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Poll: How much of your work do you do in an online tool or platform?
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ghada maatouk
 
neilmac
neilmac
Spain
Local time: 14:36
Spanish to English
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10-25% Nov 3, 2022

I'm not currently working with agencies. I only have one direct client who uses an online platform for translations, specifically for software strings. The percentage is just off the top of my head, because I know it's not 50% of the work I do. It's difficult to work out what proportion of my income comes from revision (aka proofing) work as opposed to translation.
 
Alex Lichanow
Alex Lichanow
Germany
Local time: 14:36
Member (2020)
English to German
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Very little Nov 3, 2022

Since I refuse to use any other online tool than Memsource, I only get very little online (cloud-based) work.
While all of my memoQ jobs are performed on my clients' servers, memoQ itself is installed locally on my PC, so I guess it is not a part of the question here

ghada maatouk
 
Lieven Malaise
Lieven Malaise
Belgium
Local time: 14:36
Member (2020)
French to Dutch
+ ...
None Nov 3, 2022

I've tried it and I hated it, so I abandoned it. If you work online the client is in control of the translation process and I don't think that's the way it's supposed to be. We're not puppets or shouldn't be it anyway. There seems to be a tendancy among certain agencies to 'bind' freelancers to the translation agency in a way they seem to be employees of said agency. But we're not. If they want employees they have to hire them (but of course they won't, because freelancers are way less expensive... See more
I've tried it and I hated it, so I abandoned it. If you work online the client is in control of the translation process and I don't think that's the way it's supposed to be. We're not puppets or shouldn't be it anyway. There seems to be a tendancy among certain agencies to 'bind' freelancers to the translation agency in a way they seem to be employees of said agency. But we're not. If they want employees they have to hire them (but of course they won't, because freelancers are way less expensive). We are supposed to be free birds, not slaves who should follow a zillion procedures for every agency.

Apart from that I have invested in my own CAT software and gained a lot of experience in using it efficiently. If you are forced to translate online with another tool you lose that experience at least partly. ▲ Collapse


Anette Hilgendag
JOHN WINDER
Lila BOUBIDI (X)
Yetta Jensen Bogarde
raptisi
Christine Andersen
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
 
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida  Identity Verified
Portugal
Local time: 13:36
Member (2007)
English to Portuguese
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None Nov 3, 2022

I don't work in the cloud or in any online tool or platform.

Lila BOUBIDI (X)
Christine Andersen
Philip Lees
 
Ana Vozone
Ana Vozone  Identity Verified
Local time: 13:36
Member (2010)
English to Portuguese
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Around a third Nov 3, 2022

I do quite a bit of work on client's platforms such as Wordbee (for many, many years), on MemoQ (client's license) and on a large agency's own platform (Wordfast).

For regular clients for which I have created a TM, and whenever possible, I download the file (Word, PowerPoint and Excel) and work with Trados, and finally paste the translated text on the platform.

Yetta Jensen Bogarde
 
Yetta Jensen Bogarde
Yetta Jensen Bogarde  Identity Verified
Denmark
Local time: 14:36
Member (2012)
English to Danish
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A lot on clients' platforms Nov 3, 2022

But it's impossible to say whether it's more or it's less than 50% of my work.

I really prefer to work in my own CAT tools but I have very good clients that require working on their platforms, so i comply.

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