Search results: (30 matches) Forum | Topic | Title | Text | Poster | Time | Money matters | Rates for transcription | Thanks - I'll see how it goes... | Thanks very much for the replies, both of you ...
Yes it does sound like a two stage process, more time-consuming than simply translating (it would be Spanish into English). I'm also alwa | Josephine Gardiner | Aug 17, 2016 | Money matters | Rates for transcription | | Hello,
I just had a query about a transcription job (medical). I've never done transcription before and have no idea what to charge. Presumably it takes longer than normal translation. W | Josephine Gardiner | Aug 17, 2016 | Safe computing | EC Commission says that detection of ad-blockers is illegal | Advertisers and websites have sabotaged themselves | I don't object to adverts so long as they don't stop me doing what I came for - to read the content of the website.
But adverts that jump and flash, make noise, pop up or spread themse | Josephine Gardiner | Apr 27, 2016 | Getting established | Translation exams - without a dictionary?! | Don't take it to heart | [quote]hs9jlp wrote:
My problem is these this is that I am monumentally SHIT (pardon my French) at exams without a dictionary - I've "had a go" at the UN's exam probably about 4 or 5 time | Josephine Gardiner | Apr 18, 2016 | Translation Theory and Practice | Ethics in translation – questionnaire for MA thesis | Yes, questionnaire needs a rethink | I agree with the other posters.
I'm afraid I just abandoned the questionnaire when it started talking about interpreters in their booths, which as a translator I know nothing about. Al | Josephine Gardiner | Apr 13, 2016 | Money matters | How would you charge for reading and criticising academic papers? | Thank you! | Many thanks for all these replies, I appreciate it.
Just to clarify - this is not actually an editing job. I already have a system for pricing editing jobs which usually works reasonab | Josephine Gardiner | Mar 3, 2016 | Money matters | How would you charge for reading and criticising academic papers? | | Good morning all...
I have been asked by one of my Spanish clients to read and comment ('critique') on several academic papers (written in my native language, English), explaining d | Josephine Gardiner | Mar 3, 2016 | CafeTran support | CafeTran completely frozen! | Working again... | Hello Igor,
Yes that worked! Thank you very much.
If it freezes again, presumably I can just do the same thing (i.e. use the same link)?
Thanks again, J | Josephine Gardiner | Feb 15, 2016 | CafeTran support | CafeTran completely frozen! | Still not working | Thank you for your replies.
I've just deleted and re-downloaded it another 6 times, but no luck.
The idea that there is an old copy somewhere in the system makes sense, but if it's | Josephine Gardiner | Feb 13, 2016 | CafeTran support | CafeTran completely frozen! | | I installed the trial version of CafeTran a few months back and was very impressed with it. I was actually on the point of getting the paid version when it suddenly froze.
I have now d | Josephine Gardiner | Feb 13, 2016 | Lighter side of trans/interp | So... | Written uptalk? | So, to be honest, the thing that is currently sends me blind with rage is what I call written uptalk - when people put a question mark at the end of a statement:
"So today it rained all | Josephine Gardiner | Jan 22, 2016 | CafeTran support | Why is CafeTran not listed in Proz profile software settings? | Yes, still a gap... | @Selcuk Akyuz
Yes, you're right - it's now appearing in the Profile Updater software list, but not in the Translator/interpreter Search Directory under software. | Josephine Gardiner | Jan 22, 2016 | Business issues | Is courtesy dead - agencies think they own you and owe you nothing | Totally agree | @Dan Lucas
Yes, you're absolutely right, especially about references, and the inverse relationship between number of hoops and promising job. Looking back on it, I just think 'what was | Josephine Gardiner | Jan 9, 2016 | Business issues | Is courtesy dead - agencies think they own you and owe you nothing | Rude company = bad company | Would you actually want to work for an organisation that lacked even the basic good manners to reply to people applying to work there? I wouldn't. (I'm not talking about those 'call for | Josephine Gardiner | Jan 9, 2016 | Getting established | First job: I'm scared | Ask a legal specialist to review it | Hello Andrea,
As others have said, your nervousness is perfectly understandable and a good thing because it will make you more careful.
Also, I think that once you become absorbed in | Josephine Gardiner | Jan 2, 2016 | Linguistics | From English into X - how much does English knowledge matter? | A good exercise, though... | [quote]philgoddard wrote:
I translate French into English. I'm not very good at writing French, but that's not what I'm being paid to do. [/quote]
No it isn't what you're being paid< | Josephine Gardiner | Dec 28, 2015 | Literature / Poetry | How to find translation jobs in literature? | Try this... | Hello Teresa,
You might be interested in joining the Emerging Translators Network, which is for people interested in literary translation. https://emergingtranslatorsnetwork.wordpress.c | Josephine Gardiner | Dec 19, 2015 | CafeTran support | Why is CafeTran not listed in Proz profile software settings? | Thank you for replies... |
I actually resisted using CAT tools for ages. CafeTran is the only one I have positively enjoyed using, so I suppose I'm a bit evangelical. | Josephine Gardiner | Nov 26, 2015 | CafeTran support | Why is CafeTran not listed in Proz profile software settings? | | Hello all,
I was just wondering why the excellent CafeTran is not listed in the box of CAT tools/general software in my Proz profile settings. I had to insert it myself via the 'add' | Josephine Gardiner | Nov 25, 2015 | ProZ.com training | Practical Spanish to English translation quality assurance 1 – Terminology | Thank you very much | Hello Dwain,
I was the person who asked the question in the webinar - thank you so much for posting this detailed information. I will definitely have a look at the Diccionario combin | Josephine Gardiner | Oct 13, 2014 | Money matters | Currency conversion: accept Paypal's rate or bank's? | Thanks | Many thanks for taking the time to reply, and apologies for the delayed response.
I just got back from my bank and their exchange rate is even worse than Paypal's.
For a payment of | Josephine Gardiner | Sep 8, 2014 | Money matters | Currency conversion: accept Paypal's rate or bank's? | | Hello all,
I have a new client who is paying me monthly via Paypal in US dollars. I live in the UK so obviously I have to convert this to UK pounds.
The Paypal site is offering me | Josephine Gardiner | Sep 5, 2014 | Scams | Careful with Maiss Shanti- identity thief!!! | The clue is in the style | The one thing that seems to be consistent across all the scams I've seen posted on ProZ is that the English is always very poor and/or unnatural. So my advice to anyone whose native langu | Josephine Gardiner | Feb 17, 2013 | KudoZ | Should the KudoZ points system be abolished? | Yes, abolish the points system - it is flawed and alienating | Yes, the points system should be abolished.
As far as I can see there is a fatal flaw at the heart of the system, namely that an inadequate translator 'A' can ask a question (or lots of | Josephine Gardiner | Feb 8, 2013 | KudoZ | Google Has Broken and the Dog Ate My Dictionary | Reassurance? | I'm fairly new here, but I've often wondered why so many people ask so many questions in KudoZ. I look at the questions occasionally, and think well, why didn't you look in WordRef/Wik | Josephine Gardiner | Jan 31, 2013 | Translation news | Interpreters join forces across Sussex as cuts hit their income | Attitude not age | @Ty Kendall
Re Brits in Spain - absolutely agree about stereotypes and the importance of motivation in language acquisition, but it is motivation and attitude, not age, that make the diff | Josephine Gardiner | Jan 29, 2013 | Getting established | Any point trying to work freelance in common language pair with no specialism? | Don't be put off - there are never too many good translators | Is there any point? I think there's every point!
Regardless of how common your language pair may be, really good translators are never that common and there's always room for more. | Josephine Gardiner | Dec 3, 2012 | Marketing for language professionals | Blogging: how often do you write on your blog? | There's something Quixotic about blogging | [quote]Tom in London wrote:
Most blogs are never up to date and in my experience those who tried starting one were never able to keep adding to it and have given up. And I've given up | Josephine Gardiner | Oct 31, 2012 | Business issues | How do people here protect themselves from CV scams? | Thanks for your replies so far... | @Christela - Most of the work I've done so far has been for people I already know, or their contacts, but I don't see how I can avoid sending out my CV altogether if I want to get a wider | Josephine Gardiner | Oct 18, 2012 | Business issues | How do people here protect themselves from CV scams? | | Hello All,
I'm fairly new here, and have only recently started charging for my translations (my background is editing/journalism). Apologies if this is in the wrong forum.
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