I'm bilingual but hate teaching you my language and translating, is this normal?

[Anonymous]

I already do phone translation for a living and really hate it. I'm only working for the money. I hated when my parents ask me to translate for them when I was a kid. My father already knew some English and would purposely made me translate a whole form. He actually interpreted things better than me, lol.

If someone were to ask me to teach them Spanish, I would tell them to look for a Spanish professor. Same thing if a native Spanish speaker ask me to teach them English... no thanks.

I don't really feel like I'm actually having a direct, normal conversation with you in neither case. It feels more like either a teacher-student relationship or I'm just acting like a 3rd party translating for you.

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If you speak English, I'm not speaking you Spanish. Unless you're at an advanced level and can actually speak enough fine. I might correct you in some things but teaching you from the start, no thanks.
Same thing vice-versa... if you speak Spanish then ok I'll speak to you directly. If they speak a good level of English and just need a few corrections (nothing major) then fine. Teaching you how to pronounce even the A, B, C and everything from start... no thanks.

[God_of_Thunder]

I don't think that's weird, at all.

I currently work in IT, and used to work as a mechanic. I love both fields, but I hate when friends/family ask me to fix their computers, or their cars. Just 'cause it's my job, or just because I enjoy it, doesn't mean I enjoy people using me for my skillset.

[Asker]

It's even worse in my case. It's my job and I don't enjoy it. I hate my job. lol

[God_of_Thunder]

Yeah; I did catch that, so I have no doubt it's even worse for you. I hate being taken advantage of, even enjoying the work. If I hated it, like you, I'd probably want to light people on fire for asking. 😂

[Asker]

I hate when they talk too much, esp scripts or when it's about extended details about benefits (too much information and expect me to remember all that), like hello... I'm not a robot, I'm a person, lol.

[Asker]

Other times they say extended scripts in a fast way to get it done and over with and I have to translate all that. I feel like I'm not even communicating, talking to people. Oh well. Hopefully I can leave this job as soon as I do what I want in life.

[Anonymous]

You never want to come home and do your work at home so it’s normal

[Asker]

yes esp if it's a job you already hate and dying to do something else. I love bake, cooking, martial arts and writing stories; I could do those things for hours without getting tired.