Poll: How often do you use print translation resources? 论题张贴者: ProZ.com Staff
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I use my English-Dutch-English agricultural dictionaries for at least half of my translation assignments
[Edited at 2018-06-05 08:37 GMT]
| | | | Anita Planchon 
澳大利亚
Local time: 22:57
正式会员 (自2012)
French法语译成English英语
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| Less and less often.... | Jun 5, 2018 |
But each time I do pick up a hard copy dictionary or thesaurus, I am reminded how much I like them and how useful they are resolve to refer to them more often....and then I forget them again. What is missing online is the chance to stumble across words accidentally and follow different pathways.
| | | | | Other (from hardly ever to often) | Jun 5, 2018 |
It depends on the subject matter, on the degree of the difficulty of the text and on the linguistic pair…
P.S. It also depends on my mood: some days I'm smarter than other days...
[Edited at 2018-06-05 09:52 GMT]
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I still have a large collection of hardcopy dictionaries and other resources. Some of them fill a need that simply cannot be met using online tools. I've gone into this subject in detail in response to other similar Quick Poll questions. I'm happy to have both types at my disposal.
| | | | neilmac
西班牙
Local time: 14:57
Spanish西班牙语译成English英语
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I initially understood the question to be about printing texts out on paper, for example for a final revision, or sending instead of by electronic means.
However, I stand corrected.
I do occasionally still consult my Alcaraz legal dictionary, and I also have a large Beigbeder-Atienza technical dictionary, although to tell the truth I usually find online resources more reliable than the latter. I also have a specialist forestry dictionary, which a client sent me, but I have never use... See more I initially understood the question to be about printing texts out on paper, for example for a final revision, or sending instead of by electronic means.
However, I stand corrected.
I do occasionally still consult my Alcaraz legal dictionary, and I also have a large Beigbeder-Atienza technical dictionary, although to tell the truth I usually find online resources more reliable than the latter. I also have a specialist forestry dictionary, which a client sent me, but I have never used it since then, and that was at least 5 years ago. ▲ Collapse
| | | | R. Alex Jenkins
巴西
Local time: 09:57
正式会员 (自2006)
Portuguese葡萄牙语译成English英语
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| Agree with neilmac above | Jun 5, 2018 |
I also didn't understand the poll question initially, and thought it referred to the frequency of printing out translation resources, which is 'never' in my daily routine.
As Muriel points out above, you can sometimes find an opinion in a hard copy version that is unique, and which gives you an insight that you may not have considered before. That's why people ask Kudoz questions, essentially, to glean as much information as possible from multiple opinions.
| | | | Mario Freitas
巴西
Local time: 09:57
正式会员 (自2014)
English英语译成Portuguese葡萄牙语
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I haven't seen a paper dictionary in years. Using a paper dictionary when you are sitting in front of a computer connected to the internet is like leaviing your house to take a bath in the river outside when you have a hot shower inside.
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