Congratulations, you have mastered arts! Arts is now your bitch. 3 weeks is crazy short to write your thesis; how long did it end up being?
Have a random not-so-hidden giveaway to celebrate your success.
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Congrats nelly, I wish you all the best and a successful future in your career :) (but hopefully before that an extensive break with lots of gaming :P)
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Congratulations nelly,good luck in implementing your plans for the future :)
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It's not dumb, it's not a very common subject, I guess. We basically practiced translating (only for English-German in my case) and discussed theories on it etc., so we could become translators :) (we also had sessions and lectures on project managment and techincal editing, so those are other possible jobs). I'm working freelance as a translator now, which is what I've wanted (and have been doing) since before starting uni :)
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Congratulations! :D
May I ask what you want to do now that you have the degree? :)
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Didn't know that "thing" was a thing, it looks like a really specialized discipline (Master of Arts is the title you get after completing the studies, like MD or Engineer?). Congratulations for pulling through, and best luck for the future :)
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Thanks, and it's just a regular academic title, the one after the Bachelor. Master of Arts is for everything that's not too scienc-y, I guess, like English Literature or History (technical/math stuff would be Master of Science). And the "thing" is just a fancy word for translation studies - so I could've also said that I have a MA in translation studies, just doesn't sound as cool (and the degree course is actually called "Translatologie" in German)
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With university, that is :P I am now a Master of Arts in Translatology (yes, that's a thing).
After spending last summer writing my master's thesis, basically locked in the library every night for 3 weeks*, I finally got my results back last week. I did much better than I could have hoped for (seriously, it's the second best grade I could have gotten, and after waiting for so long I thought for sure I actually failed). Sooo, one purpose of this thread is of course to celebrate with a few giveaways :D which are over now, sorry
But I would also like to take this opportunity to thank everyone I couldn't thank in my thesis, namely my cats for keeping me calm and being there for cuddles when I needed them, and you guys for helping me not feel completely isolated during those long nights at the library :) (I slept during the day so I could get a work room to myself at night, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to concentrate enough to work).
Also, thanks to music in general and to Doomtree in particular for keeping me motivated during my writing sessions/helping me get into that "I can f***ing do this!!!" frame of mind with their music and general attitude.
And lastly, a big FU to the people who told me I should pick another career/not go to college at all in my life. I'm glad I only encountered very few of those people and don't have to deal with them very often, but it's still disheartening to think about how they might influence other people's paths (one was a teacher, one a career advisor).
*I wrote it in 3 weeks, but did some reading beforehand, and had practical experience in the field. While it's possible, I don't recommend waiting to the last 3 weeks to write your thesis, I only did so because I thought I could get an extension, but it turns out that having to work because you don't qualify for government assistance is not a valid reason, and because it was during the summer, it took about 6 weeks to get a definitive answer from someone, three weeks before my due date.
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