Xenops wrote:LundiHákarlsson wrote:Again I forgot to post, and whatever I had written was just saved in the text box for months.
The New Year has passed (indeed it is now mid-February), so Feliz Año Nuevo/Buon'Anno Nuovo.
I have been quite busy yet again, without much time to learn and maintain as many languages as I want. I found out that I have to complete the dichiarazione di valore for the Itailan government. This means that I need to complete a massive amount of bureaucratic paperwork to have my degrees, diplomas, etc. officially translated by sworn translators under perjury, etc. Just reading about it makes it seem daunting to me. This is all because I am a non-EU/EEC passport holder, as EU/EEC passport holders do not need to complete this step. Another reason I strongly desire to get citizenship in a European country. If anyone here as completed the dichiarazione di valore themselves, some advice would be much appreciated.
I assume you are familiar with SDN's Europe Subforum?
I made an account there, so thank you for that resource.
I am writing this at 02.00, and over three months since I had first started typing this post, so obviously I had forgotten to finish. Thanks to autosave, it is still here.
It seems like being a freelance translator is close to impossible without formal certification. So I plan to someday sit all of the DUPLE C2 (Portuguese), DELE C2 (Spanish), CELI C2 (Italian) and DALF C2 (French) exams.
All by self-study with zero formal classes and no tutor. Quite insane, but I know that I can do it. One example is when I taught myself Calculus in high school without formal classes and without tutors/teacher, and thus saved myself from wasting a whole year learning that in my first year at university.
One urgent goal is to prepare as intensely, efficiently and quickly as possible to get to C2 in Portuguese and sit the DUPLE C2. Apparently Portuguese universities only accept EU applicants to their medical schools. At least, that is what it seems. Neither the Portuguese embassies nor the Portuguese universities can confirm if this is actually necessary, so I have to assume that it is. Thus, the goal is to emigrate to Portugal as fast as possible, gain permanent residency, get some job(s) there and some money and apply to medical schools there.
To sit my first language certification exam sounds scary, but it is worth it. I always say, go big or go home. Sitting something like the B2 or C1 seems like a complete waste of time and effort. The only levels for any language exams that I would want to sit would be C2. It is indisputable when anyone has a C2 that they know the language well, and from what I read, anyone who has a DUPLE C2 certificate is assumed to be as good at Portuguese as a native, thus they never have to prove their language abilities for anything, even university entrance and Portuguese citizenship.
Portugal seem to be a good choice, for many reasons. I fell in love with the country during my visit there three years ago, and weighing the advantages and disadvantages, there are more of the former. Much cheaper than many European countries, better governments, cheap and delicious food, and a calm, developed country.
Now it is almost 03.00, so I should sleep.