Poll: Do you read blogs or other publications related to the language services industry?
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Ashraf Salah
 
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida  Identity Verified
Portugal
Local time: 22:10
Member (2007)
English to Portuguese
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Yes Jun 7, 2023

I read some publications related to translation, namely “A Folha” (https://ec.europa.eu/translation/portuguese/magazine/pt_magazine_pt.htm), but I only read blogs if I am searching for something specific and they pop up…

 
Christine Andersen
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Denmark
Local time: 23:10
Member (2003)
Danish to English
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The Linguist for a start Jun 7, 2023

I read the CIoL magazine The Linguist, and check the RWS website and their free webinars on where the industry is going now and then. (OK, it is marketing for Trados, but there is plenty more)

Most of my reading is about language rather than the industry - or what I still like to call our profession!
I use the Danish Language Council's website https://ordnet.dk/ regularly. There are dictiona
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I read the CIoL magazine The Linguist, and check the RWS website and their free webinars on where the industry is going now and then. (OK, it is marketing for Trados, but there is plenty more)

Most of my reading is about language rather than the industry - or what I still like to call our profession!
I use the Danish Language Council's website https://ordnet.dk/ regularly. There are dictionaries, articles about the Danish language, and even puzzles and games for a coffee break!

The Oxford University Press offers loads of opportunities for instructive amusement: https://blog.oup.com/category/language-words/ for instance.

I buy and read books on language and translation theory - too many to list here, but I appreciate how lucky I am to work with English and Danish, when there is such a wide choice.
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Lieven Malaise
Lieven Malaise
Belgium
Local time: 23:10
Member (2020)
French to Dutch
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If ChatGPT farts, you smell it on Proz Jun 7, 2023

Who needs blogs if there is Proz ?

Elena Kharlamova
Yaotl Altan
 
Kay Denney
Kay Denney  Identity Verified
France
Local time: 23:10
French to English
. Jun 7, 2023

Lieven Malaise wrote:
If ChatGPT farts, you smell it on Proz

Who needs blogs if there is Proz ?


What does this poll have to do with AI or farting?


Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
 
ferreirac
ferreirac  Identity Verified
Brazil
Local time: 18:10
Member (2013)
English to Portuguese
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Yes Jun 7, 2023

Slator: https://slator.com/

Slator is the leading source of news and research for the global translation, localization, and language technology industry. Our Advisory practice is a trusted partner to clients looking for independent analysis. Headquartered in Zurich, Slator has a presence in Asia, Europe, and the US.


Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Christine Andersen
Gennady Lapardin
 
Lieven Malaise
Lieven Malaise
Belgium
Local time: 23:10
Member (2020)
French to Dutch
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Joke Jun 7, 2023

Kay Denney wrote:
What does this poll have to do with AI or farting?


I meant that if something important happens in the translation industry you can almost immediately read about it on Proz, so you don't need to read blogs.

It was a joke, Kay, but apparently a very bad one. My moderately sincere apologies.


Yaotl Altan
Kay Denney
 
Christopher Schröder
Christopher Schröder
United Kingdom
Member (2011)
Swedish to English
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You say Slator, I say potato Jun 7, 2023

ferreirac wrote:

Slator: https://slator.com/

Slator is the leading source of news and research for the global translation, localization, and language technology industry. Our Advisory practice is a trusted partner to clients looking for independent analysis. Headquartered in Zurich, Slator has a presence in Asia, Europe, and the US.


What use is that to the individual translator?


Nadia Silva Castro
Anton Konashenok
 
Detelina Mileva
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Bulgaria
Local time: 00:10
Member (2013)
English to Hebrew
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The language nerds Jun 7, 2023

I enjoy the page "The language nerds" on Facebook. It's mostly light and funny.

 
Rafaela Bielecki-Weyenberg
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United States
Member (2020)
English to German
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Do you read blogs or other publications related to the language industry? Jun 8, 2023

Yes, I do read publications of the American Translators Association and newsletters from some of the LSPs I work for

 
Kay Denney
Kay Denney  Identity Verified
France
Local time: 23:10
French to English
. Jun 9, 2023

Detelina Mileva wrote:

I enjoy the page "The language nerds" on Facebook. It's mostly light and funny.


Thank you Detelina, you're right it is very funny!


 
Tom in London
Tom in London
United Kingdom
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Member (2008)
Italian to English
No Jun 9, 2023

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