Off topic: What is the difference between specialism and speciality? Thread poster: Rachael Clayton
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And specialty?
I thought that translators have specialisms but Proz calls them specialties. Not that it really matters, I'm just curious.
[Edited at 2019-06-06 20:46 GMT]
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The Misha
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| Oh, it's the same thing as with community and communism | Jun 7, 2019 |
The particularly advanced and progressive folks call it community these days, but it's really about communism. Same thing:)
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Jennifer Caisley 
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| Good question! | Jun 7, 2019 |
I'd tend to say that I have a 'specialism' rather than a 'speciality', but this has got me thinking why exactly that is!
I'm fairly certain, though, that 'speciality' and 'specialty' are simply UK and US variants of each other.
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| US/UK difference | Jun 7, 2019 |
As far as I know, specialism is used in the UK, while specialty is used in the US. I am from the US and only use specialty.
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IrinaN
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| I cook one of my specialties | Jun 7, 2019 |
Before starting a long and hard work on one of my specialisms, to reward myself later:-)
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Kay Denney
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Having put zero research into the matter, I prefer to talk about my "specialist fields/subjects", and the fact that I'm a "translator specialising in (whatever the client wants me to translate)".
I'm British but I don't like the word specialism.
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Despite what I said above, I don't think I would use specialty in this case, either. "I am a translator specializing in X" is how I would typically put it...or (more likely), "My areas of expertise are such-and-such" - but I would never use the word "specialism" at all, in any circumstances. It simply doesn't exist in my vocabulary, nor have I ever heard it used by other Americans.
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Rachael Clayton
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TOPIC STARTER | Glad to have interested you! | Jun 9, 2019 |
Jennifer Caisley wrote:
I'd tend to say that I have a 'specialism' rather than a 'speciality', but this has got me thinking why exactly that is!
I'm fairly certain, though, that 'speciality' and 'specialty' are simply UK and US variants of each other.
I think you are correct. It's strange though because 'speciality' feels more formal to me, maybe because it takes slightly more effort to pronounce
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Rachael Clayton
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TOPIC STARTER | Sounds tasty! | Jun 9, 2019 |
IrinaN wrote:
Before starting a long and hard work on one of my specialisms, to reward myself later:-)
That's a good way of putting it. Food for thought.
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Rachael Clayton
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A whole of array of opinions and until today I had not thought of specialisation/specialization.
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