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Poll: Worst phobia afflicting language professionals? | No client

Mario Freitas — Tue, 05 Dec 2017 11:42:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Worst phobia afflicting language professionals?
Poster: Mario Freitas
Post title: No client

Actually Nojobophobia, although we have plenty of regular clients.

A big phobia not mentioned in the list: Concealedreviserphobia - your translation is submitted to a reviser but you never see the undue changes they made. Yous beautiful job is sent to the client full of undue changes, and you are the one blamed for it.

Poll: Worst phobia afflicting language professionals? | Make mine a double scoop of chocolate ribbon on a waffle cone...

Robert Forstag — Wed, 29 Nov 2017 03:48:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Worst phobia afflicting language professionals?
Poster: Robert Forstag
Post title: Make mine a double scoop of chocolate ribbon on a waffle cone...

[quote]Julian Holmes wrote:

[quote]Robert Forstag wrote:

Schmaltzy-holiday-greetings-from-agencies-I-haven’t-worked-with-in-5-years-phobia [/quote]

And, invariably, they start with that super-friendly opener of all openers - "Hi, translator".
Makes you feel like Baskin-Robbins' Flavor of the Month, right? :grin: [/quote]

In a true Grinch-like spirit, I sometimes use the receipt of such greetings as an occasion to ask the agency in question to remove me from their database. :x

Poll: Worst phobia afflicting language professionals? | Proofreading Phobia!

Sundar Gopalakrishnan — Wed, 29 Nov 2017 03:13:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Worst phobia afflicting language professionals?
Poster: Sundar Gopalakrishnan
Post title: Proofreading Phobia!

Proofreading phobia!
TestTranslationphobia!

Poll: Worst phobia afflicting language professionals? | Definitely a yes for this one

Julian Holmes — Wed, 29 Nov 2017 01:07:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Worst phobia afflicting language professionals?
Poster: Julian Holmes
Post title: Definitely a yes for this one

[quote]Robert Forstag wrote:

Schmaltzy-holiday-greetings-from-agencies-I-haven’t-worked-with-in-5-years-phobia [/quote]

And, invariably, they start with that super-friendly opener of all openers - "Hi, translator".
Makes you feel like Baskin-Robbins' Flavor of the Month, right? :grin:

Poll: Worst phobia afflicting language professionals? | Definitely Missedeadlinephobia

Paul Malone — Tue, 28 Nov 2017 20:56:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Worst phobia afflicting language professionals?
Poster: Paul Malone
Post title: Definitely Missedeadlinephobia

I fully agree with you, Romina, I cannot think of anything worse! I'm surprised so few people voted for it ;-)

Poll: Worst phobia afflicting language professionals? | I could never deal with Missedeadlinephobia

Romina Pérez Escorihuela — Tue, 28 Nov 2017 19:59:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Worst phobia afflicting language professionals?
Poster: Romina Pérez Escorihuela
Post title: I could never deal with Missedeadlinephobia

I guess I could handle any of the aforementioned phobias, but... missing a deadline SERIOUSLY affects my professional reputation, my state of mind, my soul and my mental health!

Poll: Worst phobia afflicting language professionals? | Other

Elizabeth Tamblin (X) — Tue, 28 Nov 2017 18:32:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Worst phobia afflicting language professionals?
Poster: Elizabeth Tamblin (X)
Post title: Other

We all have our own special foibles.

Poll: Worst phobia afflicting language professionals? | Painintheeyephobia

Mónica Algazi — Tue, 28 Nov 2017 18:26:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Worst phobia afflicting language professionals?
Poster: Mónica Algazi
Post title: Painintheeyephobia

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Poll: Worst phobia afflicting language professionals? | Tough call

Robert Forstag — Tue, 28 Nov 2017 14:53:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Worst phobia afflicting language professionals?
Poster: Robert Forstag
Post title: Tough call

Several are right up there:

90-day-payment-plus-low-rate-phobia
Chronic-colleague-antagonism-on-Kudoz-phobia
Syrupy-PM-phobia

And, for something in keeping with the season:

Schmaltzy-holiday-greetings-from-agencies-I-haven’t-worked-with-in-5-years-phobia

Poll: Worst phobia afflicting language professionals? | Hahahahah!

Mario Chavez (X) — Tue, 28 Nov 2017 14:34:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Worst phobia afflicting language professionals?
Poster: Mario Chavez (X)
Post title: Hahahahah!

[quote]Fiona Grace Peterson wrote:

OhGodNotAnotherRidiculousProzPollaphobia gets my vote [/quote]

What I got is not a phobia, more like IwanttopunchAnonymousPollsterindafacemania

:D

Poll: Worst phobia afflicting language professionals? | Mistakephobia

John Fossey — Tue, 28 Nov 2017 13:57:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Worst phobia afflicting language professionals?
Poster: John Fossey
Post title: Mistakephobia

Not to say that any mistakes get through, but the fear of making a mistake on critical documents should motivate every professional to take special care to double check their work.

Unfortunately, when I have had to outsource work I have too often found that colleagues don't always double check their work and mistakes get through - I mean serious mistakes in transferring meaning, not mere typos and grammar.

I'm surprised this wasn't one of the options.

Poll: Worst phobia afflicting language professionals? | Subpeanutsrateophobia

Paul Dixon — Tue, 28 Nov 2017 13:26:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Worst phobia afflicting language professionals?
Poster: Paul Dixon
Post title: Subpeanutsrateophobia

The worst of all is Subpeanutsrateophobia. A new development in PT/EN translation here in Brazil is: Ispentaweekindisneyandilldoitforfreeophobia.

Poll: Worst phobia afflicting language professionals? | This would get my vote too!

writeaway — Tue, 28 Nov 2017 13:25:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Worst phobia afflicting language professionals?
Poster: writeaway
Post title: This would get my vote too!

[quote]Fiona Grace Peterson wrote:

OhGodNotAnotherRidiculousProzPollaphobia gets my vote [/quote]

For sure :roll:

Poll: Worst phobia afflicting language professionals? | None of the above

Fiona Grace Peterson — Tue, 28 Nov 2017 12:31:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Worst phobia afflicting language professionals?
Poster: Fiona Grace Peterson
Post title: None of the above

OhGodNotAnotherRidiculousProzPollaphobia gets my vote

Poll: Worst phobia afflicting language professionals? | No fun

Ian Keith Jones Williams — Tue, 28 Nov 2017 11:50:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Worst phobia afflicting language professionals?
Poster: Ian Keith Jones Williams
Post title: No fun

It's no fun if you vote for "some or all of the above". You have to choose one. Take some of these polls with a pinch of salt and a light heart.

Poll: Worst phobia afflicting language professionals? | Agree!

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida — Tue, 28 Nov 2017 10:27:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Worst phobia afflicting language professionals?
Poster: Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Post title: Agree!

[quote]Jack Doughty wrote:

In particular, phobia against polls which don't enable us to vote for "some or all of the above" where apropriate. [/quote]

I'd like to add atelophobia to the list...

[Edited at 2017-11-28 13:40 GMT]

Poll: Worst phobia afflicting language professionals? | Agree!

Carla Catolino — Tue, 28 Nov 2017 10:23:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Worst phobia afflicting language professionals?
Poster: Carla Catolino
Post title: Agree!

[quote]Jack Doughty wrote:

In particular, phobia against polls which don't enable us to vote for "some or all of the above" where apropriate. [/quote]

Poll: Worst phobia afflicting language professionals? | Other

neilmac — Tue, 28 Nov 2017 10:15:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Worst phobia afflicting language professionals?
Poster: neilmac
Post title: Other

Non-native-marketbusterophobia would be high on my list…
PS: Ditto what Jack said.

Poll: Worst phobia afflicting language professionals? | Yes, anonymouspollphobia

Jack Doughty — Tue, 28 Nov 2017 09:35:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Worst phobia afflicting language professionals?
Poster: Jack Doughty
Post title: Yes, anonymouspollphobia

In particular, phobia against polls which don't enable us to vote for "some or all of the above" where apropriate.

Poll: Worst phobia afflicting language professionals? | True

Thayenga — Tue, 28 Nov 2017 09:09:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Worst phobia afflicting language professionals?
Poster: Thayenga
Post title: True

[quote]Julian Holmes wrote:

Anonymouspollphobia [/quote]
Since this is a pretty good question, why doesn't that person display her/his name? Or is this anonymous a hint at the invisible translator? :-?

Poll: Worst phobia afflicting language professionals? | Other

Julian Holmes — Tue, 28 Nov 2017 08:33:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Worst phobia afflicting language professionals?
Poster: Julian Holmes
Post title: Other

Anonymouspollphobia

Poll: Worst phobia afflicting language professionals?

ProZ.com Staff — Tue, 28 Nov 2017 08:10:02 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Worst phobia afflicting language professionals?
Poster: ProZ.com Staff

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