Poll: Is it okay for you to email/receive big work-related files (several MBs) every day? Thread poster: ProZ.com Staff
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This forum topic is for the discussion of the poll question "Is it okay for you to email/receive big work-related files (several MBs) every day?".
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| I don't care | Jul 19, 2025 |
I do have limits in terms of working conditions (credit period, compensation...) with customers, and data usage is not amongst them yet.
High speed internet without data caps is rather cheap nowadays. It was another story back in the 56 kbps modem era...
Still, I find it a bit of a waste when I download MBs of video from the internet for a minimum fee, e.g. to translate a dozen words of captions or speech, when 10kB screenshots could do just as well for context.
Philippe
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I don't understand the question and the answers options don't help at all, especially the one that says «No, it’s rude» (why?). Anyway, If I happen to receive a big work-related file in a week (I wish…), I’ll say no to all the others…
[Edited at 2025-07-19 11:36 GMT]
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Zea_Mays 
Italy
Local time: 21:52
English to German
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| Who does still send big files per email these days? 🤔🤔🤔 | Jul 19, 2025 |
Most ESPs have attachment limits anyway - for gmail and yahoo it is 25 MB for example (is this "big"?).
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Lingua 5B
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Local time: 21:52
English to French
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| “No, it’s rude”. | Jul 19, 2025 |
I laughed hard at this one, thanks, I needed it.
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| No problem, I use an FTP server | Jul 19, 2025 |
One of my clients has their own FTP server, and sends all files that way from their portal, and I return the translations the same way.
Another client sends PowerPoint files, which may be too large to send as mail attachments, so we use a free FTP server. For really large files or frequent use, we could pay a small subscription, but that is not necessary for our purposes.
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Novian Cahyadi (X)
Local time: 02:52
Zea_Mays wrote:
Most ESPs have attachment limits anyway
Attachment limits of extrasensory perception?
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Kaan Karakoç
Türkiye
Local time: 22:52
German to Turkish
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| Why should it be rude to get translation jobs back to back? | Jul 19, 2025 |
Unless the deadline makes sense, it's not rude to send multiple MBs. In a world where most qualified translators can't find real work, can you really complain about getting one job after another? If so, you're either lazy or rich.
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Daryo
Local time: 20:52
Serbian to English
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| Could whoever dreamed up this poll question .... | Jul 21, 2025 |
explain how it would be 'rude' to keep sending work related files to the person doing the work???
What am I missing?
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| Explanation for the Zoomers | Jul 21, 2025 |
Around 20 years ago, most mailboxes would reject messages larger than 1 MB. If the sender didn't pay attention to their bounce notifications, you might never notice you received a big job. This did happen to me repeatedly, or at least I received other emails and phone calls asking why I didn't reply to the handoff.
There was no Google Docs or SharePoint either. Large documents were transferred via FTP or services like Yousendit/Wetransfer.
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Novian Cahyadi (X)
Local time: 02:52
Edwin den Boer wrote:
Around 20 years ago, most mailboxes would reject messages larger than 1 MB. If the sender didn't pay attention to their bounce notifications, you might never notice you received a big job. This did happen to me repeatedly, or at least I received other emails and phone calls asking why I didn't reply to the handoff.
There was no Google Docs or SharePoint either. Large documents were transferred via FTP or services like Yousendit/Wetransfer.
I suddenly feel like I belong in the museum for already knowing that. Thank you, Edwin. 
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IrinaN (X)
United States
Local time: 14:52
English to Russian
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| A perfect example of a question | Jul 21, 2025 |
Calling for the counterquestion "What do you smoke?"
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