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Poll: Which part of a translation project takes you the most time?
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Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
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Portugal
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English to Portuguese
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Other Mar 19

It depends, but in general the actual translation...
 
Samuel Murray
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Netherlands
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English to Afrikaans
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Depends on the size of the job Mar 20

I spend some time "preparing" the files for the job, so for small jobs I might spend as much time preparing as I spend translating. I also do a bit of aftercare, e.g. a final spell-check, so for smaller jobs the aftercare also times up a larger portion of the time. I do all of my translation in one CAT tool even though I have licences for multiple CAT tools, so I also spend time converting files. But generally, if the job is more than 300 words long, I spend most of that time doing the actual ... See more
I spend some time "preparing" the files for the job, so for small jobs I might spend as much time preparing as I spend translating. I also do a bit of aftercare, e.g. a final spell-check, so for smaller jobs the aftercare also times up a larger portion of the time. I do all of my translation in one CAT tool even though I have licences for multiple CAT tools, so I also spend time converting files. But generally, if the job is more than 300 words long, I spend most of that time doing the actual translation.

I suspect the question relates to how much time the translator spends on proofreading this own translation. ▲ Collapse
 


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