Search results: (47 matches) Forum | Topic | Title | Text | Poster | Time | Fun with language | Guess my pet! | Machine malfunction | Dear Mailand, thank you for your post. I understand your grief. These machines never seem to run out of ways of getting themselves into trouble and I'm sorry to hear yours caused your | Eva Straus | Feb 21, 2013 | Fun with language | Guess my pet! | | [quote]This thread is part of the Translator playground: a place for translators to have fun, to network, to learn, and to hone their translation or linguistic skills. See the announc | Eva Straus | Feb 19, 2013 | Croatian | Preminuo Davor Kalinić | Sožalje | Iskreno sožalje družini in prijateljem. Prerano se je poslovil. Ohranili ga bomo v lepem spominu. | Eva Straus | Jan 27, 2013 | Being independent | Do you ignore offers from certain regions? | Depends on which market segment they serve | I have a couple of clients from China and India and they pay good rates. Both countries are hugely enormously vastly big, with millions of companies. Not all of them lack the business sens | Eva Straus | May 11, 2012 | Lighter side of trans/interp | Ancient rituals practiced by translators | | Ancient rituals practiced by translators
(Inspired by something funny I witnessed the other day.)
Never ask a translator what a certain word means when you're in a hurry. Just l | Eva Straus | Feb 2, 2011 | KudoZ | Would you bother answering if the points system were abolished? | for-points human translation sure beats free human translation :) | [quote]Jerzy Czopik wrote:
And there were times, when external sites linked to KudoZ as "free human translation". That was and is a very misleading formulation. But I'm afraid, if we | Eva Straus | Jun 25, 2009 | KudoZ | Would you bother answering if the points system were abolished? | Similar systems work quite well - without points | I actively participate in several linguistic forums and yes, questions do get answered without anybody getting any points or any other kind of reward for that matter, ego-points being the | Eva Straus | Jun 25, 2009 | Off topic | O bella ciao: Una mattina mi son svegliato (problem with "svegliato") | Bella Ciao by Modena City Ramblers | Dear Lia,
I love this song!
I wanted to recommend this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KjaNPY2OsI (a particularly haunting version in my opinion)
And this: http://www.y | Eva Straus | Apr 25, 2009 | Business issues | A German agency is using my CV, yet I've never worked for them | Just another way of abusing personal data | Contact the agency immediately and follow the advice Alex and Tomas gave you. I suggest you remain polite; there's a (slim) chance there was some kind of a misunderstanding involved.
We | Eva Straus | Mar 2, 2009 | Powwows | Powwow: Ljubljana - Slovenia | Brez izgovorov :D | Jaz se ravno selim iz LJ, pa pridem posebej za naše srečanje nazaj.
Res pa ne hodim iz Zagreba ali Gradca - upam, da vama bo, Žiga in Marcel, le uspelo. | Eva Straus | Sep 29, 2008 | Powwows | Powwow: Ljubljana - Slovenia | Kaksna moznost prenocitve? | Zanima me, ali je mogoče, da bi kdo kolegu iz tujine ponudil prenočišče v Ljubljani?
Nič še ni gotovega, samo spogleduje se z možnostjo, da bi uletel iz Nemčije na naše srečanj | Eva Straus | Sep 16, 2008 | Powwows | Powwow: Ljubljana - Slovenia | Šestica, Kaval, kadarkoli po 18.00 | Meni je skoraj vseeno, kje in kdaj se dobimo, da le ne bo prezgodaj. Upam, da nas bo čim več :)
Za organizacijo se ne morem javiti, ker se ravno selim, bom pa z veseljem malce pofot | Eva Straus | Sep 16, 2008 | Off topic | What is your favorite book ever? | Couldn't pick one | ... so I selected three:
1. Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell.
2. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams. A trilogy in five parts :)
3. Sadako Will Leben (T | Eva Straus | Aug 22, 2008 | Professional development | The Best Working Atmosphere!! | That's the way I like it | My favourite working environment:
Two computers & three monitors (all mine! nobody touch!), a large cup of coffee (no snacks though), a huge bowl of water, a headset, and good music.
| Eva Straus | Aug 8, 2008 | Off topic | Please tell me what you like most/least about the country you live in | Slovenia: No survival skills necessary. | Likes:
1. People.
Friendly, broadminded, trustworthy, loyal, creative, diligent, entrepreneurial.
2. Food.
I dare you: try to find a country with better restaurants. I don't | Eva Straus | Aug 4, 2008 | Trados support | Trados and office 2007 | Open MS Word. Then: Tools > Templates and Add-Ins > Templates ... | ... and make sure Trados*.dot is checked. This often does the trick. Good luck!
What Jerzy said; we cross-posted :)
[Edited at 2008-07-14 09:08] | Eva Straus | Jul 14, 2008 | Office applications | Help - Page Numbering Problem | If all else fails: remove all formatting, copy-paste into blank doc | I repeat: if all else fails. Sometimes there's so much hidden formatting you cannot possibly remove/edit it without going insane. In such cases it's often better to start afresh.
| Eva Straus | Apr 30, 2008 | ProZ.com Translation Contests | Votes in the 6th contest EN-RU should be made public (staff: 'maybe next time, not retroactively') | ProZ must respect user privacy above all | Dear Alexander,
I understand your frustration (though I neither competed nor voted). But I must agree with Henry on this one.
User privacy must be put before other concerns. In addi | Eva Straus | Apr 14, 2008 | KudoZ | KudoZ questions posted with insufficient context | Agree with Nicole - educate new translators | [quote]Nicole Schnell wrote:
Educate .... and help. New colleagues often don't know better. That's why we call ourselves a community instead of an ivory tower.
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That needed | Eva Straus | Apr 13, 2008 | Trados support | PDF file in SDLX? | Have the PDF transcribed or OCR-ed | Dear Cristina,
first ask your client if they can send you the file that was used to create the PDF. Judging from what you said it seems highly likely they have the original Word file ly | Eva Straus | Apr 9, 2008 | Slovenian | 6th ProZ.com Translation Contest: submission phase is on! | Zakaj se Slovenci tega ne gremo? | Pogosto hodim gledat, kaj so drugi prevajalci poslali na tekmovanje, in vidim, da med prispevki ni nobenega prevoda v slovenščino. Ali so Slovenci sploh kdaj tekmovali? Nas ne zanima ali | Eva Straus | Apr 3, 2008 | Voiceover | Voice-over, how much should I charge? | Voiceover rates: you have to start somewhere | [quote]BAmary wrote:
I told him I've never done it before, but he still wants me to do it. [/quote]
You should charge your normal hourly rate + studio costs + travel time & expenses | Eva Straus | Apr 3, 2008 | ProZ.com suggestions | "Contact info hidden" on job postings - am I the only one concerned here? | Suggestion: outsourcers can hide their details if they want to | [quote]Ralf Lemster wrote:
For this reason, I stopped posting jobs at ProZ.com - given the recent change, I'm considering posting again.
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Would you still post jobs if you | Eva Straus | Apr 2, 2008 | ProZ.com suggestions | "Contact info hidden" on job postings - am I the only one concerned here? | Let's hope my poll on recent changes makes it | [quote]Assia Terpecheva wrote:
As I mentioned before, the best way to know which opinion prevails is...to vote it on "quick poll"...or not? Then we'll know for sure if this change is we | Eva Straus | Mar 28, 2008 | ProZ.com suggestions | "Contact info hidden" on job postings - am I the only one concerned here? | Already expressed my reservations about hiding outsourcer details | See this thread: www.proz.com/topic/99952 - as you probably won't want to read through the whole thing I'd like to highlight this point specifically:
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2. Sometimes transla | Eva Straus | Mar 27, 2008 | Off topic | What kind of people's behavior annoys you the most? | Don't get me started: native language(s) on ProZ profiles | Actually tried to do my best to ignore this thread but it's way too compelling. I'm drawn to it like a moth to a flame. It's official: I'm weak :D
You know what really grinds my gears? | Eva Straus | Mar 26, 2008 | ProZ.com bugs | My Visitors tab only shows today's visits | She promises to bookmark www.proz.com/support | [quote]Ralf Lemster wrote:
Hi Eva,
Have a look at [url]http://www.proz.com/support[/url]:
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Due to the technical problems with the Visitors tab feature, these numbers ha | Eva Straus | Mar 24, 2008 | ProZ.com bugs | My Visitors tab only shows today's visits | | I don't see anybody else inquiring about this matter so maybe it's affecting my profile only.
Anyway, my Visitors tab has been misbehaving for the last few days. It only shows the last | Eva Straus | Mar 24, 2008 | ProZ.com: Translator Coop | Job poster contact information will be shown exclusively to those who meet quoting requirements | This change is bad for translators and outsourcers | [quote]Henry D wrote:
Over the next few days a change will be made to the (traditional) job posting system so that job poster contact information appears only to those who meet the cr | Eva Straus | Mar 18, 2008 | Voiceover | URGENT: Need advice on voice-over | I have an arrangement with a local studio | Hi Jay,
I recently started doing voice-overs and I decided against investing into any professional software for voice recording and processing; instead I simply go to a nearby studi | Eva Straus | Dec 19, 2007 | Trados support | How to deactivate source text display in Word documents | Easy, you'll get the hang of it in a week or so | [quote]Neil Barnes wrote:
Thanks, but I find it more difficult to read the text when the ST and TT are all mixed together.
At the moment, I am finding that Trados is slowing me down | Eva Straus | Dec 18, 2007 | Business issues | Agencies: Tough application process equals little work? | Save us from trigger-happy proofreaders | [quote]gina ferlisi wrote:
[a Cinese agency sent me a test which i did years ago for a well know CD player (user guide) which this company has pubblicated ..therefore i thought i past | Eva Straus | Oct 30, 2007 | Business issues | Agencies: Tough application process equals little work? | Agencies and CAT | [quote]David Turner wrote:
CAT does not equal Trado$. There are plenty of other translation memory type tools. I wish I had a euro for every time I've said that.
A reputable/knowledgeabl | Eva Straus | Oct 29, 2007 | Business issues | Agencies: Tough application process equals little work? | We obviously do have some theories on this phenomenon | It all makes much more sense now! Thank you.
[quote]José said:
"A blunt way of putting it is that while some agencies are forever getting ready to do it right, others are right in | Eva Straus | Oct 29, 2007 | Business issues | Agencies: Tough application process equals little work? | | I'm pretty sure this issue has come up several times but I can't recall ever reading an explanation for this particular phenomenon. Or even a theory why this happens.
Ok, most of you | Eva Straus | Oct 28, 2007 | Slovenian | Pomoč pri lokalizaciji ProZ v slovenščino | Slovenci se grebejo za sodelovanje pri lokalizaciji | In vse tiho je bilo :)
Pa saj ni tako hudo - manj ljudi pri istem projektu pomeni manj zabave z usklajevanjem.
[Edited at 2007-10-28 14:35] | Eva Straus | Oct 28, 2007 | Money matters | Being accused of dishonesty | Notify project manager, print & send e-mail with invoice | First, DO NOT stop translating the document you're working on. Because you DO have strong work ethics. Your client is counting on your translation and you really shouldn't punish them | Eva Straus | Oct 26, 2007 | Money matters | A cheater on the board - what can be done? | Track them down through WWA!! | Just occurred to me: kindly ask ProZ staff to look up the cheater's profile (it must be somewhere in the archives) and see who gave them the WWA entry. Then contact the outsorcer and try t | Eva Straus | Oct 23, 2007 | Money matters | A cheater on the board - what can be done? | Look for verified identity and credentials | Thank you very much for sharing this!
I had no idea such a thing could happen, especially since you mentioned the user had WWA entries and KudoZ (answers, not only questions, right??). | Eva Straus | Oct 23, 2007 | Getting established | Is there an e-slush-pile for translator CVs? | Rare language pairs: Contact outsorcers. | [quote]Atena Hensch wrote:
Do we need to bombard the agencies with our CVs or do we let them to find us?
Cheers
Atena [/quote]
My advice to you would be yes, contact outsourcers if | Eva Straus | Oct 14, 2007 | Getting established | Is there an e-slush-pile for translator CVs? | Sometimes you do get contacted after sending a CV | I sent two (yes, only 2) unsolicited CVs several years ago when I was trying to get some new clients.
I got called back by both agencies (both of them Slovenian); the first one wanted | Eva Straus | Oct 14, 2007 | Teaching and Learning Languages | Resources for learning Greek | Rosetta Stone | Hi Dee!
You should try Rosetta Stone (software); it really helps with the basics.
It has everything: pronunciation, commonly used expressions, useful exercises and, of course, s | Eva Straus | Oct 11, 2007 | Business issues | Opinions on clause in agency's contract please: "Penalty Clause" | My fifty cents | I agree with pretty much everything said above. What bothers me most is 'unquestionable' and 'double amount'. You should politely reject them.
Somebody once tried to pull the same | Eva Straus | Oct 9, 2007 | Teaching and Learning Languages | Strengthening vocabulary | You make some good points | [quote]Csaba Ban wrote:
Using a monolingual dictionary is really useful, but only for advanced students,
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Agree. Not good for total beginners.
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and those who study | Eva Straus | Oct 4, 2007 | Teaching and Learning Languages | Strengthening vocabulary | It works! | Agree! It really helps with the vocabulary. And you also learn how to put something in other words (rephrase). I learned a lot this way.
If you can make your students see the benefits o | Eva Straus | Oct 4, 2007 | Money matters | moving to a country with a low cost of living | Clients might expect lower rates | If it really all comes down to money matters, meaning there aren't any other factors luring you abroad, you should only move to a country with lower costs of living if your base of regular | Eva Straus | Oct 3, 2007 | Business issues | Is this discrimination or am I hypersensitive? | It happens. Good portfolio helps :) | Happened to me too. Twice, actually.
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