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» haohao1314haha commented on photo Wheatfield in Finland, next to the Vantaa river:) by Anna 2008-06-17
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2008-03-28 - Glad to be here on XIHA Here it comes: my first blog entry EVER!!!  Quite unbelievable I know...and still, I just never felt like writing a blog to any webpage. But this one, wow I'm so amazed. I enjoy being here sooo much I just got home from a concert around 2 am and realized I won't be able to sleep, again! Don't get me wrong, I'm not a constant insomniac  It's all the jet leg's fault I got after getting back from Florida to Finland. Although I wonder, why I didn't get jet legged when I went there 2 weeks ago. Maybe traveling to the West is easier. Anyway it's a 7 -hour-timechange, so that's big enough to make your daily routines go nuts! Anyone else having the same experience? Just tell me!Well, I was at the point of getting home in my story. After realizing I'm still really wide awake, I opened my laptop to check my mails and do some work for the university-courses. And as I read through my uni-mailbox a forwarded message catched my eyes: Translation jobs available...hm, I thought, what could it be, I should check on it for sure! I have translated a lot even from the age of 12, when some Finnish orchestras came to Hungary to give concerts. At the time I was playing the piano at the local Music Conservatoire, and as everyone knew I was bilingual (Finnish-Hungarian) the rector of the school asked me if I could help them by translating a little. Well, shortly they noticed that despite my young age I can handle the role of a simultanious interpreter and translator very easily (personaly, I didn't have any doubts on my skills at all from the begining 'cause we've been always talking on both languages at home, I had spent a lot of time in both countries-Hungary and Finland-so I was fluent and natural at both!) so from helping a little by translating at the housing and dinners and so on, I "graded up" to translate at all the concerts, tv-inteviews etc. It was just so much fun and so easy for me! I enjoyed myself so much Since then, I have kept up with doing this, and I've added some more languages "into the business" such as English and French. I just love languages, can't help it :D!Thus, translating has always stayed being a hobby for me. I'm always happy to translate and organize things especially at cultural events (like the Hungarian Cultural Weeks in Helsinki which ended quite lately) when I get a request. And so far I have always done it only on "charity" base, so just for fun ! Well, by now you might have an idea why I got so interested on that email on translation jobs I thought to myself: now I could also earn with my skills! We will see what will happen, I will send my application to this XIHA-translation-jobs person after completing this blog entry!I just kind of got stuck here: because one of the conditions to apply for the job was to register yourself up her. Note: ohh I forget to tell that I'd like to help to improve the "Hungarian-side" of XIHA or the Finnish, or both actually if there is need for it But the Hungarian is now the "weekest link" for sure, I've noticed that while checking out what kind of page this really is.After the registration I got so excited to fill out my profile, that I apperantly got stuck here :D! But it's nice to give a good start to the whole thing at once, and then it's nicer to come and update it! I especially love the photographic part! What a nice way to share pics with people from all over the world, and then talk about them and share experiences! I'm sure I'm gonna be a very eager XIHA-user, and ooh how nice it would be if I would even get a job to translate stuff related to it! All of you reading this blog cross your fingers for me Well, I think I'd better cut it off now :D! Not a bad first blog entry ever, right? Just keep up reading, and contact me if you feel like doing so! Cheers to all, Anna |
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