Sorina Postolea

Question and Answer

• What is your name?
  • Sorina Postolea
• Where do you live?
  • Iasi, Romania
• What made you decide to become a translator or interpreter?
  • My love of foreign languages and my personality.
• List one strength that you think sets you apart from your colleagues.
  • I am also a researcher in translation studies and terminology.
• Name the one thing that you most enjoy in your translating or interpreting career.
  • Working with texts, fiding the best solution for a particular translation problem.
• We all have worked on those not-so-perfect assignments. Write about one such assignment that was not ideal and what you learned from it.
  • I have encountered many imperfect assignments. One of the most difficult things is to work with a faulty source text. A number of times, my translations have been much better texts than the STs.
• If you could go back in time to when you were just starting out as a translator or interpreter, what advice would you give to your younger self?
  • Be patient, learn the language and constantly improve.
• Name one resource – such as a phone app, CAT tool, website, and so forth – that you find especially helpful in your translating or interpreting work.
  • OmegaT because it allows me to make my own glossaries and it's free.
• What's the best book you've read this year?
  • Too many to choose from.