Poll: Do you benefit from reading specialist publications? Thread poster: ProZ.com Staff
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This forum topic is for the discussion of the poll question "Do you benefit from reading specialist publications?".
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| Specialist in what area? | Sep 23, 2008 |
In my specialist fields? Or in translation? The "please recommend" makes me assume the latter, but do over half of us really
read specialist publications on translation?
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| How can you not? | Sep 23, 2008 |
If you read specialist publications, how could you not benefit?
I suppose the answer could be "no, I don't benefit, they confuse me", or "no I don't benefit because they sap me of the will to live", or "no, I don't benefit because I find them so engrossing that I neglect to cook an evening meal and thus my partner leaves me on a regular basis".
's OK, I'll get me co... See more If you read specialist publications, how could you not benefit?
I suppose the answer could be "no, I don't benefit, they confuse me", or "no I don't benefit because they sap me of the will to live", or "no, I don't benefit because I find them so engrossing that I neglect to cook an evening meal and thus my partner leaves me on a regular basis".
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| Business and finance | Sep 23, 2008 |
I assumed this poll meant publications on one's specialist subjects, so I said Yes. I find the Spectator's new Business Monthly informative (especially at the moment) and good for picking up voguish financisms.
I suppose I should read the Financial Times, but I can't stand all that pink paper.
Jenny
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| Localization | Sep 23, 2008 |
Since I'm trying to focus exclusively on localization, I read a few online localization-related publications. I also recently renewed my subscription to Multilingual magazine. I find them all very useful.
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I benefit A LOT from reading NdeT on a daily basis.
This great Forum deals with many aspects of our profession in an open and disinterested way.
I highly recommend it to every fellow translator.
Best,
Leticia
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Tatty 
Local time: 10:35
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| THe Economist | Sep 24, 2008 |
I try to read the Economist as often as possible, the occasional term or phrase comes in useful for translation.
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Niraja Nanjundan (X)
Local time: 14:05
German to English
Marie-Hélène Hayles wrote:
but do over half of us really
read specialist publications on translation?
[Edited at 2008-09-23 16:28]
.....I think people just want the Browniz points for answering the poll question. For anyone who didn't know about it, I think you get five.
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| IT/technical-related | Sep 24, 2008 |
For all those kinda "nerdy" translators (like me) who are into all things IT, a website that is very useful (and quite known/popular) to learn about all kinds of IT/technical topics, not only if you work in technical (or software) translation, but also to help you be your own technical support person, is:
TechRepublic ( http://techrepublic.com.com/ ),
which (I think) is indi... See more For all those kinda "nerdy" translators (like me) who are into all things IT, a website that is very useful (and quite known/popular) to learn about all kinds of IT/technical topics, not only if you work in technical (or software) translation, but also to help you be your own technical support person, is:
TechRepublic ( http://techrepublic.com.com/ ),
which (I think) is indirectly part of
CNet ( http://www.cnet.com/ ),
which, in turn, is more or less the online "bible" of IT info.
I highly recommend them, in case you're not familiar with them.
Cheers,
Ivette
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Rebecca Jowers
Spain
Local time: 10:35
Member (2005)
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| For those interested in Spanish-English legal terminology | Sep 24, 2008 |
I never fail to read "Punto y Coma", the "Boletín de los traductores españoles de las instituciones de la Unión Europea". Each issue addresses some terminological nuance and I have learned loads from our colleagues, the "traductores juristas" in the EU. If you want to take a look:
http://ec.europa.eu/translation/bulletins/puntoycoma/numeros.html
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Claire Cox
United Kingdom
Local time: 09:35
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| ITI bulletin | Sep 24, 2008 |
I assumed it meant translation publications. I have now joined the ITI, but I did subscribe to the Bulletin, the ITI's own magazine, which appears every two months, even before I decided to join, as it's full of useful translation-related articles. I don't think Michael Benis writes his technology articles any more, but I found them invaluable as an introduction to new technology I didn't even know existed - Google Desktop to name but one.
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Erzsébet Czopyk
Hungary
Local time: 10:35
Member (2006)
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I am wondering ..I knew the polls are sometimes strange, but since I am a ProZ.com member, I did not see more brainless question like this one.
Charlie Bavington wrote: "How can you not?"
Marie-Hélène Hayles wrote: ".. do over half of us really
read specialist publications on translation?"
Niraja Nanjundan wrote: "...I think people just want the Browniz points for answering the poll question. "
Fine. Charlie is right. If there is n... See more I am wondering ..I knew the polls are sometimes strange, but since I am a ProZ.com member, I did not see more brainless question like this one.
Charlie Bavington wrote: "How can you not?"
Marie-Hélène Hayles wrote: ".. do over half of us really
read specialist publications on translation?"
Niraja Nanjundan wrote: "...I think people just want the Browniz points for answering the poll question. "
Fine. Charlie is right. If there is no benefit, I simply stop reading. Dear colleague Niranja, please, try NOT TO JUDGE your own colleagues through who-knows-whose habits. Dear Marie, yes, I think really, most of us are reading articles,
as this is a part of the usual/normal professional life, IMHO.
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