Poll: When translating, do you ever find yourself gesturing to find the word you're looking for? Postavljač teme: ProZ.com Staff
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This forum topic is for the discussion of the poll question "When translating, do you ever find yourself gesturing to find the word you're looking for?".
This poll was originally submitted by Ma. Fernanda Blesa
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Because I haven't the faintest idea!
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filipa ceia 
Local time: 16:28
njemački na portugalski
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I snap my fingers and when things are really bad I swear a lot!!
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Fiona Stephenson
Ujedinjeno Kraljevstvo
Local time: 16:28
portugalski na engleski
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| gesturing when translating | Mar 6, 2007 |
Presumably this question refers to written translation, and not spoken interpretation. No, I don't gesture as I would when communicating with somebody in front of me, unless you mean the "racking the brains" type of gesture!
Fiona
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PAS
Local time: 17:28
poljski na engleski
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| oh, stuff this! | Mar 6, 2007 |
Maybe I don't gesture to find words, but boy, do I gesture a lot when the source document is bad! And say rude things. And swivel around in my chair.... and....
Pawel Skalinski
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And funnily enough, at other times, like this morning when my new Trados went into demo mode and could not find my licence.... I can find the most amazing words, which the Moderators would remove at once if I wrote them here!
I read a proof on paper, took a deep breath and browsed...
and it worked!
Still have not had the courage to try Multiterm, though!
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| Just like Marcel Marceau (I wish!) :D | Mar 6, 2007 |
It happens to me all the time, but I was caught while doing it the other day and got laughed at for about half an hour LOL
Great feeling when you find the word though, makes the ridicule worth its while
Nice knowing that I'm not alone
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Textklick
Local time: 16:28
njemački na engleski
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U sjećanje
Yes - in the absence of the Berlin Philharmonic, you have to have someone to conduct, so why not a PC?
Seriously, I know exactly what you mean. I also know the "songsheet" that others sing from!
I also read final versions out loud (I think that was mentioned before in another forum - "Who are you talking to, dear?").
Are we not entitled to our quirks? Others are.
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Chris ... See more Yes - in the absence of the Berlin Philharmonic, you have to have someone to conduct, so why not a PC?
Seriously, I know exactly what you mean. I also know the "songsheet" that others sing from!
I also read final versions out loud (I think that was mentioned before in another forum - "Who are you talking to, dear?").
Are we not entitled to our quirks? Others are.
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Because I snap my fingers when something is at the tip of my tongue but refuses to come out. On the other hand, I talk a lot, which helps me find the right word and to see if my sentence sounds good
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Andrea Riffo
Čile
Local time: 12:28
engleski na španjolski
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Textklick wrote:
I also read final versions out loud (I think that was mentioned before in another forum - "Who are you talking to, dear?").
I do the whole thinking process aloud and don't even notice, as in "I know that word... I've seen it before... mmm, what was it [tapping my nose]... come on, you [meaning, myself]can do it... [add 5 more minutes]".
Most of the times it doesn't matter, since there's no one nearby... but I worked as inhouse translator for a year and one of my former colleagues -who is now a very close friend- recently confessed that he and others were a little bit afraid of me the first months because they feared I had some kind of personality disorder.
They eventualy reached the conclusion that I do have one, but that it's not as serious (or dangerous) as they initially thought
Greetings all
Andrea
PS: I just visited the thread that Claudia started a couple of months ago... I feel oddly comforted, knowing I'm not the only one who suffers from some sort of translators' DID .
[Edited at 2007-03-07 04:04]
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Tomas Burda
Local time: 17:28
Član (2006)
engleski na njemački
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| I do not know... | Mar 7, 2007 |
I have not been using the web cam for ages. Nobody observes me. BIG brother remains to be a vision about the 80's from the 50's...
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and I verbalise the thinking process too. And that's why I like working at home, that's just the way I work
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