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| Translation Theory and Practice | Translating *from* mother tongue | @Gregory | [quote]Gregory Lassale wrote:
I know that the
general rule is only to translate from your second
language into your mother tongue...
[/quote]
The main reason why many people
believ | Samuel Murray | Oct 22 | | Business issues | A client refusing to pay the full amount and Proz.com deletes my Blueboard review | The Blue Board is not perfect, but is generally useful nonetheless | [quote]Tuncay Kurt wrote:
Did you have such
issues in the past where Proz.com seemingly is NOT
"assisting" and deleting a review without any
discussion and even when still did not get the | Samuel Murray | Oct 22 | | Post-editing & Machine Translation | A free online PEMT guide | @Silvia | [quote]Silvia Schulz wrote:
You are basically
trying to sell your guide as only the first 3
chapters are free. [/quote]
How do you know
only the first three chapters will be free? Lui | Samuel Murray | Oct 19 | | SDL Trados support | Can you copy messages | @Haluk and @Merab | [quote]Haluk Aka wrote:
You said "In fact, for
long messages, you cannot keep the whole message
visible on the screen". Do they come with vertical
scroll bars? If they do, chances are tho | Samuel Murray | Oct 19 | | CAT Tools Technical Help | TMX editor with Regex support (Windows 10)? | @Hayley | [quote]Hayley Leva wrote:
Can you confirm that I
can do the following:
- export a tmx of my TM
from Trados Studio (2017) (I know how to do this
step)
- open and clean up* that tmx in
| Samuel Murray | Oct 18 | | MemoQ support | What is an "ens" tag? | @Anthony | [quote]Anthony Rudd wrote:
Is there a list of the
meaning of the tags used in MemoQ? [/quote]
A
quick google got me (a non-MemoQ user)
this:
https://help.memoq.com/8-5/en/Things/thing | Samuel Murray | Oct 18 | | SDL Trados support | Can you copy messages | Kleptomania might work | [quote]Thomas T. Frost wrote:
[quote]B D Finch
wrote:
Have you tried Print Screen? You can crop
out what is irrelevant and enlarge the remaining
image. [/quote]
Windows' Snipping Tool g | Samuel Murray | Oct 16 | | Translation Theory and Practice | CAT-tool Quiz | Sorry, but this looks like a test translation | [quote]Sylvia Hanna wrote:
Attached is a CAT-tool
quiz. [/quote]
It does not look like a CAT tool
quiz, but simply a text called "CAT tool quiz".
In fact, this text looks like a test | Samuel Murray | Oct 16 | | Getting established | 3 fatal errors to avoid when you're starting | @Rebecca | [quote]Rebecca Davis wrote:
I don't understand
what this piece is doing in a forum for
professional translators in the first place... are
these all mistakes that the author made and wants | Samuel Murray | Oct 15 | | Getting established | 3 fatal errors to avoid when you're starting | @Tom | [quote]Tom in London wrote:
[quote]Samuel Murray
wrote:
.... it is dreadful writing.
[/quote]
First of all, it's "at Square One", not
"on square one". [/quote]
Commenting on the
au | Samuel Murray | Oct 15 | | Business issues | Would you work for this client? | The mystery DT | [quote]Chris S wrote:
[quote]William Tierney
wrote:
What is a DT? [/quote]
A mystery indeed,
nothing beginning with D in this list:
http://www.commonsenseadvisory.com/Marketing/2016-
| Samuel Murray | Oct 15 | | Déjà Vu support | Are there any news about DVX4? | @Michael | [quote]Michael Beijer wrote:
My ‘✞RIP’ +
sad smiley were meant to indicate I think it's sad
but it looks like Atril's dying. [/quote]
My
understanding is that saying RIP w.r.t. a | Samuel Murray | Oct 15 | | Getting established | 3 fatal errors to avoid when you're starting | @Tom | [quote]Tom in London wrote:
I don't like people
using these discussions as a vehicle for
advertising. [/quote]
Yes, it certainly is a bit
annoying. But Nicole's post doesn't violate any | Samuel Murray | Oct 15 | | Translator resources | Glossary | @Yves | [quote]Yves Bourjolly wrote:
I was referring to
[the] glossary to be created within a CAT tool,
and I was wondering if one glossary could be
automatically reversible, or, should I create | Samuel Murray | Oct 12 | | Business issues | Would you work for this client? | @Gregory (mostly) | [quote]Gregory Lassale wrote:
As for the rest,
sure, you can certainly argue that nothing is
unreasonable as long as it is adequately
compensated... But you can STILL argue how
reason | Samuel Murray | Oct 12 | | Business issues | Would you work for this client? | My point remains | [quote]Mirko Mainardi wrote:
[quote]Samuel Murray
wrote:
[quote]Gregory Lassale wrote:
I explained
to the agency that $0.06 / word was significantly
below my rate (which is already at t | Samuel Murray | Oct 12 | | Business issues | Would you work for this client? | Big agencies = many PMs, many branches | [quote]Philippe Etienne wrote:
[quote]Gregory
Lassale wrote:
LB? [/quote]
Proz.com rules
prohibit us from being more specific.
LB, TP,
WL,... you'll find out soon enough!
[/quote]
| Samuel Murray | Oct 12 | | CAT Tools Technical Help | Best translation memory software? | @DZiW and @Neil | [quote]DZiW wrote:
For a start just check Tools>
Translation tools menu. [/quote]
Sadly, that
"menu" is just a series of [presumably paid]
advertisements disguised as a
menu.
| Samuel Murray | Oct 12 | | MemoQ support | How does MemoQ count unprotected tags | [Disungooded code] | [quote]Elvira Schmid wrote:
Here is what their
files look like.
... [/quote]
ProZ.com's
ancient forum software does not allow for the
accurate display of code, so you have to either | Samuel Murray | Oct 12 | | Business issues | Would you work for this client? | @Gregory | [quote]Gregory Lassale wrote:
I recently
completed a sample test for an agency (large, it
seems) and today I received the
following.
...
Finally, the rate offered is
$0.06/word (tak | Samuel Murray | Oct 12 | | Getting established | When is it okay to pretend you've got a PhD? | @DziW | [quote]DZiW wrote:
So, do you really assume (or
imply) it all suddenly comes right after the
course is finished? [/quote]
It is rare that
one would write and pass the final exam, but n | Samuel Murray | Oct 11 | | Getting established | When is it okay to pretend you've got a PhD? | Sugar coating is fine, but where to draw the line? | [quote]Dylan Jan Hartmann wrote:
If you read on
someone's ProZ.com profile "...Linguistics at PhD
level..." what would you think?
99% would assume
this person finished their PhD, am I ri | Samuel Murray | Oct 11 | | Post-editing & Machine Translation | Machine Translation | Most agencies are actually honest, I believe | [quote]Daryo wrote:
If they could get away with
it, most agencies would happily charge clients for
delivering Google Translate offerings.
[/quote]
I don't think that that is true. It' | Samuel Murray | Oct 11 | | Money matters | Is there a formula for determining minimum fees to charge? | @Martin | [quote]Martin Harvey wrote:
At the bottom they
want to know how much I charge for small jobs of
10-20 words/lines. I haven't a clue what to say to
them. Is there a formula for working out | Samuel Murray | Oct 11 | | Post-editing & Machine Translation | Machine Translation | @Yves | [quote]Yves Bourjolly wrote:
I want to know if
translation agencies accept Machine Translation
even if post-edited. [/quote]
1. I can't think
of any reason why any agency would want to | Samuel Murray | Oct 10 | | Translator resources | Glossary | The question is too non-specific | [quote]Yves Bourjolly wrote:
I want to know
whether to create one local glossary for source
language and one for target language.
[/quote]
What do you want to use the glossary
for? | Samuel Murray | Oct 10 | | Subtitling | To save in srt... from Notepad | @Barbara |
1. Which version of Windows are you using,
Barbara? The answer depends on that.
2. When
you put a file on your Desktop, e.g. an image
file, does it show you the file extension (e.g.< | Samuel Murray | Oct 10 | | Business issues | Anyone has been at "Upwork"? | @Paulo | [quote]Paulo Reis wrote:
I got a email from
Upwork saying that my account was suspended,
because I accepted payment outside of the Upwork
site. That is completely false... [/quote]
Did | Samuel Murray | Oct 9 | | Machine Translation (MT) | Job changing from translator to MT post-editor | So, you lost your job | [quote]eccotraduttrice wrote:
I am an in-house
translator at a large translation agency.
...I'm
on my 4th MT post-editing job and, well...I hate
it. Everything I loved about my job is ba | Samuel Murray | Oct 9 | | Wordfast support | Telling UNCLEAN files from translation/original | @DZiWTY | [quote]DZiW wrote:
There're over six hundred such
files, so how to select only UNCLEAN ones...
[/quote]
Install Agent Ransack. Search the
files for "{" or for "{0>". Select the fi | Samuel Murray | Oct 8 | | Business issues | Shall I? | @Peter | [quote]Peter Simon wrote:
I've been asked by a
potential new client to submit a copy of my ID
together with a declaration of authentication and
the translation, "as we need these for a co | Samuel Murray | Oct 8 | | Translator resources | What's the most user-friendly CAT software? | @Charlotte | [quote]Charlotte Fleming wrote:
I've started off
using OmegaT but I find it really clunky and
unintuitive [/quote]
It is likely that you'll
have the same experience with other CAT tool | Samuel Murray | Oct 8 | | Money matters | Your budget is...what?!? | @Ptrans | [quote]ptrans@pm.me wrote:
[quote]Samuel Murray
wrote:
[quote]Gregory Lassale wrote:
I have a
reply email drafted saying thanks but no thanks
unless you can offer decent compensation... | Samuel Murray | Oct 8 | | SDL Trados support | Trados 2019, overwrite existing translation with TM match, if different... tracked if possible | In the end... | [quote]Samuel Murray wrote:
What I would like to
deliver to my client is a version of the file in
which all changes are tracked. [/quote]
Of
course, there is a way to do that, but it's | Samuel Murray | Oct 3 | | SDL Trados support | Trados 2019, overwrite existing translation with TM match, if different... tracked if possible | @Jorge | [quote]Jorge Payan wrote:
Try SdlxliffCompare
[/quote]
Thanks, but SdlxliffCompare does not
generate an SDLXLIFF file. I meant compare in the
way that MS Word does it, and not "in MS | Samuel Murray | Oct 3 | | SDL Trados support | Trados 2019, overwrite existing translation with TM match, if different... tracked if possible | | G'day everyone
I had to do quite a large edit
where the translation consisted of edited machine
translations. I have no problem with that, except
that if the translator is lazy (and he | Samuel Murray | Oct 3 | | Money matters | Your budget is...what?!? | @Gregory | [quote]Gregory Lassale wrote:
I don't think it's
insulting to say "thank you for the offer, but
unfortunately at these rates, I will respectfully
decline - here are my current rates" - wh | Samuel Murray | Oct 3 | | Money matters | Your budget is...what?!? | @Greg | [quote]Gregory Lassale wrote:
I have a reply
email drafted saying thanks but no thanks unless
you can offer decent compensation...
[/quote]
It's unprofessional to insult a client
( | Samuel Murray | Oct 2 | | Business issues | Hold harmless clauses in POs, NDAs and contracts | @Jo and @John (and @Chris) | [quote]Jo Macdonald wrote:
Do you sign these
agreements with no qualms, have you found a way to
protect yourself against the potential
complications, or do you tell the agency you
won | Samuel Murray | Oct 2 | | Translation Theory and Practice | Bad source text | Aah, the question about style... | [quote]Gregory Lassale wrote:
The grammar was ok
but things were often phrased poorly. I was
wondering what people do when the source text is
bad, especially stylistically. Do you reflect | Samuel Murray | Oct 2 | | Business issues | Final translation out-put format responsibility | It depends on many things | [quote]Thanh Thoa Le Thi wrote:
Could you please
let me know if the translator is the person [who
is] responsible for the translation['s] format
after converting the translation [from] Tr | Samuel Murray | Oct 1 | | SDL Trados support | How to glue many files Studio 2017 | Yes and no | [quote]Izabel Santos wrote:
I would like to know
if it is possible to convert many small files
(SDLXLIFF) into only 1 big file and open it in
Studio 2017. [/quote]
You can glue them
| Samuel Murray | Sep 29 | | SDL Trados support | Trados Studio 2014: Running progress count for the whole project? | @Edwin and @Silke | [quote]Edwin den Boer wrote:
How can I show a
continuous progress bar for the whole project? I'm
not going to run an analysis report ten times a
day. [/quote]
Why not? How long does i | Samuel Murray | Sep 28 | | SDL Trados support | How would I verify that I have access to that directory? | Still think it's a bit silly | [quote]Natalie wrote:
Error 1603 is Windows
error, actually. And it means that Studio really
does not have access to that directory (for
whatever reason). [/quote]
The odd thing is
| Samuel Murray | Sep 28 | | SDL Trados support | How would I verify that I have access to that directory? | Gonna be a long night... | [quote]Samuel Murray wrote:
This evening Trados
wanted to install an update, so I let it. But
halfway through the installation I get stumped
with this error message... [/quote]
The on | Samuel Murray | Sep 27 | | SDL Trados support | How would I verify that I have access to that directory? | | This evening Trados wanted to install an update,
so I let it. But halfway through the installation
I get stumped with this error message:
Very
funny, guys. How does one "verify th | Samuel Murray | Sep 27 | | Wordfast support | Export to Word in WFP 3 does not show spelling issues | Sounds like MS Word issue | [quote]Heinrich Pesch wrote:
I did an export from
WFP 3 but when I format the text to the target
language no mistakes are marked, even after I copy
to an empty Word file. No red lines!
| Samuel Murray | Sep 27 | | Money matters | Afrikaans Rates | @Tia | [quote]Thewordtree wrote:
Can I have a rough idea
of what I should quote for rates? [/quote]
For
English-Afrikaans, the per-word market rates are:
India USD 0.06, Egypt USD 0.07, the B | Samuel Murray | Sep 27 | | ProZ.com job systems | ProZ social dumping and pricing | @Jeffrey | [quote]jeffrey engberg wrote:
Perhaps even adding
a button stating "please do not show me job offers
below "XX euro per word". [/quote]
In 2010
there was a group of lobbying ProZians w | Samuel Murray | Sep 26 | | Money matters | Payment problem. Should agency pays me regardless of any situation after they requested my invoice? | They should, but you are allowed to be flexible | [quote]Yi Wei Cheah wrote:
The reason they gave
was that the client hasn't approved the
translation yet.
I am in the right to expect
payments after 30 days of invoicing regardless of
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