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| | | | Diana Obermeyer 
United Kingdom
Local time: 08:04
Member (2013)
German to English
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| That depends on the client | Jan 7, 2014 |
Some of my clients require me to delete all files and TMs immediately after delivery. Of course, I comply.
Otherwise, I move them to a dedicated external hard drive and leave them there for a couple of months, in case there are any questions at a later stage. I am wary of storing them directly, as I can be paranoid about security issues. But I don't connect this hard drive for any other purpose, so I feel more at ease doing it this way.
Whenever I have a bit of spare ti... See more Some of my clients require me to delete all files and TMs immediately after delivery. Of course, I comply.
Otherwise, I move them to a dedicated external hard drive and leave them there for a couple of months, in case there are any questions at a later stage. I am wary of storing them directly, as I can be paranoid about security issues. But I don't connect this hard drive for any other purpose, so I feel more at ease doing it this way.
Whenever I have a bit of spare time, I tidy up that drive and remove whatever I am confident is no longer needed. ▲ Collapse
| | | | EvaVer (X)
Local time: 09:04
Czech to French
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| Also an external hard drive, | Jan 7, 2014 |
but I store them there only at the end of each calendar year, and keep them indefinitely - that's to say, technology changes permitting. I still have some archives from the 1990s on floppy discs AND in formats that are no longer readable, but I didn't get around to throwing them away yet. During the year, I may have to go back to some jobs - e.g., contracts to which changes are made, letters that are answered or referred to in later correspondence... Recently, a client asked me to find some file... See more but I store them there only at the end of each calendar year, and keep them indefinitely - that's to say, technology changes permitting. I still have some archives from the 1990s on floppy discs AND in formats that are no longer readable, but I didn't get around to throwing them away yet. During the year, I may have to go back to some jobs - e.g., contracts to which changes are made, letters that are answered or referred to in later correspondence... Recently, a client asked me to find some files several years old - when they lose something, they are happy of my archives. ▲ Collapse
| | | | Julian Holmes
Japan
Local time: 16:04
Member (2011)
Japanese to English
| 2 options not provided | Jan 7, 2014 |
Whenever I am asked to by the customer/cient
Whenever I feel like cleaning up the hard disk
Guess I'll have to opt for 'Other N/A'
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It's like all those bits and bobs you stash in the shed - you never know when something might come in handy
| | | | | I keep them indefinitely | Jan 7, 2014 |
...unless otherwise requested. They have turned out to be useful on a number of occasions.
I translate a lot of research papers and documents about scientific subjects, and sometimes my past work comes in handy for current assignments. Recently I had assignments on suicide from three different clients. The previous job(s) were very helpful. Sometimes I go back to them simply because I'm interested in the subject.
One of my New Year's resolutions is to make a list of the... See more ...unless otherwise requested. They have turned out to be useful on a number of occasions.
I translate a lot of research papers and documents about scientific subjects, and sometimes my past work comes in handy for current assignments. Recently I had assignments on suicide from three different clients. The previous job(s) were very helpful. Sometimes I go back to them simply because I'm interested in the subject.
One of my New Year's resolutions is to make a list of the major jobs I've done for ProZ, and I couldn't do that without my files.
Sure, there's lots of stuff I'll never need, but figuring out what to keep and what to delete is more trouble than holding onto them.
[Edited at 2014-01-07 08:55 GMT] ▲ Collapse
| | | | neilmac
Spain
Local time: 09:04
Spanish to English
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I don't usually bother deleting my translated files unless they are very large, since most of my work is from direct non-agency clients and none of them tend to send humungous space fillers. I'm currently sort of deleting the odd thing I come across as I go along.
A quick check prompted by this poll query shows that I have all of my translated files for one client intact going back to 2010. This is probably the last time I changed or reinstalled my OS, otherwise there may well have... See more I don't usually bother deleting my translated files unless they are very large, since most of my work is from direct non-agency clients and none of them tend to send humungous space fillers. I'm currently sort of deleting the odd thing I come across as I go along.
A quick check prompted by this poll query shows that I have all of my translated files for one client intact going back to 2010. This is probably the last time I changed or reinstalled my OS, otherwise there may well have been documents on file dating back another 3-5 years. I just don't know (because I don't need to). ▲ Collapse
| | | | neilmac
Spain
Local time: 09:04
Spanish to English
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| You never know | Jan 7, 2014 |
Chris S wrote:
It's like all those bits and bobs you stash in the shed - you never know when something might come in handy
Ha ha, very true. From now on I'll make this my excuse too if anyone asks, if you don't mind
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Mary Worby
United Kingdom
Local time: 08:04
German to English
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Work gets archived out occassionally, but I don't delete it.
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Muriel Vasconcellos wrote:
...unless otherwise requested. They have turned out to be useful on a number of occasions.
[Edited at 2014-01-07 08:55 GMT]
| | | | | I don't delete the files too | Jan 7, 2014 |
With my 500 GB hard disk, I don't need to delete any files I translated. In general, people don't need to delete any files, just buy more and more external hard disks as required.
| | | | Tim Drayton
Cyprus
Local time: 10:04
Turkish to English
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| I don't delete the files | Jan 7, 2014 |
I have everything on a memory stick. You never know, some quibble may crop up years later about a translation or you might want to use an old translation as a template. This has never actually happened so far.
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John Cutler
Spain
Local time: 09:04
Spanish to English
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I save everything I've done on a CD at the end of the year.
They generally sit in a stack in my office collecting dust, but every now and then I do want to look back at something I've done. I've also had clients who asked me, years after doing a project, if I still had a copy of it I could send them.
I guess my dusty stack of CDs serves as some type of unofficial "cloud" storage.
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If you have professional-indemnity insurance, then your insurer may require you to keep your translation files in the event of a future claim.
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I never delete them because you never know when a new client(s) asks for past project samples.
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