Off topic: An agency just "checked" my translation using BING Thread poster: Heike Reagan
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Heike Reagan 
United States
Local time: 00:39
German to English
and they are not happy because BING translated the words differently so mine must be wrong....
O-M-G
It'd be funny if it wouldn't be so aggravating!!!
| | | | Alex Lago
Spain
Local time: 06:39
English to Spanish
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| That's not an agency | Apr 9, 2015 |
They may call themselves an agency but that's not a translation agency, heck if Bing is so good why didn't they just have Bing translate it for them. I mean really.
Unfortunately there isn't much you can discuss with someone like that, if they believe Bing is that good they will believe anything.
| | | | | | | They are in-betweens | Apr 9, 2015 |
These so called agencies can even have a text translated by google translate and send the output to you to have it proofread which however includes a comprehensive editing. Beware!
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Heike Reagan
United States
Local time: 00:39
German to English
TOPIC STARTER | I have worked for this agency | Apr 9, 2015 |
for many years and it's the first time this has happened. I just told them why I think my translation is correct (it was only 2 words that they questioned in the whole text) and they accepted my explanation.
I just thought it was hilarious that a "global agency" apparently uses Bing as quality control.
I have had a few "proofreading" offers where the client did a machine translation and wanted an actual person to do the "proof" (not by this particular client though), and I try... See more for many years and it's the first time this has happened. I just told them why I think my translation is correct (it was only 2 words that they questioned in the whole text) and they accepted my explanation.
I just thought it was hilarious that a "global agency" apparently uses Bing as quality control.
I have had a few "proofreading" offers where the client did a machine translation and wanted an actual person to do the "proof" (not by this particular client though), and I try to avoid them like the plaque ▲ Collapse
| | | | Angela Malik
United Kingdom
Local time: 05:39
German to English
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Oh my gosh, Heike, that is SO funny!
Sorry to laugh at your pain but this kind of situation is so ridiculous that you have to laugh or you'll end up pulling your hair out in frustration.
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And then I went to Bing Translator to have a little more of a giggle:
into German:
Sorry, deinen Schmerz, aber solche Situationen Lachen ist so lächerlich, dass Sie lachen oder Sie am Ende Ihre Haare herausziehen, frustriert.
... See more Oh my gosh, Heike, that is SO funny!
Sorry to laugh at your pain but this kind of situation is so ridiculous that you have to laugh or you'll end up pulling your hair out in frustration.
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And then I went to Bing Translator to have a little more of a giggle:
into German:
Sorry, deinen Schmerz, aber solche Situationen Lachen ist so lächerlich, dass Sie lachen oder Sie am Ende Ihre Haare herausziehen, frustriert.
...and back into English:
Sorry, your pain, but such situations laughter is so ridiculous that you laugh or pull out at the end of your hair, frustrated. ▲ Collapse
| | | | | It happened to me once... | Apr 9, 2015 |
A colleague had outsourced some texts to me - he is an expert on engineering and IT, but Danish, and one of his clients wanted a short text translated into English. It was about clothes for mature women like me, and I really did my best.
The client compared it with Google Translate, and then complained...
My colleague wrote a brilliant explanation in Danish about lotteries and intuition, algorithms and female figures.
Stupidly I did not archive it properly ... See more A colleague had outsourced some texts to me - he is an expert on engineering and IT, but Danish, and one of his clients wanted a short text translated into English. It was about clothes for mature women like me, and I really did my best.
The client compared it with Google Translate, and then complained...
My colleague wrote a brilliant explanation in Danish about lotteries and intuition, algorithms and female figures.
Stupidly I did not archive it properly  and it got lost when I scrapped my last computer. The client sent us several more texts and NEVER mentioned GT again. ▲ Collapse
| | | | Frank Wong
Local time: 12:39
Chinese to English
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Why didn't they use Bing to do the translation.
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