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I am making a study about CAT tools for the translation of video subtitles
Thread poster: Karim Mohamed
Karim Mohamed
Karim Mohamed
Egypt
English to Arabic
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Apr 24, 2020

Hi All,

I am doing a study about CAT tools for for the translation of video subtitles. I am doing a very initial survey. It is only 4 questions that will not take more than 2 minutes to answer. I appreciate your kind contribution.

This is the servery:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/95MLK9S
 
Armine Abelyan
Armine Abelyan
Armenia
Local time: 11:30
English to Armenian
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Welcome Apr 24, 2020

Enjoy, I have answered.

Karim Mohamed
 
Karim Mohamed
Karim Mohamed
Egypt
English to Arabic
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TOPIC STARTER
Thank you :) Apr 24, 2020

Armine Abelyan wrote:

Enjoy, I have answered.


Thank you very much. Really appreciated.
 
Tony M
Tony M
France
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Your survey is flawed Apr 24, 2020

Question 3 is a 'free' answer, which in my case was 'none'

In this case, your Question 4 is nonsense — because it presupposes you do use a CAT tool! Either Question 3 should have a 'none' option, in which case Question 4 could be adapted to offer suitable answers; or else Question 3 could be modified "...if you use one, or if not, please explain why not?"

As it stands, the results are somewhat meaningless — I imagine I'm probably far from being the only translator ... See more
Question 3 is a 'free' answer, which in my case was 'none'

In this case, your Question 4 is nonsense — because it presupposes you do use a CAT tool! Either Question 3 should have a 'none' option, in which case Question 4 could be adapted to offer suitable answers; or else Question 3 could be modified "...if you use one, or if not, please explain why not?"

As it stands, the results are somewhat meaningless — I imagine I'm probably far from being the only translator who would not use a CAT tool for translating subtitles — no doubt for reasons that would actually be far more informative for your research! ▲ Collapse
 


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