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About Me

"I'm probably not making any money, nor I'm the most monetarily successful translator on Earth, but as volunteer translator I feel fine. I am fulfilled."
Blogger at http://translapocalypse.wordpress.com

Location:
Chile, Santiago De Chile
Current role:
Freelance translator ( English, Spanish)
Gender:
Male
Areas of expertise:
Music, Chemistry, Environment , Economy, agronomy, Education , Forestry, Agriculture and Nature, Environment & Energy
I am:
Artist, Blogger, Job-seeker, Writer/Editor
Languages:
English, Spanish
My website links:
Translapocalypse, Twitter
Universities:
Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso
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I'm passionate about

Music and painting, reading and writing.

Talk to me about

Everything. If I don't know something I'm always open to learn about it.

People don't know that I'm good at

writing stories.

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    A comment on Talk: John Legend: "True Colors"

    May 14 2013: Amazing and beautiful performance!

  • A comment on Talk: Steven Schwaitzberg: A universal translator for surgeons

    Jan 30 2013: I've always thought, as a translator, that machine translations are not as good as translations done by a professional translator. I don't criticize the work done by Mr. Schwaitzberg, but sometimes the accuracy, fluency, grammar, syntax and coherence are not achieved by machine translations that most of the time have so many flaws.

  • A reply on Talk: Colin Powell: Kids need structure

    Jan 29 2013: At least, here in Chile, that's what kids tell you when you ask them why did they leave school. They even sell drugs to get money, because they say "you study for almost a hundred years to get a degree, then you want to have a job and money, and you won't get it".
    I know maybe it's difficult to believe, but young people are thinking this wrong way. And as you say, maybe some don't feel challenged enough, but I think those are just a few.
  • +4

    A comment on Talk: Colin Powell: Kids need structure

    Jan 29 2013: Hello. This is my first comment here on TED. Well, I'm Chilean, and in this country teachers are not respected at all. Kids since they enter kindergarten are disrespectful to their teachers, they don't listen, they are rude, don't care about what the teacher is talking about. I'm not saying all Chilean students behave this way, but mostly the low-income ones, they even threaten teachers! I think what Mr. Powell is proposing should be considered in my country, specially in public schools, because teaching those children is almost a "lost war". Plus, giving them this kind of instruction and learning, they will not be leaving school to go to steal and rob, as most low-income kids here in Chile do. They rather go to rob or mug, because is easier than learning something at school.

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