Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
Hay profesiones para las que hay que tener vocación
English translation:
Some professions require a true sense of vocation
Added to glossary by
Kate Major Patience
Mar 8, 2011 21:48
13 yrs ago
Spanish term
Spain
Analytical and creative (DipTrans, MA)
Native in: English 
Works in: Spanish to English, Galician to English, English
Hay profesiones para las que hay que tener vocación
Spanish to English
Social Sciences
Advertising / Public Relations
Promotional leaflet
Hay profesiones para las que hay que tener vocación.
La nuestra, por supuesto, es la traducción.
From a promotional leaflet advertising the translations branch of a company.
I'm having trouble coming up with anything catchy. Any ideas?
International audience.
Thanks very much in advance for your input.
La nuestra, por supuesto, es la traducción.
From a promotional leaflet advertising the translations branch of a company.
I'm having trouble coming up with anything catchy. Any ideas?
International audience.
Thanks very much in advance for your input.
Proposed translations
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Proposed translations
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5 mins
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Some professions require a true sense of vocation
Examples: 30 Dec 2007 ... true vocation then we have to be true to our deepest self. ... Some jobs are accomplished best when there is a sense of vocation. ...
www.ibcfrankfort.com/sermons/123007.pdf - Similares; Some people, notably Jeffrey Pfeffer of Stanford's Graduate ... direction of the true professions makes a lot of sense. That's ..... emerge partly out of an inward sense of vocation – a convic- ...
www.chicagobooth.edu/parttime/groups/csmg/docs/ItsTime.pdf
www.ibcfrankfort.com/sermons/123007.pdf - Similares; Some people, notably Jeffrey Pfeffer of Stanford's Graduate ... direction of the true professions makes a lot of sense. That's ..... emerge partly out of an inward sense of vocation – a convic- ...
www.chicagobooth.edu/parttime/groups/csmg/docs/ItsTime.pdf
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Great! Thanks everyone, some great options here. Cheers. :)"
3 mins
Daltry Gárate
Bolivia
Bolivia
Native in Spanish
Bolivia
Unreserved attention to detail
Native in: Spanish (Variants: Bolivian, Latin American)
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
Vocation is required for some occupations
Una opción. Espero te sea de utilidad. Saludos.
+2
5 mins
Ana Clara Pérgamo
Argentina
Argentina
Native in Spanish
Specializes in field
Argentina
Passionate about languages
Native in: Spanish (Variants: Argentine, Latin American)
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish
For some jobs, you must have a calling
Our call is translation... Just a thought, hope you like it.
Peer comment(s):
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MedTrans&More
: or: ...have to/have got to have a calling
11 mins
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neilmac
: Friendly and "baby bear" informal (it was just right!)
12 hrs
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18 mins
MedTrans&More
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
Works in field
United Kingdom
Specialist Medical & General Translation
Native in: English 
, Portuguese
Works in: English to Portuguese, Spanish to Portuguese, Portuguese, and 4 more.
Some people are born ______ / _____ are born, not made
another suggestion
+1
20 mins
Some professions are not so much a job as a vocation
Depends on the tone you want, but this is one possible way to go: relatively informal.
"Working for the RSPB is not so much a job as a vocation for many"
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/career_and_jo...
"For long-serving career civil servants, as the more senior ones invariably are, the public service is not so much a job as a vocation: 'chosen for life'"
http://books.google.es/books?id=FHKmP7Mhn_gC&pg=PA113&lpg=PA...
"For me, being a scientist is not so much a job as a vocation, and so if you're not doing something you're enjoying, it's not worth doing".
http://www.cureparalysisnow.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=8...
"Working for the RSPB is not so much a job as a vocation for many"
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/career_and_jo...
"For long-serving career civil servants, as the more senior ones invariably are, the public service is not so much a job as a vocation: 'chosen for life'"
http://books.google.es/books?id=FHKmP7Mhn_gC&pg=PA113&lpg=PA...
"For me, being a scientist is not so much a job as a vocation, and so if you're not doing something you're enjoying, it's not worth doing".
http://www.cureparalysisnow.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=8...
Peer comment(s):
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FVS (X)
44 mins
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Thanks very much, FVS
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+1
27 mins
mendezhord
Canada
Canada
Native in Spanish
&
English
Canada
Insightful, bicultural professional.
Native in: English , Spanish
Works in: English to French, English to Spanish, French to English, and 2 more.
Some have a higher calling. Ours is translation.
Even though it's not a literal translation, it's catchy because it has a divine ring to it.
9 hrs
Lisa McCarthy
Spain
Spain
Native in English
Specializes in field
Spain
Especialista de marketing
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, Catalan to English
Related KudoZ points
:
100
For some jobs/professions you have to have a vocation
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Food And Drink: Word of mouth - Life & Style - The Independent
29 Aug 1998 ... "**You have to have a vocation**," he explains, "although I was born in Bolivia and studied economics in La Paz, I would probably have been a ...
www.independent.co.uk/.../food-and-drink-word-of-mouth-1174... - Cached
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Obituary: Valentín Paniagua Corazao | World news | The Guardian
18 Oct 2006 ... "I think you **have to have a vocation**, and a fervent desire, to reach the presidency," he confessed in a rare moment of self-revelation. ...
www.guardian.co.uk/news/2006/oct/.../guardianobituaries.mai... - Cached
Food And Drink: Word of mouth - Life & Style - The Independent
29 Aug 1998 ... "**You have to have a vocation**," he explains, "although I was born in Bolivia and studied economics in La Paz, I would probably have been a ...
www.independent.co.uk/.../food-and-drink-word-of-mouth-1174... - Cached
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Obituary: Valentín Paniagua Corazao | World news | The Guardian
18 Oct 2006 ... "I think you **have to have a vocation**, and a fervent desire, to reach the presidency," he confessed in a rare moment of self-revelation. ...
www.guardian.co.uk/news/2006/oct/.../guardianobituaries.mai... - Cached
45 mins
David Ronder
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
Specializes in field
United Kingdom
Linguistic flair and an eye for detail
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, English
Related KudoZ points
:
28
A career can be a calling
ca- ca-...catchy?
And I hope it sounds like an introductory sentence, an invitation to read on:
Ours, of course, is translation.
And so on.
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Note added at 49 mins (2011-03-08 22:37:19 GMT)
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By ca- ca-, I don't mean caca (!), I mean 'career', 'calling', a catchy repetition of sounds.
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Note added at 59 mins (2011-03-08 22:47:39 GMT)
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and also 'can'
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Note added at 15 hrs (2011-03-09 12:55:12 GMT)
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Reformulation (though I can see where the money's going on this question):
Some careers require a calling
Closer to the meaning, same attempt at 'catchiness'
And I hope it sounds like an introductory sentence, an invitation to read on:
Ours, of course, is translation.
And so on.
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Note added at 49 mins (2011-03-08 22:37:19 GMT)
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By ca- ca-, I don't mean caca (!), I mean 'career', 'calling', a catchy repetition of sounds.
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Note added at 59 mins (2011-03-08 22:47:39 GMT)
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and also 'can'
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Note added at 15 hrs (2011-03-09 12:55:12 GMT)
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Reformulation (though I can see where the money's going on this question):
Some careers require a calling
Closer to the meaning, same attempt at 'catchiness'
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