Poll: Do friends or family ever wish you a happy International Translation Day? Thread poster: ProZ.com Staff
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In my case it's a thing between colleagues, mainly.
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Lieven Malaise 
Belgium
Local time: 04:47
Member (2020)
French to Dutch
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My family and friends know that I'm a translator and sometimes ask me politely a few questions about my work, but I'm afraid reality is that translation has a rather dull, uninteresting reputation (although interest seems to have grown since the AI hype: "Aren't you out of work yet because of AI?"). Not without reason, by the way. I believe you have to be of a special breed to really enjoy this type of work and think it's interesting.
In that context you can't expect the general pub... See more My family and friends know that I'm a translator and sometimes ask me politely a few questions about my work, but I'm afraid reality is that translation has a rather dull, uninteresting reputation (although interest seems to have grown since the AI hype: "Aren't you out of work yet because of AI?"). Not without reason, by the way. I believe you have to be of a special breed to really enjoy this type of work and think it's interesting.
In that context you can't expect the general public to know about something completely trivial like "International Translation Day". On a personal level: I couldn't care less about it. My focus has always been on my translation work and on my translation work alone.
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Liena V.
Latvia
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Some of them surely would if they knew about it, but even I don't know when it is and wouldn't expect it from anyone else.
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Liena Vijupe wrote:
Some of them surely would if they knew about it, but even I don't know when it is and wouldn't expect it from anyone else.
It's tomorrow. Now you know...
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WolfgangS
France
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I doubt anybody in my entourage knows about the ITD.
[Edited at 2025-08-29 10:55 GMT]
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Liena V.
Latvia
Local time: 05:47
Member (2014)
French to Latvian
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| Every working day is a translation day | Aug 29, 2025 |
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida wrote:
It's tomorrow. Now you know...
On Saturday? I'll skip it then, I've got weekend plans!
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| Hum... I think it's not right | Aug 29, 2025 |
Liena Vijupe wrote:
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida wrote:
It's tomorrow. Now you know...
On Saturday? I'll skip it then, I've got weekend plans!
International Translation Day is celebrated on September 30th each year, not August.
Am I wrong?
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expressisverbis wrote:
Liena Vijupe wrote:
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida wrote:
It's tomorrow. Now you know...
On Saturday? I'll skip it then, I've got weekend plans!
International Translation Day is celebrated on September 30th each year, not August.
Am I wrong?
I had a lot of work this week and I mixed August and September, Sandra is right it’s not tomorrow but on the 30th September…
[Edited at 2025-08-29 11:34 GMT]
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Liena V.
Latvia
Local time: 05:47
Member (2014)
French to Latvian
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| Alright then | Aug 29, 2025 |
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida wrote:
it’s not tomorrow but on the 29th September…
A whole month to prepare! I'll have to think of something fancy.
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Like most of the replies, my family doesn't even know there is an International Translation Day.
Then, in my case, that day, Sept. 30, we have two birthdays: my brother's and a nephew's from my other brother, so nobody in the family remembers Translation Day at all.
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| I barely remember it! | Aug 29, 2025 |
To be honest, I always forget the national and international holidays and days. So, I would not expect my family to remember the international Translation Day as well. Anyway, I am more than happy to attend the Proz.com ITD event this year. See you there!
[Editado a las 2025-08-29 16:11 GMT]
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