Daniel | Asturias, Spain
Daniel is a trilingual translator who lives in what can best be described as rural paradise, and while his village has a population that ranges between 15-50 people, he has high speed internet, which enables him to work from home with a view of the Aramo mountains right out his window.
The view just several hundred feet from Daniel's cottage.
Daniel used to work in international marketing, but quickly realized he had a talent and passion for translation. "Some people think translation is just about translating words, but it's so much more than that," he explains. "For example, it's very easy to see marketing fails that companies have had when they pour millions of dollars into an amazing campaign and then translate it through an automated system or hire a cheap, non-specialized service."
Daniel and his wife have some curious neighbors...
And if you venture just half an hour from his village, you may even stumble across a castle or two.
Their dog Bowie loves the fact that both of his humans work remotely and enjoy exploring local areas...
Naturally, Bowie is bilingual.
While the road to Daniel's cottage is paved, if it snows in the winter, sometimes their car doesn't make it all the way up to their home.
Still, with views like this from their front yard, it's a pretty good trade off.
"Without this technology, I'd be spending a lot more time asking questions and looking things up than I would actually translating," Daniel adds. "After speaking with translators who have been doing this for forty plus years, the difference with modern translation is amazing. They used to have to receive documents by mail, translate them on a typewriter, then send them back via mail, so this is a massive change."
Daniel's 120-year-old home has undergone some minor renovations, but it still maintains much of its 19th century charm.
