Poll: Do you use your computer or the internet in a language other than your native language? Autor de la hebra: ProZ.com Staff
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This forum topic is for the discussion of the poll question "Do you use your computer or the internet in a language other than your native language?".
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Yes of course, I am a linguist... | Sep 16, 2019 |
I use the Internet quite as much in Danish - my language of habitual usage, language of the heart… as English, which is my native language. However, I also conduct searches in Swedish or Norwegian, and occasionally French or German. Or even Italian, now that I am trying to learn the language. What drives me mad is trying to persuade the browser that I do NOT want everything translated into Danish ... See more I use the Internet quite as much in Danish - my language of habitual usage, language of the heart… as English, which is my native language. However, I also conduct searches in Swedish or Norwegian, and occasionally French or German. Or even Italian, now that I am trying to learn the language. What drives me mad is trying to persuade the browser that I do NOT want everything translated into Danish Oh for good old Alta Vista, which accepted my language setting and did not assume it knew better than me! By setting the language to Danish and searching for an English term (or the reverse) I could come up with a handful of spot-on hits that were worth more than millions of the kind I was not looking for. If you ARE looking for a needle in a haystack, try using a magnet! (It works if you drop a needle on our living-room carpet, which has a good pattern for hiding needles ) Before I get further off topic, have a good translating week, everyone! ▲ Collapse | | |
Ventnai España Local time: 16:56 alemán al inglés + ... As a translator and linguist | Sep 16, 2019 |
I think it would be a little strange not to. | | |
neilmac España Local time: 16:56 español al inglés + ...
Mainly in my source language (EU Spanish) and my own native English, although I sometimes use Google translate to help with other languages. | |
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I do a lot of reading and writing in Portuguese, which is a one of my source languages. I also text a lot in Portuguese on my cell. This messes up my predictive spell-checker: I get English suggestions when I'm writing in Portuguese and Portuguese suggestions when I'm writing in English.
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I use the Internet in my 4 source languages (quite often in English and French, much less in Spanish and Italian) and in my target language (European Portuguese)… | | |
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Kay Denney Francia Local time: 16:56 francés al inglés
Well of course! As for Christine, substituting French for Danish basically. | |
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Mario Freitas Brasil Local time: 11:56 Miembro 2014 inglés al portugués + ... Yes, all in English | Sep 17, 2019 |
Everything is in English. English is the original language the software was produced in. All translations are poor if compared to the original, and there are several disastrous translations of certain terms and expressions that really make me angry. Using everything in English you eliminate these issues and the anger![](https://cfcdn.proz.com/images/bb/smiles/icon_smile.gif) | | |