Seems slightly unfair asking for help Thread poster: Kristine Sprula (Lielause)
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In English-Latvian pair recently two KudoZ questions were posted by two "different" (?) askers with the same text:
Hello everybody!
Is there anyone who can help me with the translation of the above expression?
A friend of mine asked me this favour, but unfortunately it is not my language pair.
Thanks a lot for your help!!... See more In English-Latvian pair recently two KudoZ questions were posted by two "different" (?) askers with the same text:
Hello everybody!
Is there anyone who can help me with the translation of the above expression?
A friend of mine asked me this favour, but unfortunately it is not my language pair.
Thanks a lot for your help!!
http://www.proz.com/kudoz/1305451
http://www.proz.com/kudoz/1307423
If both questions were not made within few days, I would not have noticed that. But now it seems that sombody is trying to economize at the expense of helpful translators.
[Edited at 2006-04-12 11:20] ▲ Collapse
| | | | | Hasn't this been going on since the beginning? | Apr 12, 2006 |
I wasn't here at the beginning - joined the site two years ago. But it's always been this way.
| | | | Natalie 
Poland
Local time: 18:29
Member (2002)
English to Russian
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MODERATOR SITE LOCALIZER | Dear Kristine | Apr 12, 2006 |
Yes, unfortunately it happens from time to time that somebody tries to circumvent the site rules this way. In case you notice something like this please contact a moderator (if there is no moderator in that language pair, you may contact any moderator).
| | | | Anna Ryden (X)
Italy
Local time: 18:29
English to Swedish
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I may be completely daft, but how exactly does one benefit from posting the same question twice?
regards
Anna
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| Similar, not the same | Apr 12, 2006 |
Anna Ryden wrote:
I may be completely daft, but how exactly does one benefit from posting the same question twice?
It wasn't quite the same question - the name of the country was different
I did wonder whether the person was about to start ploughing through the countries of the world alphabetically (starting at 'M'), but the second asker no longer exists, so I guess the problem has been solved.....
| | | | Alan Thompson
United Kingdom
Local time: 17:29
Spanish to English
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| It's the whole job... | Apr 12, 2006 |
Anna: the point is that these are not genuine translation queries, they are the whole job (two jobs, in fact) which the end-user is getting for free.
The purpose of KudoZ Questions, as I understand it, is for colleagues to help each other, not for users of translations to have free access to our services, which might be considered an abuse. This I think is Kristine's point.
Fortunately in this case the amount of effort required was not huge, but there is a principle he... See more Anna: the point is that these are not genuine translation queries, they are the whole job (two jobs, in fact) which the end-user is getting for free.
The purpose of KudoZ Questions, as I understand it, is for colleagues to help each other, not for users of translations to have free access to our services, which might be considered an abuse. This I think is Kristine's point.
Fortunately in this case the amount of effort required was not huge, but there is a principle here. ▲ Collapse
| | | | Gina W
United States
Local time: 12:29
Member (2003)
French to English
| I see everyone's point but | Apr 14, 2006 |
...isn't this something that should be addressed by a support ticket? I mean, it is discussing an individual situation, so I don't see it as a general theme that one would discuss on a thread. I know it's been done before (discussing one situation on a thread), but that still doesn't make it the proper or best way to deal with it. Individual situations should be reported either directly to a moderator by email, or to the site staff via a support ticket.
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