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I work with direct clients primarily, and they don't know what CAT tools are. On the other hand, when I translate UN reports, for example, my CAT is almost useless, aside from ensuring tha
[quote]Henry Hinds wrote:
I prefer direct clients with only a few select outsourcers. [/quote]
Just a FEW, SELECT, FOREIGN outsourcers and my beloved direct clients.
[quote]Muriel Vasconcellos wrote:
The issues are highly complex, as is the work that we often do. Here is probably not the place to bring up this messy web of issues, but certainly as l
[quote]Cristina Heraud-van Tol wrote:
[quote]Gül Kaya wrote:
I am very curious to know which agency this is. I know you can't name them here but could someone send me a pm? [/qu
[quote]neilmac wrote:
Not "lose", but "refuse". If I reject a job because the deadline is ill thought out, implausible and hasty, then I don't consider it a loss.
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Ditto
Nunca olvides que "el papel aguanta mucho". ¡La gente escribe lo que le conviene!
El mínimo que estamos cobrando los traductores profesionales es diez centavos de dólar por palabra.
[quote]Jack Doughty wrote:
Agree with Emma, but if all the suggested methods fail, you may just have to put something like "[untraced word]" plus a translator's note with your thoughts
Like Claire, I think we should have a "Like" or maybe "Agree" button here.
I would have supported Henry Hinds, by the way. Translation is my inborn talent and my vocation :)
Cheers!
But Oh-I-wish-I-could!!!
I understand movie/TV series subtitling as a separate specialty area. Unfortunately, though, there seem to be very, very few specialists :(
[quote]Alex Lago wrote:
Yes it is and not just because of what most people think, which is TM use, but because of a lot of things that have to do with productivity and data backup.
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Lots of free disk space, more RAM than necessary, and an external hard disk that's almost empty because I keep no garbage and stick to my by-weekly cleaning, debugging and defragmenting
[quote]Amy Duncan wrote:
I live alone and have no pets, so that's not a problem. None of the other things on the list distract me, either. The only way I can get distracted is if I'm wo
I am proud to say that I have NEVER taken a translation course. My mother tongue is Spanish, but English has been my chosen second language since I was thirteen years old.
I have a
[quote]Interlangue wrote:
I do not think it is necessary to "undergo" a formal training. IMHO, interest, curiosity and hands on are far more important, efficient and profitable. They
This thread really gave me the creeps :(
Of course we can agree and/or disagree with other answerers to the same question. There are cases when several answers are possible, and we shou
I hardly ever print anything, and all my source texts come by e-mail.
I do print certificates I have to deliver in print, but I check them on-screen, so they are final copies for my cli
[quote]Sgolly wrote:
I simply let them know that, unfortunately, the project in question falls outside/beyond my areas of expertise and so, keeping both of our best interests at heart,
A few months ago, I posted a couple of "complaints" in two cable TV providers' web sites. I even offered to check their Spanish translations for free, but nobody seems to care.
A LATIN<
[quote]neilmac wrote:
Mainly because I don't have young children to get up and out to school, and I work from home, so don't need to get myself up and out to commute/work.
In the past
I give everybody -clients and personal contacts- one address only. I have configured this account to send copies of all incoming and outgoing messages to my backup address (with a differen
Uso Office 2003 por recomendación del técnico que da mantenimiento a mi equipo. En su opinión, es la única versión que ya pasó todas las pruebas. Este Word tiene sus propios correcto
Tengo entendido que depende del propósito para el que se vaya a usar la traducción y de los requisitos de la institución receptora.
Algunas universidades, por ejemplo, exigen que
[quote]polyglot45 wrote:
Explain that you have found a part that is virtually identical and that you will give them a discount on it. Be perfectly clear: you can't do those 1000 words f
[quote]Krzysztof Kajetanowicz wrote:
The most annoying thing I've encountered is a text written by somebody who apparently doesn't know their own head from their /insert body part/.
Some of my old, faithful direct clients (Chilean companies) have entrusted me with really large projects (some over 100,000 and just one over 600,000 words).
Since I know they get other
I have as many clients abroad as in my own country, so when it is vacation time here, I am usually working for some European, North American, or Australian agency/direct client.
There a
I have Facebook for family and friends, colleagues included. So much for social networking!
For translation industry info, this site and my local professional association's are more tha
[quote]W Schoeniger wrote:
Hi Lingua 5B,
sorry for my poor English, but this is just to let you know that I happen ;-)) sometimes to see exactly the kind of "phenomenon" you desc
[quote]Phillippa M Bennett wrote:
But then when some sites don't work with Chrome I use Firefox. Can't stand using Internet Explorer any longer - it crashes all the time! [/quote]
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/31/business/31digi. html?emc=tnt&tntemail0=y
If the project in question comes from either http://www.cloudcrowd.com or www.microtask.com, I would stro
[quote]Robert Forstag wrote:
...that the binary choice is limiting. To me, a certain degree of imbalance is part of being a freelancer. When there is plenty of work, the work can be
When you've worked for an agency for over a decade and occasionally contact your peers, compliments reach you by word of mouth. Besides, I translate scholarship-related documents for Engli
Each client is a "boss" you need to keep content. There's no time for sluggishness here.
As we say in Chile: "Al camarón que se duerme se lo lleva la corriente" :D
Learning is an unavoidable consequence of reading, and translating is by far more illustrative than reading itself, as you usually have to carry out in-depth analyses in order to correctly
But my full-time freelance career started in 1989.
Fortunately, my earliest translations were done as an extra service to my employers. I did not get paid for any of them, and people
In my experience, if you want to have a stable client portfolio that keeps you busy, you need to specialize in at least 3-4 fields.
Quoting Anna, It would be interesting to read comment
The situation would certainly be traumatic, but I would survive.
My freelance career dates from 1989 and I treasure my old glossaries and dictionaries, plus others I've acquired even a
Lucía, en Chile siempre hemos dicho "Aló" pero, con el tiempo ¡y la tele! se han ido adoptando otras maneras de contestar el teléfono. Es muy corriente oír "¿Diga?", "¿Sí?" o "Buen
my first born (28) is a dentist (Gosh, I'm so proud of her!) and my "baby" (23) is an artist, a professional photographer and (proud mom speaking) a born merchant!
I would have loved to
[quote]Sophie Dzhygir wrote:
I do test translations, but it is still obvious that paid work takes over, so I do tests whenever I have time. [/quote]
Nothing to add!
Cheers!
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