as Arabic, Somali or Ukrainian, but most Swedish translation companies primarily have Swedish as their target language. But there’s no need to work for Swedish companies, just because you live here.
You look like a blonde version of Ed Sheeran
Teach me the way :O
im thinking of paolo from tokyo 😂
Nice! Do you use any particular CAT tool when you're working?
I use many different ones depending on which client the project is for 😄 Smartling, XTM, MemoQ etc
The Discord link? 👀
So I looked up the rates for translating jobs but it’s all around €30/h, some less, some more. That’s not a lot…
Heyy!!, amazing vedio! I'm a freelance interpreter/translator, English Arabic, and planing to move in with my boyfriend in sweden hopefully soon, do you think I can find a translation job in Sweden with my language pair,, PS: my Swedish is minimal. Thanks ❤️
Tonnes of Muslims in sweden! You'll be fine !
How did you learn English?
hey which degree course you took after highschool to become a translator ?? how to become a professional translator , any advice for that ?!!
Hiiiiii ~ I studied English Literature after highschool and that ended up working out for me. Studying the language you want to translate from (or your native language) I'd say is a good idea :) Thanks for the comment!
@@FishSlappee okay thanks so much for that , your channel is really intresting
A bowl of instant noodle for lunch? You're not only learning the Japanese language but actually living it. This is also part of the cultural immersion. Good for you!
I have gained a tiny bit of Japanese language understanding from watching way too much anime. I have always wanted to devote time to properly learn it, mainly because I don't think I'll have much need to challenge anyone to a duel.... Or, mock their power level, if I ever get to visit Nippon. I don't really think it's an option for me anymore though, my extra brains kinda make it difficult to retain new knowledge. 😅 But I imagine it would make consuming Japanese Horror movies and video games a tad more terrifying. I guess I should say more terrifying, but I digress.
I only have one complaint about the video really.... Blurred workout footage, but no blurred shower footage? Such a disappointment. 🙄😮💨 After all the Christmas orgies, I imagined you would have no such scruples regarding modesty. 😂 Love the little window into your day though. ☺️
Can you play Doom on vormor?)
Det slog mig bara just nu att du ser ut som Karl-Bertil Jonsson. Känner du den där karaktären?
Hello colleague!😊
Farmville!!!!! uh oh......
this video is just proof that being swedish is a buff
Hey! Testronic was the first company to offer me a one-year contract as a freelance translator. What are the chances? :))
Something tells me you have a first hand contract because no way you can afford a second hand contract in Stockholm and only work 20 hrs 😅
It’s the shushing of yourself I adored at the start ☺️ I wouldn’t know how to realign my nuts as I don’t have any. Sounds painful though lol jk
Lovely, pretty
I have noticed that in the apartments and houses that I've seen in videos about Sweden, they look very plain. Do Swedes just not like decorations or art in their homes ?
Have you never heard of IKEA 😂?
Jesus Christ the teeth, look at those teeth, look at the guys teeth!!!
Hello my friend
İ decided to get started as an online freelance translator, but i have no idea where to find jobs.
İ'd be thankful if you show me the way !
Have a nice day
hair colour ❤
Are you not afraid of the arrival of AI in the domain of translation ?
why you so cute :)
I find AI scary because I think it can definitely leads to unemployment for translators both in house and freelancers , what’s your own opinion ?
I think it's a possibility, but I will milk this job for as long as I can I suppose haha :D Also, even if AI takes over most of the translation work, I believe there will still have to be linguistic QA testers to check the AI output before delivery. So hopefully I can transition to doing that. ~ Thanks for the comments!
I'm Irish I'd love to move to Sweden. I have to trek into my job everyday. Knowone will let me work from home. I want to.emigarte to Sweden and find a Swedish woman to marry. Ireland is crap I'm tired of living in my dads house at 33. You have the life I want.
Dude, you're up and awake now. You need to comb your hair before you go on camera.
let's not comment on how other people look
Telling another man how to groom? lol Won't knock ya, but you're probably in your 70's. Go to sleep old timer.
What if he likes it the way he is??
@@stayrelax3987 His web stream is a business. And whenever you're in business you have to do whatever it takes to keep the customer satisfied.
My friend thinks you're cute
Hey! how are you? I just discovered your channel searching for translators. I'm currently studying to become one myself. Thank you for this video, I really appareciated it! Just a question though, could you please send me the link of your discord? I can't find it and I would love be part of it and maybe ask for some advice from time to time :) Thanks again
Hello whatwebsite great for translation work ?😊