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Poll: Are the translations you produce now better than they were 5 years ago?
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Agneta Pallinder
Agneta Pallinder  Identity Verified
United Kingdom
Local time: 18:28
Member (2014)
Swedish to English
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Better, I would say, but not all my own doing Mar 13, 2017

I think it is easier to play around with terminology, usage, idioms, multilingual official versions of names of organisations etc. with the help of the Internet than it was even five years ago.

And this makes it easier to provide good translations, I think.
 
Christopher Schröder
Christopher Schröder
United Kingdom
Member (2011)
Swedish to English
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No Mar 13, 2017

I wouldn't have been selling my services as a translator then if they weren't good enough.

Good then, good now, same old.

Lack of experience and quality don't have to be inversely correlated. Quite the opposite very often.
 
Wolfgang Jörissen
Wolfgang Jörissen  Identity Verified
Belize
Dutch to German
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No here Mar 13, 2017

My translations have not gotten better in the last 5 years because there is no superlative to perfect!

If it only were true, haha. I guess that translation quality depends on a couple of factors, including your level of concentration or your mood on a given day. And it cannot always be a straight line up, just like everything else in live.

Just today, I saw what a proofreader did with one of my translations, and all I could wonder was why on earth I had myself fooled b... See more
My translations have not gotten better in the last 5 years because there is no superlative to perfect!

If it only were true, haha. I guess that translation quality depends on a couple of factors, including your level of concentration or your mood on a given day. And it cannot always be a straight line up, just like everything else in live.

Just today, I saw what a proofreader did with one of my translations, and all I could wonder was why on earth I had myself fooled by the source text so much. He or she really added value. And that self-reflection is exactly what I need from time to time. Never take anything for granted! ▲ Collapse
 
Mario Freitas
Mario Freitas  Identity Verified
Brazil
Local time: 14:28
Member (2014)
English to Portuguese
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Yes, of course Mar 13, 2017

And they'll be better tomorrow than they are today.
 
Muriel Vasconcellos
Muriel Vasconcellos  Identity Verified
United States
Local time: 10:28
Member (2003)
Spanish to English
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Other - about the same Mar 14, 2017

Of course I've learned more terminology and been exposed to more subjects, but I've been at this business for more than 40 years. My zeal to be accurate and capture the nuances of meaning in smooth, appropriate language has existed since the beginning. I don't cringe when I see work that I've translated in the past. It stands the test of time.
 
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