Poll: How is the official language in your country of residence related to your translation work? Thread poster: ProZ.com Staff
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Hello, spanish is my target language. But in Spain there are 4 (main) official languages: spanish, catalonian, galician and euskera.
| | | | EvaVer (X) 
Local time: 11:38
Czech to French
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| Primary source | Jun 26, 2016 |
just now (since the beginning of this year - 50%), but it changes with time. Depends on specific projects. As a general trend, I would say it will probably remain my primary source language.
| | | | Julian Holmes
Japan
Local time: 18:38
Member (2011)
Japanese to English
"How is the official language in your country of residence ...?" 
I'm befuddled. There is only one language in Japan - Japanese. How could Japanese not be Japan's 'official' language?
A weird question for countries where only one language is spoken. Another hit-and-run Euro-centric poll by our old pal Anonymous again, I suppose.
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Klára Kalamár
Romania
Local time: 12:38
English to Hungarian
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| Secondary target | Jun 26, 2016 |
I belong to the Hungarian ethnic group from Transylvania, Romania, my mother tongue and thereby my primary target language being Hungarian. However, Romanian was and has been present in every moment of my life (learning, administration, shopping, watching TV, friends etc.), I consider myself bilingual actually, so when it comes to translation the official language of my country of residence is promoted to my secondary target language.
| | | | | There are two official languages | Jun 26, 2016 |
That alone made it impossible to answer the questions, because this makes the official languages both the primary and secondary language.
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I’m living in Portugal since September last year after a long stay in Belgium. Portugal has only one official language: Portuguese (lots of dialects, though) and I translate exclusively into my native language. Belgium has three official languages: Dutch (Flemish), French and German.
| | | | Sheila Wilson
Spain
Local time: 10:38
Member (2007)
English
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| I don't speak Spanish well | Jun 26, 2016 |
Susana E. Cano Méndez wrote:
Hello, spanish is my target language. But in Spain there are 4 (main) official languages: spanish, catalonian, galician and euskera.
And what Spanish I do speak is spoken with a Canarian/English accent and peppered with local words e.g. guagua for autobus. However, there's an enormous amount of English spoken locally (by all nationalities - we have 92 different ones registered as residents in the north of Fuerteventura) and a fair amount of French too.
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| But you do... | Jun 26, 2016 |
Sheila Wilson wrote:
And what Spanish I do speak is spoken with a Canarian/English accent and peppered with local words e.g. guagua for autobus. However, there's an enormous amount of English spoken locally (by all nationalities - we have 92 different ones registered as residents in the north of Fuerteventura) and a fair amount of French too.
The enormous number of English people here in Ibiza, speaks only English, even if they have been living here for 20+ years.
For me, "Other" is the correct answer.
| | | | Mario Freitas
Brazil
Local time: 06:38
Member (2014)
English to Portuguese
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The question limits the answers to a single possibility in a universe of many possible answers.
| | | | Mario Chavez (X)
Local time: 05:38
English to Spanish
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| Some countries don't have an official language | Jun 26, 2016 |
The United States does not have an official language, despite numerous attempts by political parties and individuals to change that.
For an outsider, American English has got to be USA's official language, but many languages, dozens of them, are spoken across the country. In practice, however, whenever you go to an ATM machine or click on the website of an American organization, you could say that English and Spanish are the official languages of the land.
Now, t... See more The United States does not have an official language, despite numerous attempts by political parties and individuals to change that.
For an outsider, American English has got to be USA's official language, but many languages, dozens of them, are spoken across the country. In practice, however, whenever you go to an ATM machine or click on the website of an American organization, you could say that English and Spanish are the official languages of the land.
Now, the question is confusing. Assuming for a moment that the “official” language is English, it is of course related to my work!
Let's hope a Japanese robot company takes over Proz, so that poll questions are better sorted!
(with greetings to Julian) ▲ Collapse
| | | | Julian Holmes
Japan
Local time: 18:38
Member (2011)
Japanese to English
| Greetings to Mario, too | Jun 26, 2016 |
Mario Chavez wrote: Let's hope a Japanese robot company takes over Proz, so that poll questions are better sorted!
Japanese robots wouldn't deign to accept such menial tasks. Besides, you don't need AI to filter out hit-and-run polls submitted by our old pal Anonymous.
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But then I speak/write/read/listen to my source and target languages every day.
| | | | Erzsébet Czopyk
Hungary
Local time: 11:38
Member (2006)
Russian to Hungarian
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SITE LOCALIZER | Greetings to Julian and Mario | Jun 27, 2016 |
Julian Holmes wrote: Mario Chavez wrote: Let's hope a Japanese robot company takes over Proz, so that poll questions are better sorted! Japanese robots wouldn't deign to accept such menial tasks. Besides, you don't need AI to filter out hit-and-run polls submitted by our old pal Anonymous.
You made my Monday morning sometimes I am wondering how much Anonymous questions...
[Edited at 2016-06-27 07:46 GMT]
[Edited at 2016-06-27 07:46 GMT]
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