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Dec 7, 2025

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Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida  Identity Verified
Portugal
Local time: 23:02
Membro (2007)
Inglês para Português
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Other Dec 7, 2025

I received formal training in languages (English, French, Italian and Spanish), but not in translation. Translation found me rather late in life…
 
Gregor Trebec
Gregor Trebec
Eslovénia
Local time: 00:02
Inglês para Esloveno
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What do you mean? Dec 7, 2025

I had English in school(s) and visit places.

[Edited at 2025-12-07 11:32 GMT]
 
neilmac
neilmac
Espanha
Local time: 00:02
Espanhol para Inglês
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Yes Dec 7, 2025

I studied German, French and Russian at school and later took a BA degree in Russian and French. Translation as it is understood nowadays was not part of the course, although we did translate passages to and from these languages.

Although I work translating Spanish to English, I never studied Spanish formally except as a very basic half class in my final year at university, but acquired it after living in Spain and working in TEFL for some years.

[Edited at 2025-12-07 11:05 G... See more
I studied German, French and Russian at school and later took a BA degree in Russian and French. Translation as it is understood nowadays was not part of the course, although we did translate passages to and from these languages.

Although I work translating Spanish to English, I never studied Spanish formally except as a very basic half class in my final year at university, but acquired it after living in Spain and working in TEFL for some years.

[Edited at 2025-12-07 11:05 GMT] ▲ Collapse
 
Maria Laura Curzi
Maria Laura Curzi  Identity Verified
Argentina
Local time: 19:02
Inglês para Espanhol
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Yes Dec 8, 2025

Yes, I have a degree in Technical-Scientific and Literary Translation, besides the language courses I took in English (First Certificate) and Portuguese (Celpe-Bras).

I chose this degree over the Sworn Translation degree because I didn't want to go to the Faculty of Law and study the same subjects as lawyers.
 
WolfgangS
WolfgangS
França
Local time: 00:02
Inglês para Alemão
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Yes Dec 8, 2025

I grew up in a multilingual scholar environment (Scuola Europea Varese, French, German, Italian, English), after the "baccalauréat" i got a degree in translation and interpreting at the Scuola Interpreti&Traduttori in Milan.

Maria Laura Curzi
 
Daryo
Daryo
Local time: 23:02
Sérvio para Inglês
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Do I need one? Dec 9, 2025

The best job I had was for an institution which very sensibly would take anyone with ANY university degree - as long as you can pass a practical test which has a one digit percentage pass rate.

How would you count going to École élémentaire, Lycée and University (nothing related to languages) in France? Is that a 'formal training in languages or translation'?

I suspect that in fact you had in mind university education - 'training' in UK is reserved for learning prac... See more
The best job I had was for an institution which very sensibly would take anyone with ANY university degree - as long as you can pass a practical test which has a one digit percentage pass rate.

How would you count going to École élémentaire, Lycée and University (nothing related to languages) in France? Is that a 'formal training in languages or translation'?

I suspect that in fact you had in mind university education - 'training' in UK is reserved for learning practical skills. You would 'train' for example to be a professional driver (let's leave our old friend the plumber alone, for once).

Not sure if they qualify as training or education, but I did get two certificates definitely related to languages: the Cambridge Certificate in Advanced English and the IELTS (basically a test in academic English). ▲ Collapse
 


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