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KudoZ Rising from the ashes? - Glossary-building KudoZ What is the difference? [quote]Julieta Llamazares wrote: but from now
on all GBK questions will be pulled by
Glossary-building KudoZ, which has been
specifically created for this feature. Have a
nice d
Katalin Szilárd Oct 31, 2019
Business issues Using paid leads to find clients Best does not mean locally (within a few miles) the best [quote]Mark Hemming wrote: One such example is
bark.com. [/quote] Plus one more thing:
high-end clients look for the best translators and
most of the times best translators do not li
Katalin Szilárd Oct 21, 2019
Business issues Using paid leads to find clients Locally and "mixing bowl" [quote]Mark Hemming wrote: One such example is
bark.com. [/quote] Hi Mark, The site you
mentioned is for local services and it's a "mixing
bowl" for many different professions: fr
Katalin Szilárd Oct 21, 2019
KudoZ "The Asker chose to address the question to Proz.com members only." Is this a new option? This must be a new "feature" [quote]writeaway wrote: [quote]IrinaN
wrote: I wanted to agree with a colleague but
couldn't find the option. The Asker chose to
address the question to Proz.com members only. I<
Katalin Szilárd Oct 11, 2019
KudoZ "The Asker chose to address the question to Proz.com members only." Is this a new option? I don't think there is such an option [quote]IrinaN wrote: I wanted to agree with a
colleague but couldn't find the option. The
Asker chose to address the question to Proz.com
members only. I understand that I am just a
Katalin Szilárd Oct 11, 2019
Business issues Agency asking to proofread a translation test Tell it straight [quote]Laura Gentili wrote: Hi, I have been
collaborating with a translation agency for years.
During the last year or they only gave me small
proofreading jobs and no translation jobs
Katalin Szilárd Sep 27, 2019
ProZ.com profile help Can we have an opt-out/deletion for ProzPay on our profiles? Thank you, Mike [quote]Mike Donlin wrote: [quote]Katalin
Szilárd wrote: The first what we ask: to have
an option whether we want to show ProzPay on our
profile or not. Actually any shown payment
Katalin Szilárd Sep 24, 2019
ProZ.com profile help Can we have an opt-out/deletion for ProzPay on our profiles? Individual businesses [quote]Mike Donlin wrote:(a Hi Anne, I
would like to better understand your concern since
ProZ*Pay is meant to do the opposite on your
behalf. If the payment goes through ProZ*Pay
Katalin Szilárd Sep 24, 2019
ProZ.com profile help Can we have an opt-out/deletion for ProzPay on our profiles? Thank you for checking it, Mike [quote]Mike Donlin wrote: [quote]Katalin
Szilárd wrote: Can we have an option not to
show this ProzPay option if we don't want to use
it? [/quote] Hi Katalin, Thank you for
Katalin Szilárd Sep 24, 2019
ProZ.com profile help Can we have an opt-out/deletion for ProzPay on our profiles? Two main contact emails I'd also like to get a clarification about this
from a site staff: It can be reached
from: Profile settings -> Payment
preferences Please provide your information to
recei
Katalin Szilárd Sep 24, 2019
ProZ.com profile help Can we have an opt-out/deletion for ProzPay on our profiles? I think actually due to money laundering this is very disturbing and illegal This should be banned. ASAP. Katalin Szilárd Sep 24, 2019
ProZ.com profile help Can we have an opt-out/deletion for ProzPay on our profiles? This is very disturbing Hi Samuel, I received an email that I received
money. This is very scary... Now I have a label
on the top right: Your earnings: 0.01!! How can I
delete this now?? I would never us
Katalin Szilárd Sep 24, 2019
ProZ.com profile help Can we have an opt-out/deletion for ProzPay on our profiles? This is very misleading. It sounds like
as if the user would accept and use ProzPay. We
have no choice to delete/opt-out ProzPay shown on
our profiles. Can we have an option
Katalin Szilárd Sep 24, 2019
ProZ.com profile help Came From: Organizations Page Dear Colleagues and Site Staff, Have you ever
met this kind of "Came from" option on your
Visitors' tab? Today I received these 2
visitors: 10:38 Not Logged In United States
Katalin Szilárd Aug 24, 2019
Post-editing & Machine Translation Who is not using MT today? Roles [quote]Gary Evans wrote: Hi
Katalin, [quote]Katalin Szilárd
wrote: Unfortunately it is not fake news,
because I have seen with my own eyes (and others
with their own eyes as
Katalin Szilárd Aug 21, 2019
Post-editing & Machine Translation Who is not using MT today? The motive behind [quote]Tom Hoar wrote: Adapting to changing
technology is not necessary to live a happy,
healthy, fufilling life. On the whole, however, it
sure makes life easier. I don't see many of u
Katalin Szilárd Aug 20, 2019
Post-editing & Machine Translation Who is not using MT today? The human story behind [quote]Rachel Fell wrote: [quote]Katalin
Szilárd wrote: This is a painting done by
AI: https://www.bbc.com/news/av/entertainment-a
rts-45951803/ai-painting-to-go-under-the-hammer
Katalin Szilárd Aug 20, 2019
Post-editing & Machine Translation Who is not using MT today? Unfortunately these are NOT fake news [quote]Tom Hoar wrote: Wow, Katalin! What
you call "programmed hype." I'd call "fake news."
I agree with all of them except #5. Adapting to
changing technology is not necessary to
Katalin Szilárd Aug 20, 2019
Post-editing & Machine Translation Who is not using MT today? Human translation vs. MT [quote]Tom Hoar wrote: I agree with this
paragraph. I suspect that if you had presented
this as your opening statement, much of the
confusion would have been avoided. I've been
Katalin Szilárd Aug 19, 2019
Post-editing & Machine Translation Who is not using MT today? Meaning of hype in the last 2 years [quote]Gary Evans wrote: Hi Katalin, "What
we should concern about: programmed hypes" Hype
is a strange word. It rarely comes with the
indefinite article 'a', nor does it like to
Katalin Szilárd Aug 19, 2019
Post-editing & Machine Translation Who is not using MT today? What we should concern about: programmed hypes [quote]Gary Evans wrote: Hi Katalin, Who
said I was working more for less income? MT can
help increase productivity just like any CAT tool.
I can see that you're concerned about
Katalin Szilárd Aug 19, 2019
Post-editing & Machine Translation Who is not using MT today? Programmed [quote]Gary Evans wrote: Hi Katalin, This
really is my point. AI is here to stay and it's
changing the way we live, learn and work. It's not
hype. Just look at the way some here are
Katalin Szilárd Aug 18, 2019
Post-editing & Machine Translation Who is not using MT today? Different professions, different working materials, different skills [quote]Gary Evans wrote: [quote]Daryo
wrote: "As for "I also use it for teaching
English" I'm sure a lot of language schools will
want to get in touch with you, to learn first-hand
Katalin Szilárd Aug 18, 2019
Post-editing & Machine Translation Who is not using MT today? We are here to make business: translation is our profession. [quote]Gary Evans wrote: Hi Katalin, A
friend asked me to translate a paper he had
written for publishing in a journal. It would have
cost him at least € 500 which he didn't have.
Katalin Szilárd Aug 16, 2019
Post-editing & Machine Translation Who is not using MT today? Reversed roles [quote]Gary Evans wrote: BTW. I've discovered a
neat solution in one respect. I sometimes use MT
to automatically translate whole documents in one
go and then sit with the client as we pr
Katalin Szilárd Aug 16, 2019
ProZ.com technical support Has anyone noticed that Proz Find is blank? Thanks for posting, Christel [quote]Christel Zipfel wrote: I just made a
test: I was able to choose languages and
specialities, then I was told "gathering search
results..." ... and it is still gathering. :-?
Katalin Szilárd Jul 27, 2019
ProZ.com technical support Has anyone noticed that Proz Find is blank? Thank you Teresa for your reply [quote]Teresa Borges wrote: For me it's working
fine... [/quote] Thank you for checking Teresa.
Hmmm... this is very weird. I realized that it
was acting crazy about 2 days ago: I
Katalin Szilárd Jul 27, 2019
ProZ.com technical support Has anyone noticed that Proz Find is blank? About 2 days ago it was acting weird. Another
colleague from a different country saw: "HTTP
ERROR 500" When I try to open it is totally
blank. Anyone else?
Katalin Szilárd Jul 27, 2019
Business issues Decline in work overall Different marketing possibilities [quote]John Fossey wrote: [quote]Katalin
Szilárd wrote: John, do you mean marketing
efforts on this site? [/quote] No, I mean
marketing efforts overall. This site only
repr
Katalin Szilárd Jul 11, 2019
Business issues Decline in work overall Marketing control (console) [quote]John Fossey wrote: [quote]Thomas Brown
wrote: This from the US state dept of labor,
regarding interpreters and translators: "Job
Outlook Employment of interpreters and<
Katalin Szilárd Jul 11, 2019
Business issues Decline in work overall Contacting translators on Proz Find should not be restricted As many wrote: I also had a huge decline then
improvement. I can't repeat myself: I'm sure
there is an issue with Proz Find directory and not
technical (bug) related. Because jobs, vi
Katalin Szilárd Jul 11, 2019
Business issues Using the Job Board for the Same Job Over and Over Again This is what I thought from the beginning [quote]Mihai Badea wrote: From latest issue of
HBR: "Often employers advertise jobs that
don’t exist, hoping to find people who might be
useful later on or in a different
conte
Katalin Szilárd Jun 15, 2019
Business issues Using the Job Board for the Same Job Over and Over Again It would explain the first or the 2nd post [quote]David GAY wrote: His client probably
doesn't understand Turkish and this LSP goes for
the cheapest translator. [/quote] Hi
David, I don't get it. OK the client may not
Katalin Szilárd Jun 15, 2019
Business issues Using the Job Board for the Same Job Over and Over Again It happens [quote]Baran Keki wrote: I see a Chinese
Outsourcer living in the USA with a stellar BB
record (lots of flattering entries by translators
from top OECD countries) posting the same job
Katalin Szilárd Jun 15, 2019
Translation news EU Tender TRAD 19 Magic Mirror on the wall, who provides the best quality one of all? [quote]Claudio Porcellana wrote: looking at the
tender's requirements (agreement), I see some
interesting questions: The tenderer's
translation experience must be equivalent to at
Katalin Szilárd Jun 14, 2019
Business issues I noticed a decline in demand for subtitling -- am I the only one? Both [quote]Jocelin M wrote: [quote]Sheila Wilson
wrote: I think we have vastly more reason to fear
powerful and twisted individuals leading the
masses in hateful directions than we have to
Katalin Szilárd Jun 13, 2019
Translation news EU Tender TRAD 19 Option for DGT/CDT [quote]Claudio Porcellana wrote: [quote]Claudio
Porcellana wrote: apparently nope the offer
I received (FL/SCIENT19) still requires 5,000
folders that are about 1,500,000 words
Katalin Szilárd Jun 13, 2019
Business issues I noticed a decline in demand for subtitling -- am I the only one? I think these changes cannot be compared to the old days/past [quote]Sheila Wilson wrote: Is there any job in
the world that isn't radically changing at the
moment? I trained as a shorthand secretary back in
the '70s -- I don't think I'd find much
Katalin Szilárd Jun 13, 2019
Site forums Disable ...See more - Collapse tags in forums Own goal [quote]Philip Lees wrote: It would be
interesting to know what percentage of regular
users have disabled this new feature. Do the site
moderators have this information?
[/quote]
Katalin Szilárd Jun 12, 2019
Getting established What stops translators from thriving? "Mojo" [quote]Maxi Schwarz wrote: The real problem
that has been highlighted seems to be that end
clients should also be able to readily find
translators here, and through direct contact
Katalin Szilárd Jun 10, 2019
In memoriam RIP Jack Doughty Sincere condolences My sincere condolences to his family and friends
as well. I'm wondering what others think about
the following suggestion: Profiles should
clearly sate if a colleague died (in memori
Katalin Szilárd Jun 9, 2019
Getting established What stops translators from thriving? Education of direct clients [quote]Baran Keki wrote: A direct client
looking for a translator would never try this
website directly (they might not even know the
existence of this website unless they come across
Katalin Szilárd Jun 8, 2019
Getting established What stops translators from thriving? Interactions [quote]Mike Donlin wrote: Katalin, Nice job
bringing it back to the original question! I
reported the question of what appears in your
Visitors tab and whether Find visits are u
Katalin Szilárd Jun 8, 2019
Getting established What stops translators from thriving? Professional translators' interests Thank you for your answers, Mike. [quote]Mike
Donlin wrote: Yes, by offering better ways to
post jobs, I believe there will be more activity
and more opportunity for all. [/quote]
Katalin Szilárd Jun 7, 2019
Getting established What stops translators from thriving? Thank you James Thank you for approving my post. I appreciate it. Katalin Szilárd Jun 7, 2019
Getting established What stops translators from thriving? Empowering which segment of translators and outsoucers? [quote]Mike Donlin wrote: [quote]Katalin
Szilárd wrote: You wrote now: "Site staff has
been working to increase efficiency for
outsourcers in job posts." VS. On the other
Katalin Szilárd Jun 7, 2019
Getting established What stops translators from thriving? One more question Hi Mike, Thank you for your detailed
answers. The 'no visitors via directories'
experience was based on not only my profile but on
more top (also in the directory ranking) expert
s
Katalin Szilárd Jun 7, 2019
Site forums See more/Collapse now being applied to forum posts Thank you [quote]Evelio Clavel wrote: Hi Folks To
disable/enable the "See more/Collapse" applied to
forum posts go to the Forum settings.
https://www.proz.com/dashboard/forum/ In the
Foru
Katalin Szilárd Jun 5, 2019
Site forums See more/Collapse now being applied to forum posts Note sure about the length [quote]Lincoln Hui wrote: Apparently, the
longer your post is, the less likely it's going to
be collapsed. [/quote] This is what I thought
at first. But I'm not sure now: Check Th
Katalin Szilárd Jun 5, 2019
Site forums See more/Collapse now being applied to forum posts Disadvantages of too many features [quote]Henry Dotterer wrote: Hi all. The
feature is indeed modeled after Facebook. One goal
is to improve the mobile experience. Based on thie
feedback here, we will prepare an "expand
Katalin Szilárd Jun 5, 2019


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