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Lighter side of trans/interp Had to share! Really funny! This is so funny! Thanks for sharing Michelle. :) Mary Stefan May 6, 2013
Translation Project / Vendor Management How much do Project Managers charge in a given translation project It's complicated... [quote]TIFFANY CLEMENS wrote: Hi Everyone. I
have a quick question. In coming up with a client
rate sheet, what would a project manager charge
per word or per hour in a given translatio 		Mary Stefan Mar 26, 2013
Marketing for language professionals Your opinion on my new website Well... ... I shall fill in the gap and say
"Congratulations Paola"! You - or others - might
not find this baby perfect but you've got a
starting point and that's really great. In my
humbl 		Mary Stefan Feb 18, 2013
Translation news Learning a language in 24 hours - [quote]Samuel Murray wrote: And then what
happened... did they eat him? [/quote] Funny
:). 		Mary Stefan Feb 15, 2013
Business issues Agency asking for a copy of my passport Agree unless.... there is a reason behind it [quote]Tomás Cano Binder, CT
wrote: [quote]Bianca Coggiola wrote: After
answering a couple of questions, I was accepted
and now they are asking for a copy of my
passport.[/quote] 		Mary Stefan Jan 11, 2013
Off topic Make everything OK! Thank you Steve It did put a smile on my face :) Mary Stefan Nov 8, 2012
Off topic Merry Christmas to all colleagues, moderators and friends !!! Happy Holidays! May 2012 bring you lots of health and
happiness! Mary 		Mary Stefan Dec 25, 2011
KudoZ Thumbelin(a) Just joshing They're both references to Facebook :); and, I
borrowed some terminology from "Harry Potter". 		Mary Stefan Aug 27, 2011
KudoZ Thumbelin(a) Greetings all, I truly believe that Proz is the
greatest site for translators, and, even though
I'm not part of the staff, I always mention it to
acquaintances interested in freelancing 		Mary Stefan Aug 26, 2011
Business issues Need advice in a very peculiar situation Why not settle it with the accounting department? As Robert suggested, send them a message. Maybe
this happened in the past as well (one never
knows!), and the accounting department could
suggest a good solution for both parties. As
 Mary Stefan Aug 3, 2011
Lighter side of trans/interp Added in translation, or, lost in review Funny The bonus and curse of being a translator :),
which nudged you into telling the guide. Thanks
for sharing! Mary 		Mary Stefan Aug 1, 2011
Translation Project / Vendor Management How do Translation Agencies work? My tuppence worth Hello Diego, [quote]Diego Achío wrote: Yes
Tomás, it's actually because of several reasons,
one is that I happen to be a fellow translator but
I am also an Entrepreneur, and I was 		Mary Stefan Jun 18, 2011
Fun with language Friday fun: Do you speak English? Funny Thanks for sharing! Mary Stefan Jun 11, 2011
Linguistic diversity The Economist: "You are what you speak" Audio: http://www.economist.com/node/21516879 Mary Stefan May 25, 2011
Translation news New site to save words savethewords [quote]Werner Maurer wrote: Takes too long to
load. Beastly interface. [/quote] :( 		Mary Stefan Aug 26, 2010
Linguistics Oxford's secret word vault :) [quote]William [Bill] Gray wrote: Having not
long returned from summer holidays and reflecting
on reading this post earlier today, while picking
berries in the woods this morning, I tho 		Mary Stefan Aug 7, 2010
Linguistics Oxford's secret word vault Thank you Suzan [quote]Suzan Hamer wrote: in a similar
vein? http://www.wordspy.com/diversions/neologism
s.asp And there's also the Washington Post's
annual neologism contest: "Once again, The 		Mary Stefan Aug 7, 2010
Linguistics Oxford's secret word vault - Jack, I love "nonversation". I wonder how many
times a week we carry a nonversation! :) 		Mary Stefan Aug 7, 2010
Linguistics Oxford's secret word vault FYI:
http://www.aolnews.com/world/article/unused-but-us
eful-oxford-english-dictionarys-reject-list/195838
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[Edited at 2010-08-07 03:39 GMT] 		Mary Stefan Aug 7, 2010
Translation news Saudi translator seeks apology for embassy incident Inside the desert kingdom [quote]Samuel Murray wrote: [quote]Mary Stefan
wrote: [quote]Samuel Murray wrote: Regardless of
whether the translator's version of the events is
accurate, the ambassador has to make amen 		Mary Stefan Aug 3, 2010
Translation news Saudi translator seeks apology for embassy incident Kindly explain Samuel, [quote]Samuel Murray wrote: Regardless of
whether the translator's version of the events is
accurate, the ambassador has to make amends. His
religion requires it. [/quote] What 		Mary Stefan Aug 3, 2010
Money matters Freelancing in Mexico: Should I let clients believe I am still in the U.S.? My experience Hi Monica, First and foremost: Good Luck and I
do hope you enjoy the expat life! I moved to
Dubai one year ago and can't really say my US
based clients stopped contacting me because 		Mary Stefan Nov 11, 2009
Machine Translation (MT) Facebook or Google? (machine translation) Hi everyone, If you haven't read the article
yet, here is something of interest:
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/10/07/language.fa
cebook.google/index.html Are we all going down
 Mary Stefan Oct 7, 2009
Lighter side of trans/interp A translator's romance (Russian, but understandable by all) HaHaHa Thanks for sharing Susan! :) Mary Stefan Oct 3, 2009
Business issues Agency cheekiness Unfortunately... I agree with Daniel [quote]Daniel Grau wrote: "Most probably your
contact lacks experience and is unsure of what to
do." [quote]Tatty wrote: "I wouldn't provide
an agency with a word count, they alre 		Mary Stefan Sep 12, 2009
Off topic Language barriers Love the interpreter badge!
LOL Best, Mary [img]http://lh5.ggpht.com/_c
EHI_-TdjdA/Sn_zudOobOI/AAAAAAAABGo/d6JmJ63aduE/s14
4/IMG_0226_2.JPG[/img] 		Mary Stefan Aug 10, 2009
Professional development Translators in Dubai For those of you in Dubai:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=86350545817&
ref=nf Regards, Mary 		Mary Stefan May 25, 2009
Trados support Mac and Trados :( Hello Linda, Here is my experience: I've
divided my 4GB in two (disc partition) trying to
install Trados on a virtual PC. Things went right
until I inserted the Windows XP disc and 		Mary Stefan Apr 5, 2009
Powwows Powwow: Cairo - Egypt Pictures Link:
http://picasaweb.google.com/usenglishtranslations/
ProzPowwowCairoEgyptAugust212008 The attendance
will be entered in a day or two. Thank you for
coming. Regards, Mary 		Mary Stefan Aug 23, 2008
Powwows Powwow: Cairo - Egypt Date and time Hello again, As mentioned above, the date is
August 21, 2008. The time is set for 6pm. I'll
get back to you regarding the place as I am still
weighing the possibilities. Regards, 		Mary Stefan Aug 3, 2008
Powwows Powwow: Cairo - Egypt Time / Attendance Hello everyone, As I believe that most of you
would rather meet up in the evening, I think we
should go for 6pm. Please edit your attendance
as I am looking for a place which can acc 		Mary Stefan Aug 1, 2008
Powwows Powwow: Cairo - Egypt To all I am thrilled there are so many translators
interested. Omar, your idea makes sense. I'll
give it some thought and get back to you. Shokran
aui! : ) 		Mary Stefan Jul 24, 2008
Poll Discussion Poll: Do you have a Blackberry? : ) If the modern technology makes life easier why
shouldn't we take advantage of it? Again, go for
it!

[Edited at 2008-02-18 22:05] 		Mary Stefan Feb 18, 2008
Poll Discussion Poll: Do you have a Blackberry? Totally addicted! I've always been proud that I had never done
drugs... but again here I am and I can't lie about
it anymore ha!ha!ha! Since I travel a lot I love
my Pearl. When I'm on I-95 for hours at a 		Mary Stefan Feb 18, 2008
Romanian Caractere romanesti pentru MAC Multumesc! [quote]Radu2007 wrote: Un sit specializat in
probleme de tastatura: www.secarica .ro/ Sper
sa va fie de folos. [/quote] Multumesc mult! 		Mary Stefan Feb 10, 2008
Romanian Caractere romanesti pentru MAC Hi everyone, Incerc de ceva timp sa gasesc o
modalitate de a folosi caracterele romanesti
(s,t,a,i) cu un MAC. Cunoaste cineva un site de
unde se pot descarca? Tastatura pe care o 		Mary Stefan Feb 8, 2008
Interpreting Interpreters in Iraq - proof that the $10,000 enlistment bonus is not worth it (CNN article) Did not intend to discuss politics! Politics is like raising kids: there are always
tons of opinions. I had no intention of opening
a discussion: it was purely informative! It does
concern interpreters as not all of them 		Mary Stefan Aug 13, 2007
Interpreting Interpreters in Iraq - proof that the $10,000 enlistment bonus is not worth it (CNN article) Interpreters in Iraq - proof that the $10,000 enlistment bonus is not worth it (CNN article) Hi all, Here is another proof that the $10,000
enlistment bonus offered by the Army (and not
only) is not worth
it: http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/08/09/ira
qi.interpreters/in 		Mary Stefan Aug 10, 2007
Interpreting Rare language interpreting problems Funny Henry... and scary at the same time! Talking about
interpreters or translators of rare languages:
Few days ago I was contacted by a well-known
translation agency and asked to translate a ta 		Mary Stefan Aug 3, 2007
Romanian Bun venit noilor moderatori Mihai Badea şi Maria Diaconu Congrats! : ) Felicitari amandurora si spor la treaba! Mary Stefan May 19, 2007
Interpreting Interpreters beware!!! So many... There are so many scams out there it just blows my
mind. 		Mary Stefan Apr 25, 2007
Interpreting Interpreters beware!!! Interpreters beware!!! I thought it would be a good idea to share with
you all the "fishy" e-mail I have received
recently: " Dear Mary Stefan , I
will be needing an interpreter when i come
 Mary Stefan Apr 25, 2007
Powwows Powwow: New York - United States Thank you Babette! I had a really good time and it was great to meet
you all. We should definitely do it again. 		Mary Stefan Apr 15, 2007
Romanian [Autorizaţie MJ] Traducere de documente Multumesc! Multumesc tuturor pentru informatii : ) Mary Stefan Feb 22, 2007
Romanian [Autorizaţie MJ] Traducere de documente De acord! Multumesc mult Cristiana : ) Am refuzat oferta si
sper ca si alti traducatori sa faca la fel. 		Mary Stefan Feb 21, 2007
Romanian [Autorizaţie MJ] Traducere de documente Traducere de documente Buna seara, Daca mai este cineva treaz! :
) Tocmai am primit un mail de la un client nou
care imi cere sa ii traduc 2 certificate de
nastere din RO in EN, mentionand ca documentele 		Mary Stefan Feb 21, 2007
Romanian Off topic: Harry Potter Off topic: Harry Potter Salutari tuturor colegilor! In urma subiectului
deschis de doamna Cristiana Coblis am decis sa iau
cu mine volumul 6 din seria "Harry Potter"
(versiunea originala in limba engleza) in 		Mary Stefan Jan 11, 2007
translators4kids Translators4Kids (T4K) book project takes off Romanian translations Dear Marion Schimmelpfennig, I have no words to
describe you how happy i was when i logged on your
site. I'm an authorized Romanian translator and
i would be more than happy to help w 		Mary Stefan Jul 14, 2006


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