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I think perhaps there are a few too many negative comments regarding the calendar, but I do actually really like it and I think it's a good idea... there are however a few flaws.
Someti
I think that a criterion of being a Proz 'Pro' is that you should (must) try and keep your calendar up-to-date, in line with the good citizenship rules and site conditions. Obviously, Proz
I used to have a picture of myself in a T-shirt cuddling my two sons until someone kindly pointed out that although "very nice" it just wasn't professional. I had another one after that wh
[quote]Yolanda Broad wrote:
(1) commissioned work has been completed in full and delivered on time...
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I'm aware of the rules and that is exactly my point and the reason
Hi,
Today I was offered a small job by an agency with an impeccable Blue Board record. Most of the posted comments were virtually identical: "Excellent agency, almost INSTANT paymen
[quote]neilmac wrote:
I'm concerned about clients who think that they can quite justifiably "translate" a text using Google translate or other MT SW like the supremely naff Babylon then
It's a question I've been mentally asking myself for a long time, i.e. every time I tab to an electronic dictionary or to an outsourced website or a TM or an MT resource or whatever: 'am I
You don't dub audio in Sweden? You are blessed, I can assure you. Here in Brazil EVERYTHING is dubbed to hell, from CSI New York/Miami to Doctor House to Smallville to Supernatural, even W
I'd say a 'rather' important role. I nearly always read books in Portuguese, the TV is ALWAYS on (and I have to frequently turn it off - those pesky kids :) ) and I sometimes watch films i
Is there any way you can plug a third-party mouse into the Mac and test that things work properly when not using the trackpad?
Eliminate the trackpad from the equation.
If a separate
Put it this way... you have to manage YOURSELF - including your time, habits, discipline, etc... If you're good at that then you're going to be ok on stress issues.
Whatever way you look
I don't use any of them.
Let me think... I registered on MySpace a few years back and quickly got bored and couldn't see the point. I get occasional messages from other Facebook/whateve
I'm still waiting for somebody to post something ridiculous like '12' or '18' monitors.
e.g. "I live in an encapsulated world of monitors and really enjoy a personalised sphere-like
As we've already seen, the Proz 'Pro' initiative was set up as a great opportunity to directly tackle such issues such as market price-slashing, but it hasn't really worked out.
Once y
This is a good question.
I don't think I'm going to be working at midnight tonight - New Year's Eve! But will I be working today and tomorrow? Sure, if there's work around.
I vis
The most frustrating is (a lack of) 'My Availability'. I've had to refuse consecutive jobs in the past from one of my preferred agencies, subsequently taken as an offence and as a refusal<
I don't mind Excel or Powerpoint - there are ways of getting round these sort of docs, such as TagEditor for example, and I simply like using them.
However, I deplore scanned PDF files
The thing is, Paul, you have a name which is double-Dutch / Greek / Aramaic in Brazil. I'm surprised no-one's come up with Dickson yet - or would that be too 'English'?
I particularly
[quote]Ikram Mahyuddin wrote:
That so far about 35% of this poll's voters don't have children is rather suprising me. Does it mean anything? [/quote]
Actually, it's more than 40% now
Whenever there's a financial crisis or an economic downturn there tends to be a general reshuffle which means that the stakes get higher. We need to work harder and sometimes take on 'shit
When I consider the amount of hours I have to work during a heavy working week - let's say 70 to 80 hours, I whimsically consider what I could/used to earn doing a normal 9-5 job, plus the
[quote]Amy Duncan wrote:
Depends on what you mean by "have." Most of my dictionaries are on-line. [/quote]
I honestly think that using on-line / computer-based dictionaries is more
Actually, it's quite embarrassing; I live in Belém in the state of Pará, north Brazil, where it's not uncommon to have several power outages in a single day. However, I never lose any da
...but not any more because it's not financially viable.
I can't support my wife and children on the salary of an English teacher - I've tried and it's not feasible. There's too much ti
[quote]Wil Hardman wrote:
I much prefer celebrating the birthdays of others! I would never, for example, work on my son's birthday. [/quote]
I only care about my own birthday in a
If you never read translated books or other forms of media (in my case, Portuguese) you're never going to get out of your personal comfort zone - always resorting to your native language f
[quote]Catherine Knight wrote:
is my homepage. But the first thing I look at is usually my e-mail. [/quote]
I, likewise, use the BBC as my first point of call every day.
[quote]Luisa Ramos wrote:
It was good enough as it was but it is now "Match entire phrase" to the right of the Search button. Conspicuous enough but, contradictorily, hard to see, as yo
I have been using the Kudoz search facility for a few years now and I've grown accustomed to it and find it very useful.
However, I would just like to add that the need to put a string
There are simply not enough hours in the day to take on that much work. I state in my profile that my 'max' level is 3000 words per day, and I stick to it.
Of COURSE I can do more than
[quote]Russell Jones wrote:
Another annoying feature is that the "Search" button is often out of view due to the advert above the search box. This was resolved some time ago after a fo
[quote]Sam21 wrote:
The good golden rule that really grasped my attention here, esp. from Mary Worby, is never to marry.
&
I learned ... "Marriage! Danger ... Keep out!"
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My Internet connection speed over here in the back-of-beyond isn't that good anyway, so being stuck on a TM server, waiting to log on, waiting for each TM to update, getting cut off at ver
As a ratio on usage levels of both Skype and MSN, I would say:
Skype - 75%
MSN - 25%
Needless to say, I prefer Skype. A rather classy chat program.
Richard.
I have my own custom built Microsoft Access database which gets added to every time I start a new translation, without exception.
I like being able to open it whenever I choose and add<
I think that translating songs or verses is a normal part of everyday life, but I've never translated a complete song professionally, for money. I've translated various transcribed dia
I keep my files forever, backed-up onto a second hard disk, with important files (i.e. the ones I am currently working on) sent to my FTP server (off-site) at night, just in case there is
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So, please, staff, stop the at least the GB Eng>>Swe questions, we just don't have time or resources to deal with it.
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I have to disagree.
If the GBK system doesn'
I often end up working on Sundays and am pretty used to it by now, so is my family, but if I could have one guaranteed day off per week, it would be Sunday.
It's a nice day to relax and
Well first of all, YEHAAAW, DARN GOOD IDEA !!!
It's early days, but this innovation is surely going to improve on a number of basic flaws present in the current kudoz system, such as:
The facts are simple; we are translators and we are not tied to the rules and regulations of standard society - we can live wherever we choose. However, I do think it's really helpful to l
[quote]Simon Cole wrote:[/quote]
Hi Simon,
You need to be really firm and simply not accept any more jobs from this customer until they clear up their debts. I sympathise with you, as
I'd like to compliment Todd on a great post. Very imaginative.
Probably the hardest thing to deal with is trying to fill in those spare moments between jobs but at the same time trying
I don't go out much during the day, I dare not.
I live in the tropics where the the humidity during the day can reach as high as 80%. It's impossible to work professionally in those
[quote]Amy Duncan wrote:
BUT.....tomorrow I am moving back to Rio de Janeiro...yayayayayayayayay! I'll be living three blocks from Copacabana beach, so I'll be sure to get out a LOT mor
I sense a little bit of wry cynicism in this question. Yes, I'm a total weird geekoid who hasn't seen the sun in a decade, lol. Forgive my sarcasm.
What is the real question?
"How
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