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This no longer matters here, since he's made his choice, but for the record: the MacBook Air has an enormous working life, something on the order of 12 hours. I think that's not just best-
an Steffen, der wie immer eine tolle Veranstaltung organisiert hatte. Danke auch an alle, die Anwesend waren, für die netten Gespräche.
Liebe Grüße,
Steven
Hi all,
My first off-topic post, I believe, and it's a good one. Here's an app that went viral for all the wrong reasons (yes, translation related):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s
Absolutely I give discounts to some customers for significantly faster payments (let's say 7 days instead of 30).
Cash flow management is one of the keys to hedging risk, so I view suc
[quote]Neil Coffey wrote:
Are other countries in Europe much worse than this? - would have thought they'd be similar.
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Yes, they can be that slow. Perhaps two or three ye
In some cases good clients suddenly stop delivering work. (Another good reason to broaden your client base!) If this continues for an extended period -- 4 months? 6 months? -- I'll oft
I recently bid on an open tender from a public institution that required multiple references. Of course I offered references.
Would I do the same for a random, unsolicited job proposal?
On a general contracting bid for an urban environment. Heavy duty rush job, and was paid that way.
Wasn't all that economical for me, though... I was so fried after that day that I
[quote]Simon Bruni wrote:
...a better idea of what jobs to take on or refuse. [/quote]
More than anything else this is the heart of it... while everyone knows to refuse jobs you're n
"Der kleine Tyrann", literally 'the petty tyrant', would be a schoolyard bully
[quote]Melanie Meyer wrote:
the verb 'schikanieren' (to bully/harass/mob) comes to my mind when I think
I turn down work (actually offered assignments, not just queries) pretty much every day. Many days I turn down multiple assignments.
What was the original poster looking for? Three seem
The question here is: does this type of project represent value for you? If you have an unsteady flow of work, a project like this -- pick it up when things are quiet, put it down again fo
For those of you running Parellels: have you tried VirtualBox, from Sun? I've been using it to great success on an older MacBook Pro (first generation actually), I wonder if that would wor
An iPad and one of those fire sale HP Touchpads.
I do sometimes use the iPad for translation, together with a Bluetooth keyboard and Wordfast Anywhere.
This bad boy here. http://imgur.com/Uf30F
Originally bought when my wife was pregnant with twins because it brought her relief, then moved on to me. The idea is that the chair is no
Wordfast Classic, Wordfast Pro, Trados 2007 + 2009, Transit, Passolo, OmegaT. I suppose by default SDL is also on there, although I've never used it. I have Across on the laptop as well, b
Wordfast has a free version accessible through a web browser (freetm.com is the link I think). Importantly, it works well with an iPad, which is why I use it on the go sometimes.
[quote]Jenny Forbes wrote:
For example, one could say "I'll take this job ONLY if you pay me within X days" and get the company's agreement IN WRITING.
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My word, what an
[quote]Sheila Wilson wrote:
For B2B jobs, I don't believe the idea of prepayment goes down well, although you could always try it. Apart from doing all the possible checks (ProZ BB, other
I don't tend to raise rates for existing customers as such; I ask new customers to beat the rates my existing customers pay. I don't tell them that, I simply quote them a price a bit highe
My customer know better than to ask me about that.
I have noticed a rise from companies I've never worked with before, largely from Asia and the US, but that seems to come in waves. A f
Last I checked (a month or two ago), the answer was no.
Personally, I'm waiting a bit to see the next round of smartphones before I jump in. Not just Apple and the Android gang either-
[quote]Williamson wrote:
The native dogma: As if only native speakers are able to translate into English. Get real.
The second language of most Germans is English, isn't it? Given Ger
For example: my wife is a sommeliere. She also speaks German and English, but is not a translator. I know a bit about wine, but not enough to specialize. Would I team up with her to wo
[quote]British Diana wrote:
Gillian, why don't you post on the German forum as well and start collecting. I can think of Sitz, Platz
P.S. I think there is a command "heel", isn't there
The process is called keyboard mapping. Google it and you'll find plenty of free options.
But really, have you looked at the prices for keyboards at your electronics shop lately? I
[quote]Johanna Timm, PhD wrote:
...
You: “Thanks, I remember there were some instances when we were not in agreement about the term chosen by me. Let me explain how this type of pr
Walk-up clients get asked for money up front, sure. But that's typically for consumer-type things--translations of diplomas, driver's licenses and the like.
I was on that same list and was sent an email by proz.com informing me of the new TGB. Couldn't tell you why you didn't get it, though--maybe you're set not to receive notifications of suc
Moin moin Astrid,
The quick fix is to send a paper version of the invoice. If you only get this request once in a blue moon then why bother going the electronic method?
The 'proper'
TagEditor too. I run it using Parallels. The only issue is that the keyboard doesn't correspond perfectly with a PC keyboard, so you'll need to tinker around a bit until you get used to it
I've known about this list for a while now but never thought to share it with the crowds.
The official list of MS Word shortcuts: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290938
Some you
I had it installed for a while. I ended up using it the same way I use Leo (a big Ger>Eng online dictionary)--good for getting the synapses going if you can't think of a word, but not to b
Do you see the documents first or not?
Proper estimation is your responsibility as a freelancer. If you had an opportunity to see the document--and you should ALWAYS ask to see the docu
[quote]Samuel Murray wrote:
You should tell me if you think it is unreasonable of me to expect people writing in their "from"-languages to write English e-mails as good as I would.
[quote]Rafa Lombardino wrote:
I actually talked to the creator of WF at a conference in Portugal and he said that there is a version in the works that will work directly with Open Offic
Na ja, ich bekomme schon öfters Anfragen nach (unbezahlten) Probeübersetzungen. Manchmal gehe ich das Risiko ein--daraus habe ich einige (sehr gute) Kunden bekommen. Manchmal ging ich vo
I work between a desktop PC and a laptop, and I kind of gave up on the whole organization process since it was too much of a hassle to keep the bookmarks synced on both machines. Then some
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