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Hilde Van Bercklaer
Hilde Van Bercklaer
Belgium
Local time: 13:49
Italian to Dutch
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Translators Without Borders May 17, 2013

Konstantin Kisin said that, to get experience in translation, one could work as a volunteer for the organisation 'Translators Without Borders'. I had a look at the website and it says that you can't be selected as a translator unless you have at least 2 years of professional translation experience...
 
Konstantin Kisin
Konstantin Kisin  Identity Verified
United Kingdom
Local time: 12:49
Russian to English
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Thanks for the information May 21, 2013

Hi Hilde,

Thank you for this. I will make sure to mention this restriction in future webinars and workshops.

Konstantin
 


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