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| CAT Tools Technical Help | "Apply the TM breakdown" | Simply use Excel | [quote]Gregory Lassale wrote:
The client is
asking [me] ... to apply a TM discount breakdown
they previously submitted to me. ... Do CAT tools
have functionalities to "apply TM breakdowns | Samuel Murray | Apr 19 | | Getting established | Register as sole trader | @Mia and Nikki | [quote]Mila Di Tullio wrote:
I have recently
started to apply for translation agencies as
freelancer and some agencies included me in their
freelance databases but I haven't receive
c | Samuel Murray | Apr 19 | | SDL Trados support | website word count | This all depends... | [quote]amazonlioness wrote:
Is there a way of
counting the words of a website with SDL Trados
2015? [/quote]
This all depends on the file
format of the files (and whether you have the< | Samuel Murray | Apr 19 | | Money matters | Have doubts in sending quotation | Will it take extra time? | [quote]Mohammad Mansoor wrote:
So shall I count
the repeated words and send them quotation?
[/quote]
Will it take extra time for you to type
those words, even if you've translated them | Samuel Murray | Apr 18 | | Money matters | To VAT or not to VAT | Add VAT | [quote]Heinrich Pesch wrote:
I just got a job
offer from an agency in another EU-country. The
agency is not VAT-registered. So I think I have to
add my VAT to the bill or what do you thin | Samuel Murray | Apr 16 | | Translators Associations | Multiple memberships : Should I do it ? | Do any of them actually affect your credibility? | [quote]Lian Pang wrote:
I am currently a member
of ITI, but I am pondering over joining another
association. The membership fees are not cheap, so
I wonder if being a member in multiple | Samuel Murray | Apr 13 | | Money matters | Agency charging fees for payment - is this normal practice? | You don't really have a choice | [quote]John Gamble wrote:
1). Is charging for
payment, as described above, a standard practice
within the translation industry? [/quote]
No.
However, it's a free world, and if your cl | Samuel Murray | Apr 11 | | Wordfast support | Wordfast Anywhere, new multilingual U.I. Translate it and get rewards! | The UI translation's UI | [quote]Fi2 n Co wrote:
The good thing is that
Wordfast has decided to open this translation work
to the community (similarly at what ProZ.com does
to localize the website). [/quote]
| Samuel Murray | Apr 10 | | ProZ.com technical support | Censorship (Staff: two posts hidden in another forum thread as off-topic) | @Katalin | [quote]Katalin Szilárd wrote:
If I didn't write
an email to the topic starter, I would have never
figured out that she didn't report my posts, but
probably somebody from the site staff d | Samuel Murray | Apr 10 | | ProZ.com technical support | What you are working on, something strange with what Proz shows | @Sabrina | [quote]Sabrina Bruna wrote:
When I post what I am
working on, Proz shows "posted via my mobile" or
"posted via CafeTran Espresso" when I don't use my
mobile or CafeTran Espresso at all to | Samuel Murray | Apr 10 | | SDL Trados support | How can I open a return package? | Reopen project and recreate return package | [quote]Gianni Pastore wrote:
...and then create a
new return package? I am not sure you can open a
return package [/quote]
1. Yes, I do this often
when clients ask me to make further e | Samuel Murray | Apr 6 | | Legal | Translating an unaware resource without permission | @Toby | [quote]Toby Walters wrote:
I’ve contacted a
[client] who said they’d like me to translate an
online ... article ... into English so that they
can use it as a resource/cited reference | Samuel Murray | Apr 4 | | Wordfast support | TM looks empty on WFP 3 | @Milan | [quote]Milan Condak wrote:
I do not understand
the text: "When I upload the TMX file into WF,..."
[/quote]
Some non-native English users use
"upload" when they mean "load". Some nativ | Samuel Murray | Apr 4 | | Business issues | Problem with a translator working for me | @Cerise | [quote]Cerise Meladone wrote:
I got a message
from his wife, informing they had to quit France
to reach Equador, because someone of their family
died. [/quote]
Well, it's entirely poss | Samuel Murray | Apr 2 | | Business issues | Job posting and Professional Ethics at present | @Ritu | [quote]Ritu Bhanot wrote:
I do not provide work
that I did. It is a client's original work from
legal point of view. I can not send it.
[/quote]
But... you're in France, right? Then | Samuel Murray | Apr 2 | | Business issues | Job posting and Professional Ethics at present | @Ritu and @Katalin | [quote]Ritu Bhanot wrote:
A professional secret
remains a professional secret. ... Why do they
want to have a look at others' business project?
[/quote]
Perhaps they are just testing y | Samuel Murray | Apr 2 | | SDL Trados support | Where do I buy another license for Trados 2007 Freelance? | 2007 runs on Windows 7 | [quote]Robert Rietvelt wrote:
...if you are using
Trados 2007. It is made for XP, any Windows
version after that will give you problems.
[/quote]
I've had no trouble running it on
| Samuel Murray | Mar 22 | | Translator resources | Translation agencies that post assignments rather than email? | Something went wrong... fields in red are required. | [quote]Angel Llacuna wrote:
Can anyone share your
experience of working as translator for [agency
name]? [Often], when I try to claim a job, it [is]
already taken by another translator. | Samuel Murray | Mar 22 | | SDL Trados support | Where do I buy another license for Trados 2007 Freelance? | Trados 2009+ can't display context, though | [quote]Natalie wrote:
[quote]Oleg Prots wrote:
I
still have work coming in fom clients in TTXs and
ITDs.[/quote]
Studio treats old file formats
perfectly well: you work with them in Stu | Samuel Murray | Mar 22 | | Translation Theory and Practice | "mankind" determined a gender-specific word | URL? | [quote]finnword1 wrote:
Dr. Anne Scott from
Northern Arizona University has determined that
the word "mankind" is gender-specific and only
includes men.[/quote]
I googled for this but< | Samuel Murray | Mar 22 | | Internet for translators | Not coloring links in Chrome or Vivaldi | Revisited | [quote]Daniel Frisano wrote:
Does anyone know how
to set up the color of (both visited and
unvisited) links in Chrome or Vivaldi to the same
color as the rest of the text? [/quote]
Doe | Samuel Murray | Mar 20 | | Wordfast support | Is it possible to upload tranlsations already done in Wordfast anywhere? | @Francesca | [quote]Francesca Di Micco wrote:
The documents I
have translated have been saved in Word,
PowerPoint or Excel, depending on the source. All
the translations have been made using Trados bu | Samuel Murray | Mar 19 | | Money matters | Is it possible to proofread 2000 (source) words per hour? | @Jyuan | [quote]jyuan_us wrote:
[quote]M Ibrahim
wrote:
Proofreading is more difficult than
translation. [/quote]
Why is proofreading more
difficult than translation? [/quote]
Because
you | Samuel Murray | Mar 19 | | Wordfast support | Is it possible to upload tranlsations already done in Wordfast anywhere? | What other tool? | [quote]Francesca Di Micco wrote:
I have a lot of
translations already made with another tool I am
not using anymore and now I would like to use
them. [/quote]
If you tell us what that | Samuel Murray | Mar 19 | | Translator resources | Resources to translate through a server connection | What tool | [quote]elisa casaretto wrote:
I sometimes work
for a company directly through a server
connection. [/quote]
In what program do you do
the translation, then? Is this browser-based, or< | Samuel Murray | Mar 15 | | SDL Trados support | SDL Studio: I hate it, I hate it, I hate it! | Same thing (kinda) | [quote]Michael Joseph Wdowiak Beijer wrote:
I
have a permanent warning/reminder on my whiteboard
that says "NEVER USE STUDIO AGAIN!"...
[/quote]
We all make such promises to
ourse | Samuel Murray | Mar 15 | | Money matters | Is it possible to proofread 2000 (source) words per hour? | @Li | [quote]Li-Hsiang Hsu wrote:
An agency tells me
that their proofreading rate is set on the basis
of 2000 source words to proofread per hour. And
their revision checklist of 15 points to ch | Samuel Murray | Mar 15 | | Scams | New, elaborate scam scheme explained | Confidence trick, yes | [quote]Kuochoe Nikoi wrote:
It sounds like it can
be avoided fairly easily by refusing to use Johnny
Translator for this project. Even if it weren't a
scam, it would still be risky to use | Samuel Murray | Mar 9 | | Translator resources | Website translation: Adding segments live to TM | So... WYSIWIG? | [quote]Jennifer Richmond wrote:
I have translated
several websites already and usually I get my
login to WP, extract the text, translate it and
copy it in again. [/quote]
So this is a< | Samuel Murray | Mar 8 | | Proofreading / Editing / Reviewing | Proofreading a translated copy that wasn't done by us - how can I do it in CAT tools? | I know of none | [quote]PangeaLangs wrote:
The ideal way, for us,
would be to have the work displayed side by side
as following:
Column 1 - source language
Column
2 - target language (translation that w | Samuel Murray | Mar 8 | | Machine Translation (MT) | Is translation a field I can work in despite the rise of MT? | @Andrew | [quote]Andrew Dirr wrote:
I just want to be sure
I am not entering a "dying field" where there will
be literally nothing left to do in the near
future. [/quote]
I don't think the rise | Samuel Murray | Mar 7 | | ProZ.com technical support | Force forum/profile to use rectangular photo | @Robert | [quote]Robert Rietvelt wrote:
Remove/delete the
square photo????[/quote]
The photo upload
function gives me the option to upload an
additional square version specifically for areas
| Samuel Murray | Mar 7 | | CAT Tools Technical Help | Idiom Worldserver, Move to the next unconfirmed segment | How... | [quote]Yuki Okada wrote:
My Idiom version is
9.0.1.60 on Windows 10. [/quote]
Afterwards, do
tell us how on earth you managed to get it working
on Windows 10 (-: | Samuel Murray | Mar 7 | | ProZ.com technical support | Force forum/profile to use rectangular photo | | Hello
I recently updated my profile picture,
and I uploaded both a rectangular and a square
version. But now only the square version is used
in e.g. the forums and as my profile pictur | Samuel Murray | Mar 7 | | CAT Tools Technical Help | Counting segments | The Notepad method | [quote]Wilestrans wrote:
I need to know how many
segments there are in a TMX. [/quote]
Open the
TMX file in any text editor capable of reading it
as plain text, then perform a find/rep | Samuel Murray | Mar 7 | | Translation Project / Vendor Management | Makes you wonder..... | The wording is odd but the meaning is clear | [quote]Robert Rietvelt wrote:
[i]Client would be
reviewing this translation internally, so quality
is absolutely required.[/i]
Are there any
situations quality is NOT required? Not in my | Samuel Murray | Mar 7 | | ProZ.com suggestions | I don't want to be tracked | Had another look | [quote]Mirko Mainardi wrote:
The way things are
now, people have to stop what they are doing,
click a link to an external website, read
instructions on how to "opt-out" of tracking and
| Samuel Murray | Mar 6 | | ProZ.com suggestions | I don't want to be tracked | Accept | [quote]finnword1 wrote:
Merriam-Webster gives
various definitions for the word "accept" but none
of them means
"understood".
www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/
accept [/quote]
T | Samuel Murray | Mar 6 | | Scams | New, elaborate scam scheme explained | @Ettore | [quote]ettore wrote:
After some time Arnold
MoneyProvider doesn't see the purchased item,
doesn't receive replies from the seller ... and
files a complaint with the local police.
[/qu | Samuel Murray | Mar 6 | | ProZ.com suggestions | I don't want to be tracked | @Hans | [quote]Hans Lenting wrote:
When I want to close
this distracting message, I have to accept the
conditions. [/quote]
I interpret the link
"Accept and close" to mean "I understand this | Samuel Murray | Mar 6 | | Money matters | Becoming a translator? | @Verde | [quote]VerdeNorteOro wrote:
- Is there enough
work? Is it possible to work 30 hours a week
translating and 5 hours a week networking? Is that
a realistic ratio? [/quote]
No. To work 3 | Samuel Murray | Mar 5 | | CAT Tools Technical Help | Urgent help needed with alignment or alternative workflow | PlusTools, but convert your tables first | [quote]Artem Vakhitov wrote:
Can you suggest me
another good aligner (free or fully-functional
trial) [/quote]
I use PlusTools, but you're
going to have to convert those tables first | Samuel Murray | Mar 3 | | Getting established | How to avoid being born dead? | @Serge | [quote]Mair A-W (PhD) wrote:
First, you need your
potential clients to be able to find you.
[/quote]
[quote]Sheila Wilson wrote:
It seems
to me that you're focusing on what you CAN'T | Samuel Murray | Mar 2 | | Money matters | Pricing for a high volume translation project - 1,000,000 words | Some comments | [quote]serakeskin wrote:
The translation will be
... basic, probably beginner level product
descriptions for an e-commerce website. I suppose
it will be pretty repetitive in nature.
[ | Samuel Murray | Mar 2 | | SDL Trados support | ADDING LANGUAGES TO TAG EDITOR | @Itziar | [quote]ItziarVillam wrote:
I am completely new to
this! I have downloaded Trados Tag Editor,
uploaded my file but forgot to set the source and
target languages. How/where can I do it no | Samuel Murray | Mar 2 | | Localization | Looking for freeware TBX editor | About TBX's XCS files | [quote]Michael Joseph Wdowiak Beijer wrote:
It
also wouldn't open my Memsource TBX as Anchovy
needs an ".xcs" (skeleton) file. [/quote]
What
happens when you use the generic XCS file | Samuel Murray | Mar 1 | | Localization | Looking for freeware TBX editor | @Michael | [quote]Michael Joseph Wdowiak Beijer wrote:
Just
found out that "Anchovy" by maxprograms is a TBX
editor, and it's free. [/quote]
If I understand
correctly, Anchovy is not a TBX editor | Samuel Murray | Mar 1 | | ProZ.com suggestions | The option for setting language proficiencies below C1 (Europass approach) isn't helpful here | My opinion | [quote]Gerard de Noord wrote:
This made me
reconsider entering my proficiency in my source
languages on this website, where a new feature was
introduced this week.[/quote]
The new feat | Samuel Murray | Mar 1 | | Business issues | Help with understanding legalese/legal impacts (liability; agency's SLA) | The radiation case | [quote]Texte Style wrote:
[quote]Nina Esser
wrote:
@Texte Style, like Tania I'd really like
to read up on the lethal translation error you
mentioned. [/quote]
I just googled and found | Samuel Murray | Mar 1 | | Business issues | Help with understanding legalese/legal impacts (liability; agency's SLA) | @Chris | [quote]Chris S wrote:
[quote]Samuel Murray
wrote:
This clause exposes the translator to an
unknown, uncontrollable risk.[/quote]
Does it,
though?
Aren't there rules on unreasonable
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