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So, machine translator, I have this alphabetical list of contributors in French. Some of them have official English names, some don’t. I need you to go through them, determine which have English names, replace FR with EN where appropriate, and put the new list in alphabetical order. Oh, and if there are any errors in the French names, I want you to correct them. You can do that, right?
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Machine translator? Hello?
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So, machine translator, I have this alphabetical list of contributors in French. Some of them have official English names, some don’t. I need you to go through them, determine which have English names, replace FR with EN where appropriate, and put the new list in alphabetical order. Oh, and if there are any errors in the French names, I want you to correct them. You can do that, right?
🦗🦗🦗
Machine translator? Hello?
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So, machine translator, I have this alphabetical list of contributors in French. Some of them have official English names, some don’t. I need you to go through them, determine which have English names, replace FR with EN where appropriate, and put the new list in alphabetical order. Oh, and if there are any errors in the French names, I want you to correct them. You can do that, right?
🦗🦗🦗
Machine translator? Hello?
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So, machine translator, I have this alphabetical list of contributors in French. Some of them have official English names, some don’t. I need you to go through them, determine which have English names, replace FR with EN where appropriate, and put the new list in alphabetical order. Oh, and if there are any errors in the French names, I want you to correct them. You can do that, right?
🦗🦗🦗
Machine translator? Hello?
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Question for my fellow freelance translators: Do you do post-editing or do you refuse on principle? If you do take post-editing work, do you charge a higher hourly rate (than, say, for revising layout proofs of your own work)?
I've managed to avoid post-editing thus far, but a long-time client just asked me to proof a document they "translated internally." Not quite sure what to do going forward.
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Question for my fellow freelance translators: Do you do post-editing or do you refuse on principle? If you do take post-editing work, do you charge a higher hourly rate (than, say, for revising layout proofs of your own work)?
I've managed to avoid post-editing thus far, but a long-time client just asked me to proof a document they "translated internally." Not quite sure what to do going forward.
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Question for my fellow freelance translators: Do you do post-editing or do you refuse on principle? If you do take post-editing work, do you charge a higher hourly rate (than, say, for revising layout proofs of your own work)?
I've managed to avoid post-editing thus far, but a long-time client just asked me to proof a document they "translated internally." Not quite sure what to do going forward.
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Question for my fellow freelance translators: Do you do post-editing or do you refuse on principle? If you do take post-editing work, do you charge a higher hourly rate (than, say, for revising layout proofs of your own work)?
I've managed to avoid post-editing thus far, but a long-time client just asked me to proof a document they "translated internally." Not quite sure what to do going forward.
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Just to give you an idea of the kind of BS this PM is shovelling at me: I'm translating the subtitles for a video. In this case, there will be parallel FR and EN subtitles. At one point, I translated “toute sorte” as “all sorts" and the PM wants me to use a singular idiom "so that people don't think there's a mistake in the French subtitles.”
Please, God, on the off chance you exist, take me now.
(OK, I'll stop now.)
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Just to give you an idea of the kind of BS this PM is shovelling at me: I'm translating the subtitles for a video. In this case, there will be parallel FR and EN subtitles. At one point, I translated “toute sorte” as “all sorts" and the PM wants me to use a singular idiom "so that people don't think there's a mistake in the French subtitles.”
Please, God, on the off chance you exist, take me now.
(OK, I'll stop now.)
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Just to give you an idea of the kind of BS this PM is shovelling at me: I'm translating the subtitles for a video. In this case, there will be parallel FR and EN subtitles. At one point, I translated “toute sorte” as “all sorts" and the PM wants me to use a singular idiom "so that people don't think there's a mistake in the French subtitles.”
Please, God, on the off chance you exist, take me now.
(OK, I'll stop now.)
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Just to give you an idea of the kind of BS this PM is shovelling at me: I'm translating the subtitles for a video. In this case, there will be parallel FR and EN subtitles. At one point, I translated “toute sorte” as “all sorts" and the PM wants me to use a singular idiom "so that people don't think there's a mistake in the French subtitles.”
Please, God, on the off chance you exist, take me now.
(OK, I'll stop now.)
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Just to give you an idea of the kind of BS this PM is shovelling at me: I'm translating the subtitles for a video. In this case, there will be parallel FR and EN subtitles. At one point, I translated “toute sorte” as “all sorts" and the PM wants me to use a singular idiom "so that people don't think there's a mistake in the French subtitles.”
Please, God, on the off chance you exist, take me now.
(OK, I'll stop now.)
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❗ #selfpromotion ❗
🇬🇧🇸🇰 Hit me if you need me.
#xl8 #xl8freelancer #translation #preklady #TranslationServices
#transcreation #localisation #legal #business #marketing #PressReleases #social and more -
❗ #selfpromotion ❗
🇬🇧🇸🇰 Hit me if you need me.
#xl8 #xl8freelancer #translation #preklady #TranslationServices
#transcreation #localisation #legal #business #marketing #PressReleases #social and more -
❗ #selfpromotion ❗
🇬🇧🇸🇰 Hit me if you need me.
#xl8 #xl8freelancer #translation #preklady #TranslationServices
#transcreation #localisation #legal #business #marketing #PressReleases #social and more -
❗ #selfpromotion ❗
🇬🇧🇸🇰 Hit me if you need me.
#xl8 #xl8freelancer #translation #preklady #TranslationServices
#transcreation #localisation #legal #business #marketing #PressReleases #social and more -
Where the fuck is your office? At Income Tax? Strange name for a place.
#Translation #Translator #translationblunders #LSP #xl8freelancer #TranslationMarket #TranslationAgency #Localisation
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Where the fuck is your office? At Income Tax? Strange name for a place.
#Translation #Translator #translationblunders #LSP #xl8freelancer #TranslationMarket #TranslationAgency #Localisation
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Where the fuck is your office? At Income Tax? Strange name for a place.
#Translation #Translator #translationblunders #LSP #xl8freelancer #TranslationMarket #TranslationAgency #Localisation
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Where the fuck is your office? At Income Tax? Strange name for a place.
#Translation #Translator #translationblunders #LSP #xl8freelancer #TranslationMarket #TranslationAgency #Localisation
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Dear client,
If you email me on Wednesday afternoon asking if I can translate a two-page document for EOD Thursday, and I reply that, yes, it's possible, as long as I get the document by noon, have the courtesy to confirm that you will or will not be booking my Thursday afternoon. I know we're all busy, but geez, how much effort is it to fire off an email.
Grr.
Sorry, peeps. Thanks for indulging my rant.
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Dear client,
If you email me on Wednesday afternoon asking if I can translate a two-page document for EOD Thursday, and I reply that, yes, it's possible, as long as I get the document by noon, have the courtesy to confirm that you will or will not be booking my Thursday afternoon. I know we're all busy, but geez, how much effort is it to fire off an email.
Grr.
Sorry, peeps. Thanks for indulging my rant.
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Dear client,
If you email me on Wednesday afternoon asking if I can translate a two-page document for EOD Thursday, and I reply that, yes, it's possible, as long as I get the document by noon, have the courtesy to confirm that you will or will not be booking my Thursday afternoon. I know we're all busy, but geez, how much effort is it to fire off an email.
Grr.
Sorry, peeps. Thanks for indulging my rant.
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Dear client,
If you email me on Wednesday afternoon asking if I can translate a two-page document for EOD Thursday, and I reply that, yes, it's possible, as long as I get the document by noon, have the courtesy to confirm that you will or will not be booking my Thursday afternoon. I know we're all busy, but geez, how much effort is it to fire off an email.
Grr.
Sorry, peeps. Thanks for indulging my rant.
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I was wondering why I was feeling uneasy about this document – no red squiggly lines anywhere. It was eerie.
Turns out, the client sent this MS Word document with with spelling and grammar set to “Hide Spelling Errors/Hide Grammar Errors."
Seriously, there should be a special place in hell….
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I was wondering why I was feeling uneasy about this document – no red squiggly lines anywhere. It was eerie.
Turns out, the client sent this MS Word document with with spelling and grammar set to “Hide Spelling Errors/Hide Grammar Errors."
Seriously, there should be a special place in hell….
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I was wondering why I was feeling uneasy about this document – no red squiggly lines anywhere. It was eerie.
Turns out, the client sent this MS Word document with with spelling and grammar set to “Hide Spelling Errors/Hide Grammar Errors."
Seriously, there should be a special place in hell….
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I was wondering why I was feeling uneasy about this document – no red squiggly lines anywhere. It was eerie.
Turns out, the client sent this MS Word document with with spelling and grammar set to “Hide Spelling Errors/Hide Grammar Errors."
Seriously, there should be a special place in hell….
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I was wondering why I was feeling uneasy about this document – no red squiggly lines anywhere. It was eerie.
Turns out, the client sent this MS Word document with with spelling and grammar set to “Hide Spelling Errors/Hide Grammar Errors."
Seriously, there should be a special place in hell….
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Personal and household services workers, my ass.
I guess they were called aides and servants in the past.#NowTranslating #PHS #DomesticStaff #xl8 #translation #xl8freelancer
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Personal and household services workers, my ass.
I guess they were called aides and servants in the past.#NowTranslating #PHS #DomesticStaff #xl8 #translation #xl8freelancer
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Personal and household services workers, my ass.
I guess they were called aides and servants in the past.#NowTranslating #PHS #DomesticStaff #xl8 #translation #xl8freelancer
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Probably the only good thing about #PhraseTM will no longer be available after October 2024.
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Probably the only good thing about #PhraseTM will no longer be available after October 2024.
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Probably the only good thing about #PhraseTM will no longer be available after October 2024.
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This is also me, when beer arrives.
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This is also me, when beer arrives.
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This is also me, when beer arrives.
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Už sa to blíži.
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Už sa to blíži.
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Už sa to blíži.
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"Job description:
A #translator in the livestock industry plays a crucial role in ensuring accurate #communication across #language barriers. They #translate #documents, #breeding, and #health, ensuring #terminology is precise."I'd like very much apply, but even though I'm good #AF, I got no clue how to translate breeding and health. Documents, I can manage.
#xl8 #translators #xl8or #xl8freelancer #translatorslife #translatorsunite #TranslatorHumor
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"Job description:
A #translator in the livestock industry plays a crucial role in ensuring accurate #communication across #language barriers. They #translate #documents, #breeding, and #health, ensuring #terminology is precise."I'd like very much apply, but even though I'm good #AF, I got no clue how to translate breeding and health. Documents, I can manage.
#xl8 #translators #xl8or #xl8freelancer #translatorslife #translatorsunite #TranslatorHumor
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"Job description:
A #translator in the livestock industry plays a crucial role in ensuring accurate #communication across #language barriers. They #translate #documents, #breeding, and #health, ensuring #terminology is precise."I'd like very much apply, but even though I'm good #AF, I got no clue how to translate breeding and health. Documents, I can manage.
#xl8 #translators #xl8or #xl8freelancer #translatorslife #translatorsunite #TranslatorHumor
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"Čo by pre #RTVS znamenalo zníženie príspevku z rozpočtu bez kompenzácií? Podľa vedenia telerozhlasu napríklad obmedzenie či prípadné úplné zrušenie staníc RTVS :24 a :Šport, obmedzenie vlastnej tvorby či podstatné znižovanie počtu zamestnancov."
Vládnej koalícii určite nebude vadiť znižovanie počtu zamestnancov verejnoprávnych médií. Oni predsa majú vlastné dôveryhodné informačné kanály ako #HlavnéSprávy #Infovojna #TVSlovan #ZemAVek #SlobodnýVysielač či #ObčianskyTribunál ☠️
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#DezinfoScéna #VerejnoprávneMédiá #AlternatívneMédiá #vládaSR -
"Čo by pre #RTVS znamenalo zníženie príspevku z rozpočtu bez kompenzácií? Podľa vedenia telerozhlasu napríklad obmedzenie či prípadné úplné zrušenie staníc RTVS :24 a :Šport, obmedzenie vlastnej tvorby či podstatné znižovanie počtu zamestnancov."
Vládnej koalícii určite nebude vadiť znižovanie počtu zamestnancov verejnoprávnych médií. Oni predsa majú vlastné dôveryhodné informačné kanály ako #HlavnéSprávy #Infovojna #TVSlovan #ZemAVek #SlobodnýVysielač či #ObčianskyTribunál ☠️
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#dezinfo #infosecurity #dezinformácie #hoax #hoaxy
#DezinfoScéna #VerejnoprávneMédiá #AlternatívneMédiá #vládaSR -
"Čo by pre #RTVS znamenalo zníženie príspevku z rozpočtu bez kompenzácií? Podľa vedenia telerozhlasu napríklad obmedzenie či prípadné úplné zrušenie staníc RTVS :24 a :Šport, obmedzenie vlastnej tvorby či podstatné znižovanie počtu zamestnancov."
Vládnej koalícii určite nebude vadiť znižovanie počtu zamestnancov verejnoprávnych médií. Oni predsa majú vlastné dôveryhodné informačné kanály ako #HlavnéSprávy #Infovojna #TVSlovan #ZemAVek #SlobodnýVysielač či #ObčianskyTribunál ☠️
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#dezinfo #infosecurity #dezinformácie #hoax #hoaxy
#DezinfoScéna #VerejnoprávneMédiá #AlternatívneMédiá #vládaSR -
My year with Mastodon (#MastodonWrapped)
A new post on my website.#boost #share #boosting #reblogging #sharing #ForYou #HowTo #FediTips #Gargron #MastoTips #JohnMastodon
#xl8freelancerhttp://tomasdonoval.com/2023/12/03/my-year-with-mastodon-mastodon-wrapped/
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My year with Mastodon (#MastodonWrapped)
A new post on my website.#boost #share #boosting #reblogging #sharing #ForYou #HowTo #FediTips #Gargron #MastoTips #JohnMastodon
#xl8freelancerhttp://tomasdonoval.com/2023/12/03/my-year-with-mastodon-mastodon-wrapped/
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My year with Mastodon (#MastodonWrapped)
A new post on my website.#boost #share #boosting #reblogging #sharing #ForYou #HowTo #FediTips #Gargron #MastoTips #JohnMastodon
#xl8freelancerhttp://tomasdonoval.com/2023/12/03/my-year-with-mastodon-mastodon-wrapped/
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I can’t think of anything else that upsets me about #Mastodon so I might just as well get back to the boosting issue.I have a suggestion of the “what if” sort this time. What if your #home #timeline also showed #toots #favorited by the people you #follow. Wouldn’t it be nice to boost the boosting function this way and give an extra power-up to the content #distribution?
Ok, I may not be the first to come up with this idea. Maybe it has already been tested and proved technically unfeasible. But still, what if....
#boost #share #boosting #reblogging #sharing #ForYou #HowTo #FediTips #Gargron #MastoTips #JohnMastodon
#xl8freelancer -
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I can’t think of anything else that upsets me about #Mastodon so I might just as well get back to the boosting issue.I have a suggestion of the “what if” sort this time. What if your #home #timeline also showed #toots #favorited by the people you #follow. Wouldn’t it be nice to boost the boosting function this way and give an extra power-up to the content #distribution?
Ok, I may not be the first to come up with this idea. Maybe it has already been tested and proved technically unfeasible. But still, what if....
#boost #share #boosting #reblogging #sharing #ForYou #HowTo #FediTips #Gargron #MastoTips #JohnMastodon
#xl8freelancer -
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I can’t think of anything else that upsets me about #Mastodon so I might just as well get back to the boosting issue.I have a suggestion of the “what if” sort this time. What if your #home #timeline also showed #toots #favorited by the people you #follow. Wouldn’t it be nice to boost the boosting function this way and give an extra power-up to the content #distribution?
Ok, I may not be the first to come up with this idea. Maybe it has already been tested and proved technically unfeasible. But still, what if....
#boost #share #boosting #reblogging #sharing #ForYou #HowTo #FediTips #Gargron #MastoTips #JohnMastodon
#xl8freelancer -
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I can’t think of anything else that upsets me about #Mastodon so I might just as well get back to the boosting issue.I have a suggestion of the “what if” sort this time. What if your #home #timeline also showed #toots #favorited by the people you #follow. Wouldn’t it be nice to boost the boosting function this way and give an extra power-up to the content #distribution?
Ok, I may not be the first to come up with this idea. Maybe it has already been tested and proved technically unfeasible. But still, what if....
#boost #share #boosting #reblogging #sharing #ForYou #HowTo #FediTips #Gargron #MastoTips #JohnMastodon
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Then there is the ‘For you’ tab in Search that shows #suggested profiles to #follow.
This would be a very useful tool if it worked. However, unless you follow them all, it keeps showing the same profiles, presumably forever. At least that’s my experience. I did it once shortly after I had joined Mastodon, the suggested profiles refreshed .... and have since remained unchanged.
Maybe some more seasoned #Mastodonians know if this is a #bug or a #feature.
#boost #share #boosting #reblogging #sharing #ForYou #HowTo #FediTips #Gargron #MastoTips #JohnMastodon
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Then there is the ‘For you’ tab in Search that shows #suggested profiles to #follow.
This would be a very useful tool if it worked. However, unless you follow them all, it keeps showing the same profiles, presumably forever. At least that’s my experience. I did it once shortly after I had joined Mastodon, the suggested profiles refreshed .... and have since remained unchanged.
Maybe some more seasoned #Mastodonians know if this is a #bug or a #feature.
#boost #share #boosting #reblogging #sharing #ForYou #HowTo #FediTips #Gargron #MastoTips #JohnMastodon
#xl8freelancer