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7/11/13 14:26Pre-event Powwow608862 Good morning Ginnine
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7/11/13 14:26Pre-event Powwow608862 We we get started with the ice breakers shortly
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7/11/13 14:26Pre-event Powwow939446 Good morning!
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7/11/13 14:27Pre-event Powwow976664 Good Morning
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7/11/13 14:27Pre-event Powwow608862 We will be getting started in just a minute or two
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7/11/13 14:28Pre-event Powwow1056652 Hi everybody. :))
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7/11/13 14:28Pre-event Powwow41793 good afternoon!
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7/11/13 14:28Pre-event Powwow608862 Q1: Where are you located and how long have you been a translator?
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7/11/13 14:29Pre-event Powwow1522427 hello everyone
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7/11/13 14:29Pre-event Powwow41793 Madrid... It seems forever to me... almost 20 years
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7/11/13 14:29Pre-event Powwow608862 Welcome to the pre-event Powwow for today&aOs;s Networking event. This chat will feature a series of questions to help break the ice and prepare attendees to network on more serious topics throughout the
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7/11/13 14:29Pre-event Powwow1522427 great
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7/11/13 14:29Pre-event Powwow939446 A1: I&aOs;m in Nova Scotia, Canada. 3yrs
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7/11/13 14:30Pre-event Powwow1046285 Good morning!
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7/11/13 14:30Pre-event Powwow1522427 Im from Mumbai, 6 years
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7/11/13 14:30Pre-event Powwow608862 Q1: Where are you located and how long have you been a translator?
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7/11/13 14:30Pre-event Powwow51624 I&aOs;m from Italy
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7/11/13 14:30Pre-event Powwow1161226 Hey everyone!
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7/11/13 14:30Pre-event Powwow976664 A1 I&aOs;m from Italy, 7 years
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7/11/13 14:30Pre-event Powwow51624 And I&aOs;ve been a translator for several...several years
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7/11/13 14:30Pre-event Powwow1379596 A1: Sao Paulo, Brazil. 3 years
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7/11/13 14:31Pre-event Powwow1056652 A1 I&aOs;m in Italy, not far from the Alps! More than 10 years.
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7/11/13 14:31Pre-event Powwow1046285 I live in the United States. I have been translating for 8 years now.
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7/11/13 14:31Pre-event Powwow608862 Q2 - coming in just a min
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7/11/13 14:31Pre-event Powwow107631 Lisbon (Ortugal), 11 years
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7/11/13 14:31Pre-event Powwow1161226 A1:Based in London but currently in Turkey:) And I&aOs;ve been a translator officially for 3.5 years.
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7/11/13 14:31Pre-event Powwow1247825 Hi all, from Kuala Lumpur, 5 yrs exp
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7/11/13 14:32Pre-event Powwow1522427 I think for everyone its passion for an industry and the oOrtunities that you get along the way....this was my case.
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7/11/13 14:32Pre-event Powwow125786 Hi, I&aOs;m from Athens, 11 years
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7/11/13 14:32Pre-event Powwow1533899 A1: Near San Sebastian (Spain). Almost 3 years experience.
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7/11/13 14:32Pre-event Powwow608862 Q2: What made you decide to go into hotel & tourism translation as a specialty?
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7/11/13 14:32Pre-event Powwow25922 Hi from Perpignan (France). More than 20 years experience.
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7/11/13 14:33Pre-event Powwow705260 A1:Hi from Barbados, over 10 years
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7/11/13 14:33Pre-event Powwow1056652 A1 While I translate, I dream... I&aOs;m there! Is as simple as that!
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7/11/13 14:33Pre-event Powwow947083 Hola, I am from Germany but living in Madrid. Translating for 6 years.
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7/11/13 14:33Pre-event Powwow51624 Well, it was the tourism transaltion that chose me :)
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7/11/13 14:33Pre-event Powwow934444 A1: I&aOs;m in a small town near Fougères, where the Tour de France is currently taking place!
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7/11/13 14:33Pre-event Powwow1533899 A2: I studied Tourism before Translation.
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7/11/13 14:33Pre-event Powwow1446320 A1: Sweden
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7/11/13 14:34Pre-event Powwow1379596 A2: The passion for these fields, I always loved travel and geography, and after working in a hotel this passion became bigger!
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7/11/13 14:34Pre-event Powwow601248 Hi Alana - Barbadian&aOs;s (rock)
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7/11/13 14:34Pre-event Powwow1161226 A2:Just coincidence:) as it was the work available at the time and once I&aOs;ve started one job the others oOrtunities came along.
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7/11/13 14:34Pre-event Powwow41793 as for others, Tourism picked me
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7/11/13 14:34Pre-event Powwow939446 A2: a combination of previous work experience in tourism (hotel clerk, tourist bureau etc.) and tourism is also a large economic sector here, so there is a fair amount of need.
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7/11/13 14:34Pre-event Powwow1046285 I am from Cuba but living in the US.
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7/11/13 14:34Pre-event Powwow934444 Q2: I don&aOs;t specialise, but it overlaps with my specialisation in history/archaeology quite often.
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7/11/13 14:34Pre-event Powwow17989 Hi from Brazil
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7/11/13 14:35Pre-event Powwow608862 Q3 coming in just a minute
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7/11/13 14:35Pre-event Powwow976664 A2: My studies and the passion for travel
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7/11/13 14:35Pre-event Powwow111641 Hi from Turkey
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7/11/13 14:35Pre-event Powwow51624 It is so nice...we are all alone in our corners, but meeting together
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7/11/13 14:35Pre-event Powwow1247825 A1:Tourism one of my first major project. Enjoy imagining myself being in the places I translate.
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7/11/13 14:35Pre-event Powwow1670992 I used to be a tour manager, but now I live peacefully in Thailand and translate from my home in the forest...
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7/11/13 14:36Pre-event Powwow705260 Hi Drew, lol thanks
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7/11/13 14:36Pre-event Powwow107631 I worked in a rent-a-car previously. I always liked tourism
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7/11/13 14:36Pre-event Powwow608862 Q3: What is the longest translation job you have ever completed? (# of words)?
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7/11/13 14:36Pre-event Powwow1522427 hello
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7/11/13 14:36Pre-event Powwow1670992 Hi
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7/11/13 14:36Pre-event Powwow1678922 Hi to all from Ljubljana, Slovenia
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7/11/13 14:36Pre-event Powwow27432 A1 I live in Bruges, Belgium.
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7/11/13 14:37Pre-event Powwow1161226 A3: I&aOs;ve never counted to be honest as they&aOs;re mostly ongoing jobs with weekly/monthly deliveries.
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7/11/13 14:37Pre-event Powwow1522427 A3: A job that went on for 6 weeks
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7/11/13 14:37Pre-event Powwow111641 We have been translating one and a half year for biggest hotel sites
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7/11/13 14:37Pre-event Powwow1247825 A3:>1million probably
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7/11/13 14:37Pre-event Powwow1670992 You are in chiang Mai, I thinK?
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7/11/13 14:37Pre-event Powwow1522427 nice to know you are from Thailand
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7/11/13 14:37Pre-event Powwow1522427 no in from Mumbai
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7/11/13 14:37Pre-event Powwow1522427 no Im *
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7/11/13 14:37Pre-event Powwow1483069 A1: I am in South Wales, UK, hello everyone!
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7/11/13 14:37pre-event Powwow1670992 I am from Italy, I just live in Thailand
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7/11/13 14:37Pre-event Powwow27432 A3 : longest project : 400,000 words from a tourist guide
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7/11/13 14:37Pre-event Powwow601248 @cmmlws - was that a fun or dreadful 6 weeks :D
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7/11/13 14:37Pre-event Powwow111641 about 1 million words
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7/11/13 14:37Pre-event Powwow125786 A3: half a million
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7/11/13 14:37Pre-event Powwow1678922 A1: Ljubljana Slovenia
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7/11/13 14:37Pre-event Powwow17989 A3: 100,000
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7/11/13 14:38Pre-event Powwow1522427 @Drew - not that dreadful, though
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7/11/13 14:38Pre-event Powwow111641 hotel descriTions
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7/11/13 14:38Pre-event Powwow976664 A3: 200,000
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7/11/13 14:38pre-event Powwow1522427 wonderful
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7/11/13 14:38pre-event Powwow1522427 so you are an Italian translator?
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7/11/13 14:38Pre-event Powwow939446 Q3: Nothing particularly large, a couple thousand words (websites)
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7/11/13 14:38Pre-event Powwow608862 Q4 coming shortly is non-translation related. in other words - something fun!
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7/11/13 14:39Pre-event Powwow1056652 About 15,000 website
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7/11/13 14:39pre-event Powwow1522427 im sure thailand must be fun, and you would love the weather
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7/11/13 14:39Pre-event Powwow51624 A3 Several projects all connected
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7/11/13 14:39Pre-event Powwow1670992 Q3 about 30,000 hotel booking website
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7/11/13 14:40Pre-event Powwow1483069 A3: My largest project was 30,000 words. :)
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7/11/13 14:40Pre-event Powwow608862 Q4: If you had to describe yourself as an animal, which animal best matches your personality?
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7/11/13 14:40Pre-event Powwow17989 Q4: Translator
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7/11/13 14:41Pre-event Powwow1056652 Q4 an eagle
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7/11/13 14:41Pre-event Powwow51624 A4 A bear
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7/11/13 14:41Pre-event Powwow1678922 A3: my largest project - 90.000 words of hotel offers for sale web sites
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7/11/13 14:41Pre-event Powwow51624 teddy bear
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7/11/13 14:41Pre-event Powwow99009 A4 - a cat, always a cat
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7/11/13 14:41Pre-event Powwow601248 A4 - a giraffe
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7/11/13 14:41Pre-event Powwow939446 Q4: Um, elephant?
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7/11/13 14:41Pre-event Powwow1522427 A4 : Im a capricornian, so a Mountain Goat !!
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7/11/13 14:41Pre-event Powwow1670992 A4 a sweet and mischievious kitty,of course :-)