Forum | Topic | Title | Text | Poster | Time |
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Spanish | Puesta en contacto con traductores de inglés a español y español a inglés. | ¡Yo también quiero! | Estupenda iniciativa, Ana.
Yo también soy traductora de inglés (y francés) a castellano. Tras estos últimos años en los que me he dedicado más a enseñar que a traducir, ahora | Patricia Prevost | Nov 5, 2021 |
Poll Discussion | Poll: How often do you ask for a down payment before starting a project? | Never | I have never found it necessary. Even with a new client, I always have some kind of reference and do not feel the need to ask for down payment. And if I do not trust a potential client the | Patricia Prevost | Jun 2, 2014 |
Poll Discussion | Poll: Do your clients usually ask for discounts? | No | My regular clients know my rates.
If a new client asks for a discount after they have received my rates then it depends on the project. | Patricia Prevost | May 16, 2014 |
Poll Discussion | Poll: Do you think that new advances in technology will reduce the need for human translation? | It is happening already | But for quality translations, human translators will still be needed, I hope. | Patricia Prevost | May 9, 2014 |
Poll Discussion | Poll: Do you quote on potential projects? | Not on Proz.com | I do not quote on potential translations here on Proz.com but I do if a direct client (or agency) asks me directly. | Patricia Prevost | Mar 21, 2014 |
Poll Discussion | Poll: Do you consider 2014 a tough or an easy business year so far? | A bit tough | After a promising and busy January, February was quite slow and March is not doing that well so far, although I might get confirmation for a couple of large translations next week. | Patricia Prevost | Mar 14, 2014 |
Poll Discussion | Poll: Which payment terms do you most commonly accept? | 30 days, my payment terms | I live in Spain and right now I mostly work for direct clients, so they usually pay within 30 days from invoice. I occasionally collaborate with agencies and true, they usually pay at 45-6 | Patricia Prevost | Mar 7, 2014 |
Poll Discussion | Poll: Have you ever attended a ProZ.com powwow? | Yes, twice (in the Basque Country, Spain) | I have attended two powwows so far. One was in Vitoria-Gasteiz and the other one in Bilbao. But that was years ago! Maybe it's time to organize another one in the area. Anyone interested? | Patricia Prevost | Dec 2, 2013 |
Poll Discussion | Poll: Do you use a smartphone to promptly reply to job-related requests? | Yes | Yes, and it's a relief to be able to reply to any job-related requests even if you're not in the office. | Patricia Prevost | Nov 15, 2013 |
Poll Discussion | Poll: How many CAT tools do you own? | 1 | I own 1 now but have used other 2 in the past as well, although one was free for freelancers and the other one was a trial version. | Patricia Prevost | Nov 14, 2013 |
Poll Discussion | Poll: Which month(s) have been your slowest so far this year in terms of workload? | September and October, just like Tim | [quote]Tim Drayton wrote:
In terms of work volumes, this has been a very unbalanced year. Following several years of falling work volumes, 2013 came in with a bang and I was overwhelmed | Patricia Prevost | Nov 6, 2013 |
Poll Discussion | Poll: Do you connect with your clients on LinkedIn or any other social networks? | No | I don't think it is necessary but I may be wrong. Is it a good idea to have a LinkedIn profile? | Patricia Prevost | Oct 26, 2013 |
Poll Discussion | Poll: If you were starting out in your career again, would you still go into translation? | Yes | Perhaps there are things I would do differently after university and would do a Master in Interpreting but yes, I would still go into translation. | Patricia Prevost | Oct 16, 2013 |
Poll Discussion | Poll: When starting a new project, do you ever feel "I will never be able to finish this one?" | No | Sometimes I may fear I am not going to finish on time when, for some reason, I am not translating as fast as I think I should (due to complicated format, research, etc). I agree 100% wit | Patricia Prevost | Oct 13, 2013 |
Poll Discussion | Poll: Do you request payment in advance from new clients? | Only once because a new client insisted | So no, I never ask a new client to pay in advance because I always have some kind of reference before I accept the job. And so far, I have never had any payment problems. | Patricia Prevost | Oct 11, 2013 |
Poll Discussion | Poll: Professionally, would you say you are where you want to be? | No | Just like Tim, 2008 was my last "good" year. Some of my Spanish clients have gone bust (including a couple of agencies I used to work for). The funny thing is, however, that I now have som | Patricia Prevost | Oct 8, 2013 |
Poll Discussion | Poll: How long do you work before taking a break? | It depends | It is difficult to say. I guess it depends on how long I have been working, what time it is, or even the subject (extensive resarch involved). However, I don't think I take breaks before 4 | Patricia Prevost | Oct 3, 2013 |
Poll Discussion | Poll: If you could have one of these “superpowers of translation,” which would be most useful to you? | Super speed | Now that would be ideal. I would be able to translate more words per day and dedicate more time to proofreading, what a joy. | Patricia Prevost | Sep 28, 2013 |
Powwows | Powwow: Biarritz - France | Is anybody going from this side of the border (The Basque Country, Spain)? | [quote]John Di Rico wrote:
[quote]Patricia Prevost wrote: We could share travel expenses. [/quote] Dear Patricia, Depending on how far the distance and if between major cities, you cou | Patricia Prevost | Sep 24, 2013 |
Powwows | Powwow: Biarritz - France | Is anybody going from this side of the border (The Basque Country, Spain)? | We could share travel expenses. | Patricia Prevost | Sep 23, 2013 |
Poll Discussion | Poll: Do you listen to music while translating? | Almost always | I only turn the music off when I'm proofreading. | Patricia Prevost | Jul 28, 2013 |
Poll Discussion | Poll: Who was the most memorable/inspirational person in your career? | My mother...and The Beatles! | She wasn't a translator but I remember how she loved English and studied hard every single day. And then I discovered The Beatles and, naturally, I just had to understand what they were sa | Patricia Prevost | Jul 27, 2013 |
Poll Discussion | Poll: Do you accept jobs also when you're supposed to be on holiday? | Yes, sometimes | If I have my laptop with me (long trip), if it is a short translation and I am sure I can meet the deadline, I usually accept the job. | Patricia Prevost | Jun 23, 2013 |
Poll Discussion | Poll: What is the most attractive feature of working as a freelancer? | Ability to work from a variety of places | The fact that you are independent and that you have flexible work hours or that you can work with your favourite music in the background is really amazing but the ability to work from diff | Patricia Prevost | Jun 19, 2013 |
Poll Discussion | Poll: Do you own more than one CAT tool? | SDL Trados 2009 and Transit | I usually work with SDL Trados 2009 but still have Transit, although I haven't used it for years now, after the client I used it for went out of business. | Patricia Prevost | Mar 14, 2013 |
Poll Discussion | Poll: Do you use a smartphone for work-related tasks? | Yes, to check my email | I sometimes need to go out during office hours but with my BlackBerry I can receive my work related emails and reply almost immediately. It's a great help for me. | Patricia Prevost | Feb 22, 2013 |
Poll Discussion | Poll: Is frugality necessary to be a successful freelancer? | Other: Why? | What exactly do you mean? | Patricia Prevost | Feb 6, 2013 |
Poll Discussion | Poll: Do you work during the holiday season? | 25th December, I am working right now | I've got a project to deliver on Friday morning, so Yes, I am working now and will stop for Christmas lunch and then work a bit more after 6 or 7 p.m. And hey, I'm not complaining. | Patricia Prevost | Dec 25, 2012 |
Poll Discussion | Poll: Have you ever attended a ProZ.com powwow? | Yes, in Vitoria and Bilbao | But that was years ago! I need to attend another powwow soon! | Patricia Prevost | Dec 21, 2012 |
Poll Discussion | Poll: A customer always sends you work late Friday for delivery Monday morning. You... | Other | These kinds of requests are very unusual in my case, so when it happens I really don't mind, as long as I don't have anything planned for the weekend. If it's a new client, there would be | Patricia Prevost | Nov 23, 2012 |
Poll Discussion | Poll: Do you have a backup or spare computer? | A laptop | I've got a laptop computer that allows me to have more freedom when I'm on holiday and need to finish a translation (on a train, for example), or when I feel like translating in the garden | Patricia Prevost | Nov 22, 2012 |
Poll Discussion | Poll: Do you request that clients acknowledge the receipt of your invoice? | No | What's really important to me is that they acknowledge that they have received the translations I send them. | Patricia Prevost | Oct 22, 2012 |
Poll Discussion | Poll: Do you talk about your personal life (hobbies, family, etc.) with your client(s)? | Yes, because my best client is also a friend | We have known each other for almost 20 years and we are friends too, so that explains why in this case we talk about our personal lives quite a lot. But that's an exception and not the | Patricia Prevost | Oct 17, 2012 |
Poll Discussion | Poll: Would you turn down a job offer because it is poorly written (grammar/spelling errors)? | I did it last month | It was a very short text and I didn't really reject the translation but asked the "author" to correct it so that I could translate it. There was no problem, he undestood and sent me a dece | Patricia Prevost | May 1, 2012 |
Poll Discussion | Poll: Do you work over the Easter holidays? | Yes | I've got a translation I'm working on at the moment but with a "flexible" deadline. And I really don't mind working over the Easter holidays, as we hadn't planned to go anywhere this y | Patricia Prevost | Apr 8, 2012 |
Poll Discussion | Poll: Is there too much competition in your language pair? | Yes, definitely: English to Spanish | I agree with tseliot. And it's a bit frustrating, really. | Patricia Prevost | Apr 6, 2012 |
Poll Discussion | Poll: Before translating a text, I... | Same as Neilmac and Alison | After a quick glance at the whole text, I try and find the client's website, to have as much information about their products as possible in case I need it. Like Alison and Neilmac, I then | Patricia Prevost | Mar 25, 2012 |
Poll Discussion | Poll: How much of your time do you spend proofreading your translations? | Maybe around 20% | I'm really not sure but I know it takes me quite a long time to proofread my translations, as I take all the important decisions regarding terminology and style at this final stage. By thi | Patricia Prevost | Mar 15, 2012 |
Poll Discussion | Poll: How many languages can you speak fluently? | 2, nearly 3 | I am fluent in English and of course my native language, Spanish. My second foreign language is French but I usually just translate from it and don't have the opportunity to use it much so | Patricia Prevost | Mar 14, 2012 |
Poll Discussion | Poll: Do you reply to e-mails (job offers) from agencies/persons who do not address you by name? | No | In my case, it's usually mass mails to offer the kind of rates I don't work for. Addressing me personally, even if I don't know the client, is a different thing, though. I always reply to | Patricia Prevost | Dec 21, 2011 |
Poll Discussion | Poll: How do you chill out after a hard day's work on a tough translation project? | My favourite musician first | The first thing I do immediately after I've finished a translation is put on some music by my favourite musician, Paul Weller. After that, it can be cooking while listening to him of cours | Patricia Prevost | Dec 1, 2011 |
Poll Discussion | Poll: Have you ever been told that yours is not a "real job"? | No, never | I don't think anyone has ever said to me that being a translator is not a real job. On the contrary, they seem to admire translators and especially interpreters. That said, of course t | Patricia Prevost | Oct 7, 2011 |
Off topic | The top 200 best songs ever | What about Paul Weller? | He's a brilliant songwriter!
Check these out: The Jam: The Butterfly Collector http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2vue_-cW0s and That's Entertainment http://www.youtube.com/watch?v | Patricia Prevost | Sep 26, 2011 |
Poll Discussion | Poll: Have you ever used a typewriter to work on your translation(s)? | Yes | I graduated in 1985, no one had a PC at home yet. And it was a nightmare! | Patricia Prevost | Sep 23, 2011 |
Poll Discussion | Poll: What's your favourite way to recover your "intellectual acuity" after working for several hours? | Sleeping / Social or family interaction / Maybe even doing the housework | And the order really depends on how exhausted I feel. | Patricia Prevost | Sep 22, 2011 |
Poll Discussion | Poll: Have you ever felt burnt-out? | Yes, many times | After a tight deadline or a very demanding translation you just feel you need either to sleep or to rush out of the house. But in a day or two we're all ready to start again, aren't we? | Patricia Prevost | Jul 18, 2011 |
Poll Discussion | Poll: Do you have your own termbase with the terms you use/research in your work? | Another no | [quote]neilmac wrote:
I guess I'm just not professional in any accepted sense of the word. In anything other than translation of text per se, I am notoriously scatty and disorganised. M | Patricia Prevost | Jul 5, 2011 |
Poll Discussion | Poll: Have you ever done subtitling? | Yes, but in Word | I've done subtitling for extreme sports films like base jumping or climbing. They were not inserted in the film, though. You could hear them through your headphones if you wanted. | Patricia Prevost | Jun 26, 2011 |
Poll Discussion | Poll: Do you ever use smileys in work-related e-mails? | No, never | I don't even use them in less formal correspondance. But that doesn't mean that I'm in a bad mood or that I haven't got a sense of humour. I don't know, for some reason I prefer to use | Patricia Prevost | Jun 18, 2011 |
Poll Discussion | Poll: Do you ever dream in a language other than your native language? | Other: I don't know! | I guess I only dream in Spanish, then. | Patricia Prevost | Jun 6, 2011 |
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