Poll: Do you take notes during your translation process? Thread poster: ProZ.com Staff
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This forum topic is for the discussion of the poll question "Do you take notes during your translation process?".
This poll was originally submitted by Lingua 5B. View the poll results »
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Mostly about spelling mistakes, inconsistencies and errors in the original text, terminology that needs checking by the customer, problems with formatting, etc. I also record the solution to translation difficulties or interpretation of special phrases and terms and expressions I find particular interesting when I read newspapers or magazines….
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Iulia Parvu 
United Kingdom
Local time: 18:15
Member (2022)
English to Romanian
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When working with very long texts, I keep a notebook at hand in which I write down the terminology used, to maintain consistency.
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Gianni Pastore
Italy
Local time: 19:15
Member (2007)
English to Italian
mainly things I cannot solve by searching the web, aka "gotta ask the client"
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| Occasionally on paper | Apr 14 |
Things I need to remember for other files and I might forget, I put on paper
Things to tell the client, I put in comments in the file
Things to check later, I mark in the file with ???
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I put on paper words I searched and for consistency
I highlight in green text or words to check again
Questions to client in a word separate sheet
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expressisverbis
Portugal
Local time: 18:15
Member (2015)
English to Portuguese
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| The only notes I take... | Apr 14 |
If the notes concern consistency in terminology, I don't need to take them because I activate a feature in the CAT tool I work with that allows me to check the accuracy of terms.
I use it all the time!
CAT tools have helped greatly in this regard.
The only notes I take are on an Excel sheet with terms that need to be validated or explained by the client when needed.
This can also be done in comments section in the CAT tool itself, but most part of the time clients prefer ... See more If the notes concern consistency in terminology, I don't need to take them because I activate a feature in the CAT tool I work with that allows me to check the accuracy of terms.
I use it all the time!
CAT tools have helped greatly in this regard.
The only notes I take are on an Excel sheet with terms that need to be validated or explained by the client when needed.
This can also be done in comments section in the CAT tool itself, but most part of the time clients prefer an Excel sheet for this purpose. ▲ Collapse
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| Only notes for the customer | Apr 14 |
Mostly about what was wrong with the source text and how I decided to fix it. I don't have to write things down for consistency purposes because with any job, up to a couple hundred thousand words, I remember every single decision I've made and why. Or maybe it's just a case of exaggerated self-confidence, after all
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Kay Denney
France
Local time: 19:15
French to English
Mostly with larger texts.
Problems with the source text: I put comments in my translation to flag them to the client.
Things I'm likely to forget, that I need to go back and check on later: I'll make a note on a scrap of paper and/or put ?? in the text, to be able to find the place quickly later.
Questions for the client: in a separate Word file, and I'll highlight the text to find it quickly in case they want to discuss it over the phone.
For consistency: I'll ac... See more Mostly with larger texts.
Problems with the source text: I put comments in my translation to flag them to the client.
Things I'm likely to forget, that I need to go back and check on later: I'll make a note on a scrap of paper and/or put ?? in the text, to be able to find the place quickly later.
Questions for the client: in a separate Word file, and I'll highlight the text to find it quickly in case they want to discuss it over the phone.
For consistency: I'll actually just do a search and replace all the way through. If there are several files, I usually put them all in one and the same file so I don't have to keep going back and forth. If there are files in different formats, I'll make a list of the terms that might crop up in both. ▲ Collapse
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Mohd Hamzah
Malaysia
Local time: 01:15
Member
English to Malay
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| Necessary for serious or big project | Apr 15 |
The most important thing when you deal with highly technical text is to maintain accuracy, terminologies and consistency. I believe it is important to carry it out.
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