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Chun Un 
Macau
Member (2007)
English to Chinese
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I've done many translations on my 10" HP netbook and sent the files from its 3G mobile modem when I was on the go.
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I really must learn to use a mobile phone...
It´s a long story. I had one for emergencies and hated it. My husband gave me an ´easier´ one, which I am almost totally unable to use, but the old one took offence and died of neglect. I´m working on it. We discovered the torch the other day.
As for using it to translate, I need a screen where I can find incoming messages for a start! I have difficulty ... See more I really must learn to use a mobile phone...
It´s a long story. I had one for emergencies and hated it. My husband gave me an ´easier´ one, which I am almost totally unable to use, but the old one took offence and died of neglect. I´m working on it. We discovered the torch the other day.
As for using it to translate, I need a screen where I can find incoming messages for a start! I have difficulty hearing the mobile - and I am NOT deaf.
Folks, if I learn to use the new Trados, that will be quite enough technical revolution for the next year - I wish ...
I try to explain that I´m a translator, not an IT nerd or electrician or DTP expert. But I have a niggling feeling that the mobile might be worth more effort. Last Christmas I conquered Wordfast all by myself. Maybe I should learn to use the dreaded mobile during the break this year! But don´t send me translation jobs that way, please ▲ Collapse
| | | | Nicole Schnell
United States
Local time: 16:52
English to German
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In memoriam | I don't have a cell phone. | Dec 18, 2009 |
Jon O wrote:
Have you ever noticed how people who don't own a mobile phone seem inordinately proud of the fact? I assume they also translate using typewriters.
Maybe because they have telephones in their office and / or take their wireless highend-laptops with them when they are on the road?
| | | | Clare Barnes
Sweden
Local time: 01:52
Swedish to English
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I have done a couple of small jobs via text message for favourite clients, in emergencies only.
The most exceptional phone translation was over my landline in the middle of a 36-hour regional power black out - dying laptop battery, no mobile phone (the masts had been knocked out too), no water and no heating apart from a wood stove... but the landline worked - so I ended up "delivering" a translation of a wedding certificate via an international landline call, thanks to an understa... See more I have done a couple of small jobs via text message for favourite clients, in emergencies only.
The most exceptional phone translation was over my landline in the middle of a 36-hour regional power black out - dying laptop battery, no mobile phone (the masts had been knocked out too), no water and no heating apart from a wood stove... but the landline worked - so I ended up "delivering" a translation of a wedding certificate via an international landline call, thanks to an understanding client. ▲ Collapse
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Interlangue (X)
Angola
Local time: 01:52
English to French
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Nicole Schnell wrote: Jon O wrote:
Have you ever noticed how people who don't own a mobile phone seem inordinately proud of the fact? I assume they also translate using typewriters. Maybe because they have telephones in their office and / or take their wireless highend-laptops with them when they are on the road?
... they work in their office and take real time off when they leave it
BTW, have you ever noticed many people seem to consider that technicalities stand for (translation) quality?
| | | | Nicole Schnell
United States
Local time: 16:52
English to German
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In memoriam | I absolutely agree, Interlanguage. | Dec 18, 2009 |
Interlangue wrote: Nicole Schnell wrote: Jon O wrote:
Have you ever noticed how people who don't own a mobile phone seem inordinately proud of the fact? I assume they also translate using typewriters. Maybe because they have telephones in their office and / or take their wireless highend-laptops with them when they are on the road? ... they work in their office and take real time off when they leave it BTW, have you ever noticed many people seem to consider that technicalities stand for (translation) quality?
There is nothing to add.
BR,
Nicole
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Jon O wrote:
Have you ever noticed how people who don't own a mobile phone seem inordinately proud of the fact? I assume they also translate using typewriters.
People like to be members of exclusive clubs. I don't translate with my cell phone, but I do use it to be in contact with family and friends.
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and no not a luddite at all! i love technology and gadgets. I might get a mobile this year but i honestly haven't had that much of a need for it, so why spend the money? i probably wouldn't use it that much.
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Alison Sabedoria (X)
United Kingdom
French to English
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| "ROOOAAARRR" from another dinosaur! | Dec 18, 2009 |
I don't have a mobile phone - not much point here up in the mountains where there's little network coverage, and long may it stay that way!
It's too easy to confuse "availability" with "efficacy". I'm sure the possiblility of instantly sending documents via the internet is behind a lot of rush-jobs, same with many unnecessary e-mails and mobile phone calls. People no longer bother to think ahead, so don't organise themselves or their work, and everything takes place in a permanent ... See more I don't have a mobile phone - not much point here up in the mountains where there's little network coverage, and long may it stay that way!
It's too easy to confuse "availability" with "efficacy". I'm sure the possiblility of instantly sending documents via the internet is behind a lot of rush-jobs, same with many unnecessary e-mails and mobile phone calls. People no longer bother to think ahead, so don't organise themselves or their work, and everything takes place in a permanent atmosphere of panic. This wastes a lot of everybody's time.
I might not use a typewriter (at least I know how to!), but I do still do part of some projects on paper. The first thing I do with most documents is to print a copy, which I can look at in relaxed fashion over a cup of tea. We have frequent power cuts here in winter and with a "hard copy" I can even work by candle-light, or in summer out in the garden listening to the birds and not the whirr of a computer. Working on paper is much easier on the eyes too, as is comparing pages and different documents (on-screen windows are never big enough!).
I am still VERY happy to work from PAPER documents delivered (and returned) by post, carrier pigeon, liveried footman, or whatever. Write it with a quill on parchment or carve it on a tablet of stone, and Wordeffect can still handle it! =)
BTW, the dinosaurs were very successful and ruled the earth for a long time. ▲ Collapse
| | | | Yelena.
United Kingdom
Local time: 00:52
English to Russian
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I had to edit a two-sentence text on my Blackberry once when I was in labour on a labour ward! Would you believe that?! The client was very good and it was urgent, all part of the fun!
| | | | Jessica Cade
United States
Local time: 16:52
English to French
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| Blackberry is THE phone | Dec 18, 2009 |
With Blackberry you can do anything. There's was a power outage. A Client asked me if I could do a 500 word translation. I said ok (I was out getting groceries so I didn't know about the outage). So I used my Blackberry (with has MS Word/Excel/ PPT). I translated the doc, send it to my brother in France so he can use the spell checker. He send it back, I did some changes and sent it to the client. The outage lasted for one day but the internet didn't come back on at the same time. So all my proj... See more With Blackberry you can do anything. There's was a power outage. A Client asked me if I could do a 500 word translation. I said ok (I was out getting groceries so I didn't know about the outage). So I used my Blackberry (with has MS Word/Excel/ PPT). I translated the doc, send it to my brother in France so he can use the spell checker. He send it back, I did some changes and sent it to the client. The outage lasted for one day but the internet didn't come back on at the same time. So all my projects were transfered onto my Blackberry, then form my Blackberry to the Computer and when I was done translating I used my Blackberry as an internet modem. If you don't have a Blackberry you should get one, mine really helps me a lot when Im on the go and I have to check my emails, do quick translations and such. Plus now the MS Suite has spell checker and word count. ▲ Collapse
| | | | | Blackberry: Excellent Tool | Dec 18, 2009 |
Hi,
On this topic I would like to add that I have used my Blackberry to translate for more than 1 year and a half when I am waiting at airports or waiting for my turn at different places. It has proven to be a time saver.
Depending on my clients' need, I translate the document and send it back.
On some other occasions, when the documents need it, I translate it and e-mail it to me. Then, back to my laptop or PC, I would proofread it and edit it further.
Regards,
C... See more Hi,
On this topic I would like to add that I have used my Blackberry to translate for more than 1 year and a half when I am waiting at airports or waiting for my turn at different places. It has proven to be a time saver.
Depending on my clients' need, I translate the document and send it back.
On some other occasions, when the documents need it, I translate it and e-mail it to me. Then, back to my laptop or PC, I would proofread it and edit it further.
Regards,
Carolina
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It's impossible for me, as I don't have a mobile phone.
| | | | | mobile translator? | Dec 18, 2009 |
...you must be kidding.
I have the mobile phone with more features than my laptop but...
...I consider myself a serious translator. I do not even trust a mobile mechanic, let alone...
| | | | Heike Kurtz
Germany
Local time: 01:52
Member (2005)
English to German
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| BlackBerry, too | Dec 18, 2009 |
I do a few regular publications which are subject to a strict copy deadline and schedule. So I take my mobile on holiday to check email on a regular basis if I know that one of these is due while I am away. In most cases, I do the upload/download of the files in an internet cafe or a public wifi hotspot, but if the need arises, I could also use my mobile phone for that task.
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