Poll: The last training course I took was... Thread poster: ProZ.com Staff
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| | | | neilmac
Spain
Local time: 01:31
Spanish to English
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| So long ago... | May 4, 2023 |
I might be interested in some kind of training course, were I to be offered one. As long as it's nothing to do with shoehorning AI or ChatGPT into an already long-suffering translation "industry"…
| | | | | More than 5 years ago | May 4, 2023 |
I never seem to manage to get round to it. I am usually too busy working and when I’m not the last thing I want to do is training. I do read plenty of articles and books and use it all to enhance my translation and business skills further. Some large translation projects I have been doing require me to update and refresh my knowledge about specific topics and I have been studying these informally on my own, mainly through books and published documents: agreements, conventions, etc. Besides tha... See more I never seem to manage to get round to it. I am usually too busy working and when I’m not the last thing I want to do is training. I do read plenty of articles and books and use it all to enhance my translation and business skills further. Some large translation projects I have been doing require me to update and refresh my knowledge about specific topics and I have been studying these informally on my own, mainly through books and published documents: agreements, conventions, etc. Besides that (as I said on yesterday’s poll), I attended a summer course at Nova University in Lisbon on the formation of neologisms in modern Portuguese. Anyway, nothing surpasses hands-on experience, in my opinion. ▲ Collapse
| | | | Kay Denney 
France
Local time: 01:31
French to English
After more than 25 years of translation I don't really think I need any more training. I'm learning plenty every day though, since I get to translate all sorts of interesting stuff.
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| Seems to be more common than I thought! | May 5, 2023 |
I've been translating since my first graduation, around 16 years ago. Living in my source language countries (first Barcelona, now in Munich) and translating nearly every working day - isn't that enough training?!
| | | | | Remote first aid refresher | May 5, 2023 |
Probably won’t be needed in my translation career, but who knows, I might need to do the Heimlich manoeuvre on someone in the coffee shop I now practically live in while the AI does my work for me.
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I've been translating for around 40 years and have never had any "training" apart from a touch typing course when I was still at university.
The translation lessons at university focussed on literary subjects, not really a preparation for the real world.
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