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| ProZ.com: Translator Coop | Site modernization: Blue Board | @Kevin | [quote]Kevin Dias wrote:
The ProZ.com Blue Board
has been modernized. [/quote]
1. The default
sorting order for the list called "Average LWA
based on outsourcer country" is "% of entri | Samuel Murray | 08:31 | | SDL Trados support | What does "Do not store segment information in the translated file" do to an XLIFF file? | | Hello everyone
A client assumed that I
translated an XLIFF file using Trados 2015/17 and
tells me to resend the file, with the option "Do
not store segment information in the translated | Samuel Murray | Sep 19 | | Software applications | A good PDF2JPG converter for Windows, anyone? | @Jean and @Mac | [quote]Jean Dimitriadis wrote:
In this case, I
would suggest you try Tabula directly on the
PDF.
http://tabula.technology/
[/quote]
Thanks, I can confirm that Tabula
produces usef | Samuel Murray | Sep 18 | | Software applications | A good PDF2JPG converter for Windows, anyone? | Re: ABBYY FineReader | [quote]esperantisto wrote:
I think, you're about
to choose a wrong way. You should better explore
the features of your OCR program. ABBYY FineReader
has a feature of manually splitting pa | Samuel Murray | Sep 18 | | Software applications | A good PDF2JPG converter for Windows, anyone? | Re: IrfanView | [quote]esperantisto wrote:
Try IrfanViewer. It is
a graphics viewer with a lot of conversion
options. [/quote]
Thanks. IrfanView (with the
PDF plugin installed) does convert individual | Samuel Murray | Sep 18 | | Software applications | A good PDF2JPG converter for Windows, anyone? | @Jean | [quote]Jean Dimitriadis wrote:
May I ask what you
intend to do with those images? [/quote]
I have
a glossary in PDF format, and the page layout has
two columns. My OCR program sometim | Samuel Murray | Sep 18 | | Software applications | A good PDF2JPG converter for Windows, anyone? | | Hello everyone
Can you recommend a PDF to JPG
converter that runs on Windows 7 that can convert
an editable PDF's individual pages to high quality
JPGs of around 4000 x 5500 pixels? BM | Samuel Murray | Sep 18 | | Marketing for translators | Citing the name of the client company in Project History | You can't mention **whom** you worked for, but... | [quote]Zeki Guler wrote:
E.g. [i]I translated
e.g. 100 000 words for e.g. Coca-Cola.[/i].
[/quote]
No, you can't say that you translated
100 000 words "for" Coca-Cola, but you can say< | Samuel Murray | Sep 15 | | Software applications | Simple freeware text file search program for Windows | On using explorer replacements | [quote]esperantisto wrote:
Double Commander is a
multi-platform file manager with a file search
ability that fits your requirements (as I
understand them). [/quote]
The shortcut for
| Samuel Murray | Sep 15 | | Money matters | Hourly jobs - the faster you deliver, the less you make? | @Chris and Philippe | [quote]Chris S wrote:
The commodity you are
selling is your time, not your output.
[/quote]
This may depend on the country you're
in, and what it is that you're doing, but where
I' | Samuel Murray | Sep 15 | | Software applications | Simple freeware text file search program for Windows | @Everyone | [quote]Anton Konashenok wrote:
Windows search
does exactly that. [/quote]
Thanks, but Windows
Search finds no hits in folders where Agent
Ransack finds dozens. I've tried Windows Sear | Samuel Murray | Sep 15 | | Software applications | Simple freeware text file search program for Windows | | Hello everyone
Can you recommend a simple,
small, freeware file search application that runs
on Windows 7 that I can use to find out which text
files (i.e. TXT, HTML, etc) in a director | Samuel Murray | Sep 15 | | Marketing for translators | Word count (with or without repetitions) | 100k | [quote]Zeki Guler wrote:
Let's say, you have
translated 50K words for a client, but the word
count "with repetitions" goes up to 100K. When
you want to add it to your project history to< | Samuel Murray | Sep 15 | | Business issues | Sleep habits and freelancing | @Fiona | [quote]Fiona Grace Peterson wrote:
So what about
you? How do your sleep habits fit into your work
schedule? [/quote]
I'm 6 hours ahead of most of
my clients, so delivering at "start of | Samuel Murray | Sep 15 | | Money matters | Hourly jobs - the faster you deliver, the less you make? | My hourly rate is too low | [quote]Frank Feng wrote:
I charge most of my jobs
by word count, but there are some clients
insisting that I quote an hourly rate. I don't
really get the point of this - shall I be paid | Samuel Murray | Sep 15 | | MemoQ support | How to mark MemoQ XLF file as "translated" in Notepad | @John | [quote]John Fossey wrote:
I exported the job I am
in the middle of and segments that I have
confirmed show up as mq:status="ManuallyConfirmed"
[/quote]
Thanks, let's try that.
:-) | Samuel Murray | Sep 13 | | MemoQ support | How to mark MemoQ XLF file as "translated" in Notepad | | Hello
I've translated an XLF file that appears
to have been created with MemoQ. I did the
translation in another program. I'm concerned
that the segments will show up as untranslated | Samuel Murray | Sep 13 | | Dutch | Vraag over een 'translation memory'in Trados | @Tezza | [quote]Tezza wrote:
zit het met translation
memories? Moet je die altijd zelf vanuit 0
aanmaken? Of is er ook een mogelijkheid om
bestaande aan te schaffen? [/quote]
Je opties
zij | Samuel Murray | Sep 12 | | CAT Tools Technical Help | Translation Workspace XLIFF editor - how to merge source segments | @Irene | [quote]Irene3 wrote:
I am presently working in
Translation Workspace XLIFF editor and need to
merge source segments as the split in sentences
will render an improper translation. Can anyo | Samuel Murray | Sep 8 | | Getting established | Scoring your first clients | @Vitor | [quote]Vitor Machado wrote:
Since then, I have
been working on creating my online profile in
various Freelance + Translation websites, in order
to score some jobs. [/quote]
Good. Havi | Samuel Murray | Sep 8 | | SDL Trados support | How reliable does Trados 2015 handle Lionbridge TWS XLZ files? | | Hello everyone
I've noticed that Trados 2015
can open Lionbridge TWS XLZ files, but will TWS be
able to open the files (and will they be marked as
"translated") afterwards?
Thanks
S | Samuel Murray | Sep 6 | | SDL Trados support | How reliable does Trados 2015 handle Lionbridge TWS XLZ files? | | Hello everyone
I've noticed that Trados 2015
can open Lionbridge TWS XLZ files, but will TWS be
able to open the files (and will they be marked as
"translated") afterwards?
Thanks
S | Samuel Murray | Sep 6 | | ProZ.com: Translator Coop | Discussion: should ProZ.com enforce a bare minimum rate for translations? | Some (possibly repeating) comments | [quote]BNN Medical Tr. wrote:
The quoting page
even warned it was below what 80% of proZ members
charge as their minimum. I clicked the "report job
to site staff" button in hopes of findi | Samuel Murray | Sep 6 | | Software applications | Update files in zip file from subfolder in same folder as zip file, using commandline (or other) | @Caf | [quote]CafeTran Training wrote:
Does this
help?
http://www.memecode.com/docs/winzip.html
-
f or -u [/quote]
I'm sure it's probably either
-f or -u, but I need to know what is the syn | Samuel Murray | Sep 6 | | Software applications | Update files in zip file from subfolder in same folder as zip file, using commandline (or other) | Can't do it with 7-zip | [quote]Otha Nash wrote:
7-Zip has a command line
version. [/quote]
Yes, thanks, but what is the
syntax to achieve what I'm trying to achieve? | Samuel Murray | Sep 5 | | Software applications | Update files in zip file from subfolder in same folder as zip file, using commandline (or other) | | Hello everyone
I'm using Windows 7.
I'm
translating xlf.xlz files in OmegaT, but since
OmegaT can't unzip and re-sup the files itself, I
have to unzip the xlf.xlz files first, transl | Samuel Murray | Sep 5 | | Money matters | Looking for a credit card -> bank account means of payment | Payoneer video | [quote]Jean Dimitriadis wrote:
Payoneer and
Skrill come to mind. [/quote]
Payoneer seems to
accept sign-ups from the Lebanon. Here's a video
on how to accept credit card payments with | Samuel Murray | Sep 3 | | Office applications | How to change a wrong username in Word | A macro, of course! | [quote]alessandra bocco wrote:
In the meantime,
the client said they have a macro that does the
change so I sent the file as it was.
[/quote]
Yes, of course, a macro! I googled
an | Samuel Murray | Sep 1 | | Marketing for translators | What do you think of my logo? | It's a book | [quote]Linguisticano wrote:
Looks like a
porcupine or a hand with 6 fingers. [/quote]
My
first impression is that it is a book. The fact
that that book is being read from right to lef | Samuel Murray | Sep 1 | | Professional development | CAT tool training: suggestions needed | @Sarutaia | [quote]Sarutaia wrote:
[I have] just finished my
translation course and I have to practice [using]
Wordfast and Trados, and I have ... found [them to
be] kind [of] complicate[d]. [/quote] | Samuel Murray | Sep 1 | | Wordfast support | How do you remove a whole project from a TM? | @Bauduina | [quote]Bauduina wrote:
[quote]Samuel Murray
wrote:
1. ...could you delete the entries from
the TM using a date/time search?
2. [or:] ...
replace all target texts in the project with e.g | Samuel Murray | Aug 30 | | Money matters | How to check PayPal balances on a certain date | Where is "Reports"? | [quote]Thomas T. Frost wrote:
You can download
monthly statements under "Reports". I believe you
can find what you need in them. [/quote]
Where
is the "Reports" option? I don't see it | Samuel Murray | Aug 29 | | Money matters | How to check PayPal balances on a certain date | | Hello everyone
Does anyone know how to
determine what one PayPal balance were on a
specific date?
I downloaded a transaction
history, but I can't figure out where to check the
ba | Samuel Murray | Aug 29 | | Business issues | Do I deserve an apology? | Using before paying | [quote]Tomás Cano Binder, BA, CT wrote:
I am
afraid the German translator is right: you cannot
use the translation unless it is paid for...
[/quote]
Of course you can! We all do simi | Samuel Murray | Aug 29 | | Business issues | Machine Translation – Post Editing should we take on these jobs, for how much? | @Peter | [quote]Peter Shortall wrote:
With ordinary
translation, there are three steps to the
process:
(1) read the original
(2) think of the
translation in your head
(3) type the translation | Samuel Murray | Aug 29 | | SDL Trados support | HTML tags - what is the best work process for Trados 17 to capture them in the target text? | @Martin | [quote]Martin Shaw wrote:
What is the best work
process for Trados 2017 to capture HTML tags in
the target text? Do I copy source to target and
insert the translation between the tags? | Samuel Murray | Aug 29 | | Business issues | Machine Translation – Post Editing should we take on these jobs, for how much? | @Fi | [quote]Fi2 n Co wrote:
I’ve been approached
recently to perform MTPE (Machine Translation –
Post Editing).[/quote]
You should raise or
lower your rate for this type of work based o | Samuel Murray | Aug 28 | | Wordfast support | How do you remove a whole project from a TM? | @Bauduina | [quote]Bauduina wrote:
I am currently using
Wordfast Pro 5, and I wonder if it is possible to
remove all segments of a project from the TM.
[/quote]
I'm not familiar with the capabilit | Samuel Murray | Aug 28 | | Business issues | Do I deserve an apology? | @Alex II | [quote]Alex Wang wrote:
1. Even though there is
no written purchase contract between us, when the
translator agrees to take a project based on the
specified terms, the two parties (I as P | Samuel Murray | Aug 27 | | Business issues | Do I deserve an apology? | @Alex | [quote]Alex Wang wrote:
Yes, the directions that
I gave for the project could not be more clear
because this is what I put in red in the third
line of the project description:
Deliverab | Samuel Murray | Aug 27 | | Translation Theory and Practice | Do you include all content when translating certificates? | @Teresa | [quote]Teresa Borges wrote:
You have to reproduce
everything as stated in the original document,
even spelling errors... [/quote]
How do you do
that? Do you choose a word in the targe | Samuel Murray | Aug 27 | | Business issues | Do I deserve an apology? | What do you mean by "an apology"? | [quote]Alex Wang wrote:
After this was over, I
asked him to give me an apology...
[/quote]
What does that even mean?
(-:
[quote]... because I told him that his
behavior was simp | Samuel Murray | Aug 27 | | SDL Trados support | Pre-translate against TM, adding edits in tracked changes | @Gina | [quote]Gina Ferlisi wrote:
Maybe
[url=http://producthelp.sdl.com/sdl_trados_studio_
2015/client_en/edit_view/TC/TrackChanges.htm]this
link[/url] can help you.[/quote]
Thanks, but
t | Samuel Murray | Aug 26 | | SDL Trados support | Pre-translate against TM, adding edits in tracked changes | | Hello everyone
I'm using Trados 2015. I have
an SDLXLIFF file that is already translated, but
not yet edited. I edited the text in another
program, and then created a TM that has most | Samuel Murray | Aug 26 | | ProZ.com: Translator Coop | SecurePRO update - list of security practices derived from SecurePRO cards | Option to expand all unexpanded text all at once | [quote]Henry Dotterer wrote:
The page is proz.com
/ security - practices [/quote]
There are about
80 options there, each with a bit of unexpanded
text that one can expand by clicking t | Samuel Murray | Aug 23 | | CAT Tools Technical Help | What is the easiest-to-use tool for large Word documents with tables, figures and text boxes? | @Eric II | [quote]BNN Medical Translations wrote:
With a CAT
tool, if at any point I have technical troubles
that are impeding my progress on a document with a
tight schedule, I can just export the | Samuel Murray | Aug 16 | | CAT Tools Technical Help | What is the easiest-to-use tool for large Word documents with tables, figures and text boxes? | @Eric | [quote]BNN Phamaceutical & Medical Translations
wrote:
We wanted a ... program that would scan
the Word document, identify these items and
automatically translate them before we even begi | Samuel Murray | Aug 15 | | Translator resources | Handbook on standard translation rules | No easy shortcuts | [quote]CarolMasip wrote:
Could anyone recommend a
short, easy-to-read handbook/guide that covers
standard translation rules [i.e. "how to handle
references to educational institutions and | Samuel Murray | Aug 15 | | Money matters | "Our payment term is..." | Because the Blue Board is not anonymous | [quote]cloudhunter wrote:
What I am trying to
understand/make out is if it happens to all of us
and if so, why nobody writes about it, which means
they do not mind being paid ridiculously | Samuel Murray | Aug 15 | | Wordfast support | How best to deal with an updated source file once translation is underway? Using Wf Classic. | @Sheila | [quote]Sheila Wilson wrote:
This time though, the
client has just notified me that he'll be sending
a revised file tomorrow, and I've already spent a
fair time working on the existing fil | Samuel Murray | Aug 10 | Translation industry discussion forumsOpen discussion on topics related to translation, interpreting and localization | SDL Trados Studio 2017 Freelance | The leading translation software used by over 250,000 translators.
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