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Poll: How many unusual/uncommon word(s) do find in a day's work?
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Heinrich Pesch
Heinrich Pesch  Identity Verified
Finland
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Member (2003)
Finnish to German
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Poll question Apr 28, 2014

Should it be "How many unusual/uncommon word(s) do YOU find in a day's work?"?
 
Enrico Zoffoli
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Italy
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Member (2013)
German to Italian
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Other (ambiguous question) Apr 28, 2014

If "unusual" means "rarely used in everyday language" I should vote something like "99% of the words I come across", since I translate legal stuff. If "unusual" means "a word that I, as a translator, never encountered before", then I'd vote something like "1 to 5".
 
EvaVer (X)
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Czech to French
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As Silvatonia and Helen said, Apr 28, 2014

depends on the text, and also on the source language. I am seldom surprised in Czech, English or French, but just now I am translating from Romanian (my language no. 5) and yes, I use both my dictionary and the Internet a lot.
 
Kay Denney
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France
Local time: 13:08
French to English
No idea Apr 28, 2014

Enough to keep me interested at least.

In an attempt to follow Yaotl's example, I find I have upwards of 8000 terms in my textiles glossary after 15 years. I do have other glossaries too in many different fields, and there are terms lurking in TMs that I have never bothered to put in a glossary simply because I know I can find them from the TM. And I really couldn't do the maths, just the thought of deducting days I don't work, or don't work a full day, makes my mind boggle and if ... See more
Enough to keep me interested at least.

In an attempt to follow Yaotl's example, I find I have upwards of 8000 terms in my textiles glossary after 15 years. I do have other glossaries too in many different fields, and there are terms lurking in TMs that I have never bothered to put in a glossary simply because I know I can find them from the TM. And I really couldn't do the maths, just the thought of deducting days I don't work, or don't work a full day, makes my mind boggle and if I chose a job where I don't have to do many sums it's for a reason! ▲ Collapse
 
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