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Poll: Do you use a tablet for your translation work?
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JaneD
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Sweden
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No, and I can't see how anyone else could either Jun 30, 2015

I use the biggest screen I can lay my hands on at all times, and a proper keyboard. I don't see how anyone could translate anything other than a few words on a tablet.

What (still) utterly amazes me is that Microsoft apparently didn't realise that people use more than one "app" at a time on their work computers when they designed and implemented Windows 8. I only adopted it well after all of the W8 "features" could be thoroughly suppressed. But how many hundreds of billions of worki
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I use the biggest screen I can lay my hands on at all times, and a proper keyboard. I don't see how anyone could translate anything other than a few words on a tablet.

What (still) utterly amazes me is that Microsoft apparently didn't realise that people use more than one "app" at a time on their work computers when they designed and implemented Windows 8. I only adopted it well after all of the W8 "features" could be thoroughly suppressed. But how many hundreds of billions of working hours were wasted across the planet in the meantime?
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Christopher Schröder
Christopher Schröder
United Kingdom
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No Jun 30, 2015

Only for porn

 
Yetta Jensen Bogarde
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Denmark
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No, Jun 30, 2015

but for checking and responding to e-mails on the go.

 
neilmac
neilmac
Spain
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Nope Jun 30, 2015

What's the point? I have 2 desktop PCs and 2 laptops... I imagine I would find a tablet too small and fiddly for translation work anyway.

 
Umang Dholabhai
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India
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Look forward to see someone who does Jun 30, 2015

Cannot imagine how anyone can manage to work on a Tablet.

btw..

Chris S wrote:

Only for porn


Good Luck!


 
Maria Simmen
Maria Simmen
Germany
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No Jun 30, 2015

I don't even own one and have no desire to change that. But I can see how it could be handy for interpreters, not having to faff with pen and paper all the time?

 
Alexandra Speirs
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Italian to English
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strictly for fooling around Jun 30, 2015

I don't see how anyone can translate on a tablet.

I don't even like laptops, hate the fiddly keyboard ....

I have a tablet, but it's strictly for leisure use - reading the newspaper at breakfast or playing scrabble, sudoku and the like.


 
Jennifer Forbes
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French to English
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In memoriam
Tablets Jun 30, 2015

Not the kind of tablet you have in mind ...

 
Triston Goodwin
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United States
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Yes Jun 30, 2015

I still prefer my desktop, but when it's not available the tablet works fine. The screen is much smaller, but they're also usually bright and clear. There are some apps that make the job easier, even for translating on a cellphone - which I don't recommend. This was the subject of my very first blo... See more
I still prefer my desktop, but when it's not available the tablet works fine. The screen is much smaller, but they're also usually bright and clear. There are some apps that make the job easier, even for translating on a cellphone - which I don't recommend. This was the subject of my very first blog post ^_^

http://www.opl10nt9n.com/blog/4-steps-to-mobile-translation-on-android-devices#comments
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Yaotl Altan
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Mexico
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No Jun 30, 2015

Tablets are not as comfortable as a typical desktop keyboard.

 
Luiz Barucke
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Brazil
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Spanish to Portuguese
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I need a real keyboard Jun 30, 2015

I usually work on a desktop and, even when I work on a laptop, I plug a "flesh and blood" keyboard into it.

 
Balasubramaniam L.
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India
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Only for checking emails Jun 30, 2015

I have an ipad which I use mostly for checking emails, and occasionally for sending short replies. I find the tablet touchscreen too constrained for any serious typing, for which I always come back to my desktop.

 
Kuochoe Nikoi-Kotei
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Ghana
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Japanese to English
No, but I really want one Jun 30, 2015

I want one for reading over documents in bed. It's also easier to catch mistakes when proofreading on a different screen or in a different format.... okay, okay, I confess. I just want a Galaxy Note Pro, that's all. And I'm going to get one soon, God willing.

 
Mario Chavez (X)
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The right tool for the job Jun 30, 2015

Tablets are, in my opinion, entertainment media tools, nothing more, nothing less.

The occasional typing of an email, a Skype note or an eBay auction bid can be done on any mobile device, including tablets. The experience of long-term typing on a tablet is equivalent to trying to write on a glass surface: utterly unproductive.

I do have an iPad 2, which I use to stream music, Skype (call) family members and do the occasional web search.


 
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