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Poll: Which skill overlaps most between translation and interpreting in your work?
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Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida  Identity Verified
葡萄牙
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正式会员 (自2007)
English英语译成Portuguese葡萄牙语
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Other May 4

I'm not an interpreter, but what about bilingual proficiency?

Ines Radionovas-Lagoutte, PhD
Ian Keith Jones Williams
Maria Laura Curzi
Heather Oland
Philip Lees
expressisverbis
 
Rodolfo Abachi
Rodolfo Abachi
巴西
Local time: 16:02
English英语译成Portuguese葡萄牙语
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Terminological expertise is the core overlap for me May 12

Having done both translation and some interpreting work, I find that terminological expertise and subject knowledge are the most critical skills that overlap between the two.

Whether you're translating a legal contract or interpreting in a courtroom, you need to know the specialized vocabulary of the domain and be able to render it accurately and naturally in the target language. A weak command of domain terminology will undermine your work in both settings.

On top of t... See more
Having done both translation and some interpreting work, I find that terminological expertise and subject knowledge are the most critical skills that overlap between the two.

Whether you're translating a legal contract or interpreting in a courtroom, you need to know the specialized vocabulary of the domain and be able to render it accurately and naturally in the target language. A weak command of domain terminology will undermine your work in both settings.

On top of that, bilingual proficiency and cultural competence are also foundational to both. The key difference is that translation allows you to deploy that knowledge reflectively and carefully, while interpreting requires you to mobilize it instantly under pressure. ▲ Collapse
 
Zea_Mays
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意大利
Local time: 21:02
English英语译成German德语
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@Rodolfo May 12

Are you a bot, do you use one to publish (in addition to writing) your posts, or are mods approving all the dozens of your posts only now at once?

Michele Fauble
Maria Laura Curzi
expressisverbis
 
Jennifer Levey
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智利
Local time: 16:02
Spanish西班牙语译成English英语
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@Rodolfo - Idem your Kudoz answers May 12

Zea_Mays wrote:

Are you a bot, do you use one to publish (in addition to writing) your posts, or are mods approving all the dozens of your posts only now at once?


See here: https://www.proz.com/profile/4585148 --> 'Kudoz activity' link.

More than 30 apparently AI generated answers posted in quick succession to questions going back to October 2024 (over 570 days ago).
JL

[Edited at 2026-05-12 15:09 GMT]

Michele Fauble
Zea_Mays
Maria Laura Curzi
expressisverbis
 
Zea_Mays
Zea_Mays  Identity Verified
意大利
Local time: 21:02
English英语译成German德语
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clearly bots are involved May 12

Jennifer Levey wrote:

Zea_Mays wrote:

Are you a bot, do you use one to publish (in addition to writing) your posts, or are mods approving all the dozens of your posts only now at once?


See here: https://www.proz.com/profile/4585148 --> 'Kudoz activity' link.

More than 30 apparently AI generated answers posted in quick succession to questions going back to October 2024 (over 570 days ago).


They date even back to 2015. Looks like he searched for not closed answers and then added his "contributions", sometimes repeating already given answers.

Jennifer Levey
Michele Fauble
Maria Laura Curzi
 
Daryo
Daryo
Local time: 20:02
Serbian塞尔维亚语译成English英语
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Yet another case ...? May 12

Yet another case ... of confusing 'AI-assisted notoriety' and advertising own capabilities?

A variation on this

... it will certainly get you noticed - as someone who couldn't be bothered to string even a single sentence of its own, but will proudly act as a dumb ... See more
Yet another case ... of confusing 'AI-assisted notoriety' and advertising own capabilities?

A variation on this

... it will certainly get you noticed - as someone who couldn't be bothered to string even a single sentence of its own, but will proudly act as a dumb terminal for some AI server!

https://www.proz.com/forum/money_matters/379687-💡_don’t_just_ask_“how_much_can_they_pay”-page2.html#3106906:~:text=To%20me%20it%20does%20not%20look%20that%20much%20'subtle'%20BUT%20it%20will%20certainly%20get%20you%20noticed%20-%20as%20someone%20who%20couldn't%20be%20bothered%20to%20string%20even%20a%20single%20sentence%20of%20its%20own,%20but%20will%20proudly%20act%20as%20a%20dumb%20terminal%20for%20some%20AI%20server! ▲ Collapse
 


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