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Poll: How many of your clients do not require the use of CAT tools? Thread poster: ProZ.com Staff
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Mary Worby 
United Kingdom
Local time: 02:58
German to English
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| I'm not sure | May 25, 2016 |
As I use CAT tools for all projects, I lose track of which ones actually demand it. But I'd say more than half require them to be used.
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| the choice of "none" should have been in the poll | May 25, 2016 |
Not only do none of my clients "require" or ask for them - most haven't even heard of them. How can a customer ordering a product think he can require which tools the expert uses to produce the product. He can certainly ask for it, however.
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Katrin Bosse (X)
Germany
Local time: 03:58
Dutch to German
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| Less than half - Other | May 25, 2016 |
I have a few long-term clients for whom the use of a CAT tool doesn't make sense in a terminology saving kind of way. However and nonetheless, I always use my CAT tool for those translation as well because of the organising and administrative features it provides. They don't know that I use it and it really doesn't affect them nor their projects.
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EvaVer (X)
Local time: 03:58
Czech to French
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| More than half | May 25, 2016 |
also because I eschew new clients requiring CAT tools. BTW, direct clients mostly do not know what a CAT tool is.
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| My inner pedant almost made me vote "other" | May 25, 2016 |
Because it's fewer than half, not less than half.
And in my case, none.
Some would like me to, but I refuse.
Even though I do actually use CAT for all jobs.
Awkward? C'est moi.
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None of them (an option not offered in this poll), because I don't use CAT tools.
Awkward? Moi aussi.
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Chris S wrote:
Because it's fewer than half, not less than half.
And in my case, none.
Some would like me to, but I refuse.
Even though I do actually use CAT for all jobs.
Awkward? C'est moi.
Awkward? No. It's up to you, not to them to use CAT tools
I use mine for almost all jobs too, but won't be dictated whether I should use it or which one. Only one of my agencies wants it. They tried to force Trados on me, but in the end they don't care how I work, as long as manuals are consistent and well translated.
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| You're not alone! | May 25, 2016 |
Jenny Forbes wrote:
None of them (an option not offered in this poll), because I don't use CAT tools.
Awkward? Moi aussi.
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| One required me NOT to use a CAT tool | May 25, 2016 |
This request came from a client via the agency in charge of translating its webpage. The reasoning was that otherwise the text provided will be stilted and won't read naturally. I can see their point about the dangers, but confidently ignored the instruction.
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Rita Utt
France
Local time: 03:58
English to German
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| I try not to work for clients who require CAT Tools | May 25, 2016 |
I use Wordfast for some projects to facilitate my work.
but I never give out TMs (my intellectual property ...)
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Julian Holmes
Japan
Local time: 10:58
Member (2011)
Japanese to English
Again, not provided as an option.
In tech translation, use of a CAT tool is the only way to ensure consistency across multiple files in big projects.
Termbases and autosuggestion take a big burden off this translator, especially with long, sometimes difficult-to-spell-properly technical terms.
"Over half" doesn't come close to fully answering this person's needs. Awkward? It would be very without a CAT tool.
[Edited at 2016-05-25 09:55 GMT]... See more Again, not provided as an option.
In tech translation, use of a CAT tool is the only way to ensure consistency across multiple files in big projects.
Termbases and autosuggestion take a big burden off this translator, especially with long, sometimes difficult-to-spell-properly technical terms.
"Over half" doesn't come close to fully answering this person's needs. Awkward? It would be very without a CAT tool.
[Edited at 2016-05-25 09:55 GMT]
[Edited at 2016-05-25 11:56 GMT] ▲ Collapse
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Several of us have answered the question "how many require" rather than "how many do not require".
That must mean something.
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neilmac
Spain
Local time: 03:58
Spanish to English
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NONE of my regular clients require (requires? Damn you, Stephen Fry!) the use of CAT tools. I did some work for one agency that likes Deja Vu a few years ago, but haven't done anything for them since. The one or two agencies I do occasionally work with are just happy to get the translated text in time and don't really care which magic wand I may or may not use. The rest are all direct clients and I doubt if they know much about CAT, if anything....
[Edited at 2016-05-25 10:24 GMT]
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