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| Poll Discussion | Poll: A great one-week vacation and a very high-paying job come concurrently. What do you do? | Self-confessed geek | I replied "take the job" without a moment's
hesitation then felt a bit sad because my answer
shows just how much I love working.
But is that
really such a bad thing?!
And anyway..the< | Audrey Pate | Oct 15, 2016 | | ProZ.com: Translator Coop | Announcing the ProZ.com community choice awards, now open for nominations | Where can I see the winners? | Dear Jared,
Where can I see the winners? Or
haven't they been picked yet?
Audrey | Audrey Pate | Sep 25, 2013 | | Poll Discussion | Poll: Do you dedicate time for learning outside of your working hours? | Constantly learning | As the mother of two teenage daughters I learn
something new every day.
Recently I learned
that when travelling by bus it is just not cool to
hold on with two hands instead of one, as t | Audrey Pate | Jul 11, 2013 | | Software applications | Wanted: advice on recording the spoken version of a translation. | Thanks Tristan | Wow, was it really that simple? I just tried it
out and you're right: the quality is not great but
that's probably because my microphone is built-in
and not very good. I think I'll buy a d | Audrey Pate | May 23, 2013 | | Software applications | Wanted: advice on recording the spoken version of a translation. | | I have been asked to translate a text and also
provide a voice recording of the finished piece to
help the customer understand how it should be
pronounced.
Can anyone recommend the best | Audrey Pate | May 23, 2013 | | Poll Discussion | Poll: Do you ever watch TV while you work? | I beg to differ | [quote]Alexander Kupriyanchuk
wrote:
Multitasking in humans has been
described by neuroscience as a bad and stupid, if
not impossible, thing to practice :roll:.
If
you watch TV w | Audrey Pate | May 8, 2013 | | Poll Discussion | Poll: Have you built a good network of fellow translators in your area? | No, but I would like to... | I only know a few translators but would like to
build up a bigger network of contacts for the same
reasons mentioned by Oliver. Sometimes I do get
jobs that I just can't manage to fit in a | Audrey Pate | May 2, 2013 | | Poll Discussion | Poll: When is your work volume the heaviest? | Friday night for delivery Monday morning! | This is when I get most of my work! Or at least
when I receive the most "urgent" projects! | Audrey Pate | Apr 24, 2013 | | Poll Discussion | Poll: What do you think is the key factor that can make a website attractive to clients? | Gumph-free | The best web sites are those that I label
"gumph-free". There is nothing worse than visiting
a site with a lot of fancy bla-bla-bla about how
good they are at this and that when you still< | Audrey Pate | Feb 8, 2013 | | KudoZ | Google Has Broken and the Dog Ate My Dictionary | Laziness | In my view, it's just sheer laziness.
Sometimes
it can take me ages to find the right word:
numerous searches in online dictionaries, search
engines, my trusty thesaurus, the proz.com t | Audrey Pate | Jan 30, 2013 | | Poll Discussion | Poll: Have you written a translation-related article? | wonderful blog! | [quote]Hege Jakobsen Lepri wrote:
my blog
(slightly abandoned to itself- since I'm spending
my time on fiction writing lately) contains a few
of
them:
http://hegelincanada.wordpr | Audrey Pate | Jan 24, 2013 | | Poll Discussion | Poll: The majority of the books on my shelves are... | ...dusty | ...since the invention of the e-reader! | Audrey Pate | Dec 9, 2012 | | Poll Discussion | Poll: Do you have a backup or spare computer? | other...definitely | I replied "other", but for superstitious
reasons...answering any of the other options would
just have seemed like inviting fate to have some
(more) wicked fun with my pc/laptop/pen drive.. | Audrey Pate | Nov 23, 2012 | | Poll Discussion | Poll: Would you agree to do a free translation for a client you've known for years? | yes, as an investment | Once or twice I translated the (short) websites,
or brochures of some of my bigger agency clients
and although they did offer me payment, I refused
it as I see this kind of thing as an inv | Audrey Pate | Oct 25, 2012 | | Italian | Cercasi commercialista a Firenze | | Dopo 15 anni nella provincia di Salerno, mi sono
appena trasferita a Firenze, e ho intenzione di
aprire la partita IVA qui per dedicarmi alle
traduzioni full-time. Qualcuno che lavora già | Audrey Pate | Sep 24, 2012 | | Poll Discussion | Poll: Do you employ the services of an accountant/financial advisor? | Of course I do! | I live in Italy. Enough said!!!
How else could
I possibly make any sense of those inflated "tax
reminders" they send me exactly 6 years after I
have paid the tax in question?
In my | Audrey Pate | Sep 11, 2012 | | Poll Discussion | Poll: How often do you update your ProZ.com profile? | no-test policy | Neilmac, I do know what you mean, but can't help
thinking that you might be better to tone down the
comment on your profile, as to be honest (and I
don't believe that this is the case) it | Audrey Pate | May 19, 2012 | | Poll Discussion | Poll: Do you practice yoga? | Am I missing something here? | [quote]Emin Arı wrote:
because dogs chase you!
[/quote]
...or was this a link to today's poll
on pets? | Audrey Pate | May 6, 2012 | | Poll Discussion | Poll: Do you mix languages when talking? | Yes! | I speak in English at home with my girls, but
there are some expressions that just sound better
in Italian. And vice versa...
I once read that
when asked to count something people alway | Audrey Pate | Oct 19, 2011 | | Poll Discussion | Poll: How many monitors do you use to work? | Two | When proofreading, having two monitors is ideal.
For translation I have one open with the source
document/reference websites and the other with the
document I am working on. I never though | Audrey Pate | Sep 10, 2011 | | Translation Theory and Practice | "Translationism"- are you a victim? | Exactly! | [quote]Stephen Gobin wrote:
Audrey, you could
have retorted along the lines that your friend
certainly cannot be compared to someone who works
in a bank. After all, not even the world's | Audrey Pate | Aug 31, 2011 | | Translation Theory and Practice | "Translationism"- are you a victim? | Thank you, Peter! | [quote]Peter Linton wrote:
I have heard one
Swedish author of crime novels describe his
translators as "heroes". Quite the opposite of
your experience. [/quote]
Heroes!!!! I love
| Audrey Pate | Aug 31, 2011 | | Translation Theory and Practice | "Translationism"- are you a victim? | | I suppose this is a strange topic for a forum
subject but I am curious to know whether anyone
else has been a victim of "Translationism". The
other day I happened to be discussing a friend | Audrey Pate | Aug 31, 2011 | | Poll Discussion | Poll: Do you consider yourself a "netaholic"? | well yes but a sub-species.... | I'm definitely an email-aholic! Does anyone know
if there's a cure? | Audrey Pate | Jun 16, 2011 | | Poll Discussion | Poll: My professional life has been most influenced for good by | Other: experience | [quote]Allison Wright wrote:
The translation
work I have actually done has been the greatest
influence. Thoughts are shaped this way. :)
[/quote]
I agree. Experience has to have a | Audrey Pate | Jun 5, 2011 | | Poll Discussion | Poll: If I won the lottery and didn't need to work ever again, I'd... | more money less substance?!!!! probably! | [quote]keshab wrote:
Money and identity are
supplementary to each other. Nobody can live and
be satisfied without identity and without money
and all these come from one's work only, not | Audrey Pate | Jan 5, 2011 | | Translation Article Knowledgebase | Article: Dealing with clients not paying your invoice | Debt collection fees borne by client????!!!!!! | On which planet do debt collectors actually have
clients pay for their fees as well as stump up for
payments overdue?? And which method do they use?
(knee-capping? baseball bats?!!!!) I ha | Audrey Pate | Oct 5, 2010 | | Scams | feels and smells like a scam | me too! | I got Kathy's email too last week and replied with
a quote which she accepted with no complaints. She
insisted on paying by check (disregarding my
concerns that 1. cashing foreign checks i | Audrey Pate | Sep 5, 2010 | | Poll Discussion | Poll: What puts you off the most in a job offer? | Business is business | [quote]humbird wrote:
As for me nothing ticks
me off than this. If they have definitive project
at hand, they better have clear budget with which
to hire good translator. This practice | Audrey Pate | Sep 2, 2010 | | Poll Discussion | Poll: What would solve your biggest concern at the moment? | Great poll!!!! | I LOVE this poll!!!!!
It's a kind of fairy
godmother thing......
How sad that 40% said
money..... | Audrey Pate | Sep 1, 2010 | | Poll Discussion | Poll: When I stay up late working on a translation I know it's time to stop when... | ......my head hits the keyboard | I prefer to work at night and find that I can work
from 8pm til midnight before sleep hits and I
start to actually nod off in front of the pc. I
get up, make myself a coffee and have a 5 m | Audrey Pate | Sep 1, 2010 | | Translator resources | CAT Tools : are they really worth the investment? | Thanks! | Thanks to all who answered, especially Christine
and Oliver for the time spent on your
considerations. All valuable advice which I shall
take to heart.
I am a little nervous about
t | Audrey Pate | Jun 4, 2010 | | Translator resources | CAT Tools : are they really worth the investment? | Thanks | Thanks Attila, I didn't know that CAT Tools
offered a free trial...this is really good news,
especially as you said in choosing which one is
best. | Audrey Pate | Jun 3, 2010 | | Translator resources | CAT Tools : are they really worth the investment? | | I have never used any CAT tools and am thinking
about investing in Trados but am a little wary in
that
1. I read a poll the other day where a
high percentage of translators answered "y | Audrey Pate | Jun 3, 2010 | | General technical issues | Working with dual monitors | Dual monitors (sceptic converted!!!!!) | I was very sceptical about using dual monitors
before trying it out, seeing it initially as
unnecessary and more of a system adopted by
show-offs rather than something which would have
| Audrey Pate | Jan 26, 2010 | | Teaching and Learning Languages | teaching foreign languages at a young age | not crucial but certainly desirable...as long as it is FUN! | No. it's not crucial but I would think that it is
desirable. Why not? Toddlers' brains are like
sponges....they soak up everything thrown at them
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