7 thoughts/questions to start 2025: use of raw MT output
It is New Year’s Day 2025, and I am finalising my “Who’s in/or the lead in 2025” post at the
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Category: The Language Industry
Posts relating to practices observed in the industry – from an in-house translator’s perspective as a former freelancer.
Busting the 100% productivity myth: great(ly exaggerated corporate) expectations
100% efficiency is an illusion – despite any claims of the corporate world to the contrary. Don’t beat yourself up about it, but make sure you communicate clearly with your customer from the outset.
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LinkedIn Collaborative Articles: kryptonite, marmite or plain embarrassing?
The quality and motives behind LinkedIn Collaborative Articles has proven particularly divisive among translators.
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Who’s in/on the lead as we head into 2024?
The changing role of a translator is a hotly debated subject. Are humans still in the lead, in the loop or on the lead?
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The translation profession vs the translation industry: a growing schism
LLMs and AI are not the only threat to professional translators at the moment. The translation industry itself is also sticking the knife in.
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What an outsourcer looks for in a freelancer’s website
A freelancer’s website (or lack of one) gives away a lot about them.
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