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Site forums | Premium-only forums: can they be moved/unchecked? | Reminder: please allow opt-out options | After some time 'away', let me resurrect this thread to reiterate that, as ProZ paying members, we ought to be able to select our opt-out choices on the website. Recently, a new Fea | Barbara Carrara | May 1 |
Italian | Info su Alassio | Giovanna | Buongiorno, Giovanna.
Nonostante la vicinanza geografica (vivo nella zona di confine tra Piemonte e Liguria), non frequento Alassio da moltissimo tempo, ma chi lo fa cerca di evitare | Barbara Carrara | Apr 23 |
Site forums | Premium-only forums: can they be moved/unchecked? | Lucia | [quote]Lucia Leszinsky wrote:
For the time being, those forums are visible so that anyone can see what is being discussed from thread titles. [/quote] Hi, Lucia Can you please exp | Barbara Carrara | Feb 26 |
Site forums | Premium-only forums: can they be moved/unchecked? | Last 12 February I tried to post a new forum topic addressing the 'Member-only forums' ('Premium: AI community forum'; 'Premium: Website community forum'; 'Pastey - ProZ.com's AI Tool for | Barbara Carrara | Feb 26 | |
ProZ.com membership | Proz.com is offering a new ‘AI-based translation tool’ with its Premium package? What is it exactly? | More insight on Pastey | [quote]Michael Beijer wrote:
Yeah, I've asked Support and will report back here if I hear anything interesting [/quote] Hi, Michael. Having not heard back from you, I suspect yo | Barbara Carrara | Feb 8 |
Site forums | In case you've missed it (survey on perceptions and experience of ProZ.com) | Condescending? Moi? | [quote]Tanya Quintieri wrote:
I'll ignore your condescending tone. I am here as a human being that happens to work part-time for ProZ.com as Program Manager. Meaning, I am developing prog | Barbara Carrara | Feb 8 |
Site forums | In case you've missed it (survey on perceptions and experience of ProZ.com) | Susan being...? | Tanya,
You keep bringing up Susan's name as if everybody here knew who she is. I don't think I've ever heard of a Susan. Is she a new ProZ staff member? What's her role? Would you m | Barbara Carrara | Feb 8 |
Site forums | In case you've missed it (survey on perceptions and experience of ProZ.com) | Spokesperson? | Tanya,
A question for you, after you barged in (still clueless as to why, since you had no part in the conversation), Andrew Morris has disappeared from this thread. But, I have to add, | Barbara Carrara | Feb 8 |
Scams | Win and Winnow Language Services | Is it just me, then? | Does anybody else find the name Win and WinNow more fitting for a bookmaker's than a translation agency? Apologies for the intrusion, Peter. BTW, no, I had never heard of them before yo | Barbara Carrara | Feb 7 |
ProZ.com Translation Contests | Contest: Hybrid phase has been extended. Vote and rate now! | Losing the will to live | [quote]Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida wrote: Please note that: 1. As far as the EN-PT(pt) contest is concerned, about half of the entries are written in PT(br). 2. As far as the | Barbara Carrara | Feb 7 |
Off topic | Why is Proz website coming up in French? | Zea | [quote]Zea_Mays wrote:
In the bottom right corner of any ProZ page there is the drop down menu to switch language. It's an actual BUG that the ProZ site stays in another language just< | Barbara Carrara | Feb 6 |
Off topic | Why is Proz website coming up in French? | In which case... | ...it must be a new bug! (Now that would be a surprise! Not.) Please do send a ticket, and keep us posted. | Barbara Carrara | Feb 6 |
Off topic | Why is Proz website coming up in French? | Or else... | [quote]Jane Martin wrote:
It's not a particular problem as I can read French but am just wondering if anyone else has this problem. I am now going to 'envoyer le message' [/quote] Yo | Barbara Carrara | Feb 6 |
Business issues | Übersetzungsnormvertrag | Karin | Hi,
You posted your thread in the English forum. Please contact support to have it moved to the German one. Thank you, Barbara [Edited at 2024-02-06 06:49 GMT] | Barbara Carrara | Feb 5 |
Portuguese | Tradução de Abreviaturas no contexto ( Translation of Acronyms) | Christiano | Hi
You've posted your thread in the English forum. Please contact support to have it moved to the Portuguese one. Thank you. | Barbara Carrara | Feb 5 |
Site forums | In case you've missed it (survey on perceptions and experience of ProZ.com) | Hans, try the link provided | [quote]Hans Lenting wrote:
What exactly is the address of this FB group (I can only find a few Proz groups with about 10 members.) [/quote] Have a look at https://www.facebook.co | Barbara Carrara | Feb 4 |
Site forums | In case you've missed it (survey on perceptions and experience of ProZ.com) | Yasutomo | [quote]Yasutomo Kanazawa wrote:
I think it would be better for members to state their problems directly on the Proz forums or submit a support ticket instead of yacking within the Faceboo | Barbara Carrara | Feb 4 |
Site forums | Complaint about bugs at ProZ (Staff: Update on the software upgrade process) | So I've noticed... | [quote]ibz wrote:
... just launched another Premium Webpage: A New Premium Webpage: https://www.caterina-yourtranslator.com [/quote] So I've noticed, As someone N | Barbara Carrara | Feb 2 |
Site forums | In case you've missed it (survey on perceptions and experience of ProZ.com) | Chris | [quote]Christopher Schröder wrote:
I think we tend to forget here about the ProZ Facebook group which I believe has many more members and active users than the forums, and is also more | Barbara Carrara | Feb 2 |
ProZ.com membership | Proz.com is offering a new ‘AI-based translation tool’ with its Premium package? What is it exactly? | Ask the ProZ management | [quote]Michael Beijer wrote:
...still very little actual info on what it is, this ‘Pastey’ thing. It is specifically this AI tool that I am interested in. Oddly, there seems to be ver | Barbara Carrara | Feb 1 |
Poll Discussion | Poll: Has a proofreader ever "ruined" a translation you've done? | Please elaborate | [quote]Emily Kenn wrote:
I consider myself fortunate as I had the opportunity to collaborate with exceptional proofreaders. [/quote] As a translation student, as per your profile, ca | Barbara Carrara | Feb 1 |
Site forums | In case you've missed it (survey on perceptions and experience of ProZ.com) | Other areas where one can add their 'perceptions' | [quote]Kay Denney wrote:
You can only cite one suggestion to improve the website so I said to come here and read what we have to say! [/quote] Hi, Kay. I suppose one could add t | Barbara Carrara | Feb 1 |
Site forums | Complaint about bugs at ProZ (Staff: Update on the software upgrade process) | ProZ Staff: 'Notification issue fixed in full' (4 Dec. 2023) | I retrieved this forum message from 4 December 2023, Staff, anything to say? | Barbara Carrara | Feb 1 |
Site forums | In case you've missed it (survey on perceptions and experience of ProZ.com) | ProZ have launched a survey called 'Understanding perceptions of ProZ.com' (!) in the New at ProZ.com section of the site, https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Z87HPHX As if we haven' | Barbara Carrara | Feb 1 | |
ProZ.com membership | Proz.com is offering a new ‘AI-based translation tool’ with its Premium package? What is it exactly? | As already mentioned, albeit in passing... | here,
https://www.proz.com/forum/ai_for_translato rs_and_interpreters/364537-ai_apparent_consensus_a mong_freelancers_who_have_tried_it_it_can_be_reall y_useful_but_be_careful-page2.html | Barbara Carrara | Feb 1 |
Site forums | Complaint about bugs at ProZ (Staff: Update on the software upgrade process) | Tough Love | [quote]Yana Dovgopol wrote:
While we've resolved these replication issues, we're aware that other issues persist. For example, there's an ongoing problem with the delivery of specific | Barbara Carrara | Jan 29 |
AI for translators and interpreters | ProzGPT? | Let me think... | [quote]Tom in London wrote:
[quote]Barbara Carrara wrote: ....this appears to be the path ProZ is pursuing, and quite aggressively. [/quote] What, do you think, is the reasoning | Barbara Carrara | Jan 27 |
AI for translators and interpreters | ProzGPT? | Hi, Robert | Just the other day, I noticed this new 'AI tool' being advertised in the Forum area, and mentioned it in this ongoing thread, https://www.proz.com/forum/prozcom_suggestions/3 63811- | Barbara Carrara | Jan 27 |
Site forums | Complaint about bugs at ProZ (Staff: Update on the software upgrade process) | On this occasion, I didn't | [quote]Zea_Mays wrote:
Send a ticket every time you encounter a bug. It seems staff is not reading the forums. [/quote] Normally, I do, but didn't this time. And after a couple of days | Barbara Carrara | Jan 27 |
AI for translators and interpreters | AI: Apparent consensus among freelancers who have tried it: It can be really useful. But be careful. | Still waiting for the statistics behind that apparent consensus | Meanwhile, ProZ keeps pushing AI as a 'plus' to attract Premium subscribers. I still have a standard membership, which I am more and more inclined to discontinue, as this site is nothin | Barbara Carrara | Jan 26 |
AI for translators and interpreters | . | This is the English forum, though... | Hi, Hans.
Apart from the title, which you've drawn from the 'Premium: AI community forum', https://www.proz.com/forum/premium_ai_com munity_forum/365752-%F0%9F%91%80_check_out_some_co< | Barbara Carrara | Jan 26 |
ProZ.com technical support | Issues with ProZ.com email alerts (Staff: working on a fix) | Having the same issue, among others | [quote]TargamaT team wrote:
When I click on a link (Generally in Kudoz but I see it elsewhere) I have this message in red: Something went wrong... KudoZ term not found. « Return | Barbara Carrara | Jan 23 |
Site forums | Complaint about bugs at ProZ (Staff: Update on the software upgrade process) | Bugs à gogo! | Wonder if any of you are experiencing any of the following, which I doubt are browser-related, - 'Something went wrong' sometimes appearing when trying to open a KudoZ page, Forum page, | Barbara Carrara | Jan 23 |
Money matters | Big international company refuses to update my hourly rate | leimarina | Hi.
Did you ask for an hourly-fee adjustment after agreeing to take on the job? With your outsourcer (which will remain nameless in accordance with forum rules) listing 25 offices | Barbara Carrara | Jan 10 |
Site forums | Complaint about bugs at ProZ (Staff: Update on the software upgrade process) | More on ChatGPT and bugs | [quote]ibz wrote:
What happened to your promise to remove ChatGPT's profile? As far as I can see, it's still there, the bot keeps giving wrong answers in KudoZ, inventing explanations and | Barbara Carrara | Jan 10 |
Getting established | Mentor | A couple of suggestions | Hi, Michelle.
I would suggest you to post your request in the Exchange area of the site, https://www.proz.com/?sp=exchange You'll find Mentoring in the Available Exchanges list le | Barbara Carrara | Jan 9 |
Money matters | Standard Rates for Specialized Terminology Translation Project | Agree with Teresa. And with Tom. | I would agree with Teresa's post and charge by the hour, but I also share Tom's views about this assignment, given your description of what it might entail. If I may, this is the sixth | Barbara Carrara | Jan 7 |
ProZ.com technical support | Issues with ProZ.com email alerts (Staff: working on a fix) | TargamaT Team | Was your other issue solved? https://www.proz.com/forum/scams/364210 -scam_alert.html We never heard back from you... | Barbara Carrara | Jan 2 |
KudoZ | Is this a new Kudoz feature or a new bug? | Been there for quite some time | Hi, Teresa.
As far as I know, the option has been there for a while. It was discontinued at some point, but has since resurfaced (wouldn't know since when, though). I did a search, a | Barbara Carrara | Jan 2 |
Money matters | Fees per page: Arabic to Spanish | John - Please elaborate | You forgot to mention two crucial details, namely how legit is your contact, and whether they would be a publisher or a private individual. If your contact is an established publisher, th | Barbara Carrara | Dec 18, 2023 |
German | Pschyrembel Medizinische Rechtschreibhilfe o.ä. für Import in Word-Benutzerwörterbuch geeignet? | This is the English forum... | Sebastian,
You've posted your thread in the English Forum. Please consider moving it to the German one. Or repost it here, in English. Thanks. | Barbara Carrara | Dec 18, 2023 |
ProZ.com technical support | Missing email notifications (Staff: Fixed) | Much longer than one day | [quote]Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida wrote:
We are viewing the same Featured Translator since yesterday... [/quote] Teresa, this same Featured translator (initials A.O.) has been on | Barbara Carrara | Dec 12, 2023 |
ProZ.com technical support | Missing email notifications (Staff: Fixed) | Naiara | [quote]Naiara Solano wrote:
Breach of the data is considered by the whole ProZ.com Team as a severe issue and therefore, in case such issue happens, it is addressed as the issue of the fi | Barbara Carrara | Dec 4, 2023 |
ProZ.com technical support | Missing email notifications (Staff: Fixed) | 'Soon' is not good enough | [quote]Naiara Solano wrote:
Regarding other issues reported, we are aware of them as they have been addressed via tickets and developers are working to have them solved soon. [/quote] | Barbara Carrara | Dec 4, 2023 |
Money matters | Ads quality rater price to ask thanks | Bottom feeders' galore! | I got that too, like tens (hundreds?) of others. Bottom feeders on the prowl! Move to waste basket and move on. | Barbara Carrara | Oct 20, 2023 |
Scams | Scam alert | Bots don't need thanks | [quote]Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida wrote: ... was the problem solved? Was it really a bug or something completely different? [/quote] I wouldn't be surprised if this thread to | Barbara Carrara | Oct 18, 2023 |
Translator resources | UNTERM - THE UN TERMINOLOGY DATABASE | For those among you working into/out of UN languages, here is a link to the organization's terminology database, https://unterm.un.org/unterm2/en/ | Barbara Carrara | Oct 18, 2023 | |
ProZ.com Translation Contests | Contests: Congratulations to winners in "A translator's life"! | GoTrans translation contest entries | [quote]Zea_Mays wrote:
Where do you see them? [/quote] Whilst searching online for the missing bot KudoZ history, I stumbled upon a list of old ProZ translation contest entries uploa | Barbara Carrara | Oct 16, 2023 |
ProZ.com Translation Contests | Contests: Congratulations to winners in "A translator's life"! | Zea | [quote]Zea_Mays wrote:
The bot entry presentation was done by Jared and he also said that he filled in the MT output in the contest entries.[/quote] How do you know that? Did Jared | Barbara Carrara | Oct 16, 2023 |
ProZ.com Translation Contests | Contests: Congratulations to winners in "A translator's life"! | Speechless. But with a lot to say, alas | [quote]Zea_Mays wrote: https://www.proz.com/profile/1127212 [/qu ote] Education PhD - Learning from others CV/Resume Fools. The entire internet is my CV and cannot be contain | Barbara Carrara | Oct 15, 2023 |
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