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[quote]Tom in London wrote:
I will probably never again ask or answer any Kudoz questions, although I think I can see how unscrupulous users will now be able to accumulate kudoz points. [
[quote]Neirda wrote:
[quote]Christopher Schröder wrote:
The trouble is that, like the peasants who didn't then get to drive the tractor, most translators aren't personally or prof
[quote]Neirda wrote:
Unrelated topic, what do you think of tractors completely replacing the human workforce on the wheat fields? We can't keep having this, what about all those jobless
[quote]Tom in London wrote:
Not if it's their website, their technical manuals, or other key documents that could negatively affect their public image/brand. For those purposes, only the<
[quote]Lefteris Kritikakis wrote:
You guys love to find exceptions and argue. That's avoiding the majority of situations, while embracing the exceptions as an alternative comforting reali
[quote]Angie Garbarino wrote:
Also according to this site that name could sound I am naif in ENGLISH, not in ITALIAN which translation is IO SONO INGENUO/NAIF, it should at least be ISON
[quote]Angie Garbarino wrote:
[quote]Christopher Schröder wrote:
… who is hearing “I’m naive” in a cod Italian accent here? [/quote]
Where is Italian accent in this
This is like Mervyn's Covid diary. Keep it up!
(Can't help wondering in the light of Mr Kritikakis's rants just how much the end-client is paying when you work via two levels of age
[quote]Ana Moirano wrote:
Other pairs are in the qualification phase. If you work in one of these pairs, please help determine which entries go to finals by rating them for Qualtiy and Ac
[quote]Lefteris Kritikakis wrote:
Fully agree with Gerard. And you should also see cases where we find 8-10 inconsistencies in key terms and the client says "if it's not wrong, leave it
[quote]Lefteris Kritikakis wrote:
From my point (and I'm not alone), we started from 0.12/word as standard, $30 for min (even to add one sentence), and another colleague reminded me over
[quote]Lefteris Kritikakis wrote:
This is just a reminder.
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Again, it’s so kind of you to enlighten us with your superior insights into the market that we all operate in, but
[quote]Lefteris Kritikakis wrote:
Yet, you all refuse to just pick up the phone (or the computer) and ask any agency directly to translate something for you, formally as a client. As if y
[quote]Stepan Konev wrote:
A CAT tool helps you quickly retrieve translations for specific terms and make sure you use them for every instance of the term. [/quote]
Oh I see, you mean li
[quote]Kevin Fulton wrote:
in the case of the giant agencies, the owners/shareholders often get less than a cent per word [/quote]
Really? They'd have to be doing something terribly wron
[quote]Stepan Konev wrote:
I don't agree that CAT tools are only useful for repetitive technical texts. You can translate contracts, articles of associations, fiscal reports, short articl
[quote]Inge Schumacher wrote:
Why German agencies?? I live in France and have always loved that country. My French is excellent – I sometimes have the impression it's even better th
Obviously only you know exactly what you are translating, but CAT tools are designed for repetitive technical texts, not literary translation. I could not imagine using one to translat
[quote]Kay Denney wrote:
Taking note of who the acid barbs are coming from and refusing to engage because this is a professional forum... [/quote]
Barbs? I thought it was all remarkably<
[quote]Inge Schumacher wrote:
I visit all kinds of websites, register, take tests ... and then sometimes even start to work. It's ALWAYS good to acquire a maximum of experience, one day i
[quote]Inge Schumacher wrote:
Also, when I see agencies whose translators are HEC (Hautes Etudes Commerciales), Sciences Po, Ecole Polytechnique or, why not, ENA (Ecole Nationale d'Ad
ProZ is not a good place to get well-paid work (although some here will disagree).
I would instead visit agency websites and register with them. Direct clients you can get through n
[quote]Tom in London wrote:
Exercise will NOT take weight off
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It WILL if you do enough…
[quote] I'm thinking that going vegan for a short period might do the trick.[/quot
[quote]Tomasz Sienicki wrote:
Christopher Schröder wrote:
[quote]Even in the extreme scenarios people are presenting here, why would an agency go after you[/quote]
Such scenarios a
[quote]Zea_Mays wrote:
Do you know Murphy's Law? Simply put, it says that whatever can happen will happen. You just don't know when and if it will happen to you. [/quote]
But I don’t s
[quote]Daryo wrote:
Are you pretending or ... you really missed my point?
In case of a dispute ending up in court or arbitration, you won't need to prove anything to the other side,<
[quote]Daryo wrote:
In case of any kind of dispute, how are you going to prove what exactly you have delivered? That, for example, all the nonsense the client is rightly complaining abo
[quote]IrinaN wrote:
Perfectly legal but makes sense only if you make at least 70-80K. Should some day you'll get really curious and have absolutely nothing better to do :-), you can stud
[quote]Lieven Malaise wrote:
The question is rather who doesn't understand the acronym "w.r.t." in the given context. My English is far from perfect and even I understood what he meant. I
[quote]Tom in London wrote:
I have no idea what w.r.t. stands for. The same applies to LMGTFY.
You must be a member of....that generation. Maybe you know what GFY means [/quote]
C
[quote]Tom in London wrote:
[quote]Christopher Schröder wrote:
Tax avoidance may be legal but it is still wrong.
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Setting up a company, and paying yourself a salary f
[quote]Tom in London wrote:
w.r.t.? [/quote]
With reference to your feigned ignorance, in this context wrt probably doesn’t stand for “World Rummy Tournament”.
It’s hard to comment without knowing more. 74,000 words would take a week to check under any circumstances. If the client was being unreasonable and there was clear communication the
[quote]Tom in London wrote:
It may be that some translators operate as an agency (i.e. a company). There may be tax advantages in doing so. There is nothing illegal about it. In fact I ha
[quote]Yasutomo Kanazawa wrote:
, you could say that the translation is "yours" until you have been fully compensated for the work delivered. . [/quote]
Yes definitely. I meant you don�
[quote]Charlie Bavington wrote:
My key tip would just be: don't spend more than 2.5 hours trying to get paid for 2.5 hours. Otherwise you can easily end up losing 5+ hours of money. [/quo
The trouble is, Bernhard, if you have such faith in your directory ranking bringing in work that it’s worth even $60 to you, it must surely also be worth $120. Either it works or it
[quote]Bernhard Sulzer wrote:
I'm a professional translator. I expect professional services. I'll pay for what I consider professional.
Let Proz.com make me an offer.
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What ma
[quote]Heike Schmidt wrote:
Or think of the classic example: you translate a leaflet and it goes into printing. Because of an error or typo in translation, the leaflet needs reprinting. Y
Why would you need a copy for legal reasons? Don’t you mean you want a copy so that you can recycle it in your future translations? I get the annoyance with these systems, but I can al
It isn’t hard to be a dollar millionaire these days.
I didn’t find it very illuminating. Especially when perpetuating the myth about “losing” money in divorces.
[quote]Angie Garbarino wrote:
I think it is because you live in Italy and translate into German which is considered a very difficult and important language, while they consider English or
[quote]Thomas T. Frost wrote:
As they say in France, c’est toi qui le dis, c’est toi qui l’es. [/quote]
Or as we say in Britain: He who smelt it, dealt it.
Why hasn’t anyone a
[quote]Metin Demirel wrote:
And you're accusing me of not understanding plain English. I would not be a snowflake even if I was an Italian and I had been offended by your statement. I don
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