Andrea Brumma wrote:
But: Why are you afraid of heated discussions? First of all, professionals should be able to lead a professional, polite discussion. Apart from that, even in politics there are heated debates sometimes … so what? People who care about their reputation will be careful about the way they lead discussions.
It's not that I would regret to see other people being unpolite (if they do, I simply stop caring about the conversation): it's that I would not like to see myself getting carried away and saying things I'd later regret, mostly because I do respect my fellow translators even someone can say something inconvenient... the same way I could.
Andrea Brumma wrote:
At least an off-topic chat could be used to let some steam off in cases like that …
In this sense I entirely agree! And indeed if no trace was left from the conversation, it would allow us to be sincere in the days when we are exhausted, worried, and disappointed. And it would also allow us to have some fun without anybody feeling attacked (in Proz, "attack" is a synonym for "disagreement", as it seems).
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