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| Forum | Topic | Title | Text | Poster | Time |
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| ProZ.com technical support | I do not receive my expected appropriate help from Proz as a paying member! | Dear colleagues,
I am suffering from not receiving the expected appropriate technical assistance from Proz as a paying member! I received recently several recommendations which wer | Morano El-Kholy | Jun 13, 2018 | |
| Medical | Should unqualified translators be permitted to translate medical/healthcare documents? | Yes, I do... | Yes, I think that translators with good experience can be permitted to translate medical/healthcare documents. Otherwise, lawsuit cases will be only translated by the lawyers! Novels/Drama | Morano El-Kholy | Jun 5, 2018 |
| Poll Discussion | Poll: In general, how long between submitting your quote on a job and the start of work on that job? | Yes, it may take ages to receive a possible response! | Definitely, I agree with Teresa Borges.
You can not tell when this will occur! Surely, it's your luck :) | Morano El-Kholy | May 14, 2018 |
| Scams | Fake messages are sent from ProZ.com under my name with reference to a fake domain | Report to Proz staff. | Dear Valery,
I do not know if you have already reported this issue to Proz staff or not. But, I think that you should do. My regards :) | Morano El-Kholy | May 7, 2018 |
| Arabic | How much words in an Arabic page ? | Be honest to the client.... Fair to yourself. | Dear sister,
Be honest with your client and explain to him all this dilemma. Stick to your mentioned average and be fair to yourself. If this work is meant to be yours, you will sure | Morano El-Kholy | May 6, 2018 |
| Arabic | How much words in an Arabic page ? | It varies.... | https://www.proz.com/forum/arabic/272495-rates_per _word_vs_per_page_1800_with_spaces.html ********* ************************************************** ************** والله أعلم | Morano El-Kholy | May 5, 2018 |
| Translation Theory and Practice | This trend of agencies deciding which tools the freelancer should use... | Not only me! | [QUOTE]Janet Ross Snyder wrote:
Not a fan of CAT tools I do not accept jobs that require the use of CAT tools. Almost all my source documents are dead text pdfs and I translate the | Morano El-Kholy | Apr 27, 2018 |
| Office applications | Excel file, different languages not in columns, but in rows. How to count/remove one language? | A suggestion. | Can you just copy & paste this Dutch source into another Excel file? Then you can easily count your source words? Hoping to find better solutions among our dear colleagues. | Morano El-Kholy | Apr 23, 2018 |
| Poll Discussion | Poll: Which of these professions do you think has the most parallels with translation? | Crime scene investigator..... | Yes, according to our daily researches among various online articles/links/news/blogs. I think we are closer to the works done by the crime scene investigator! We are spending our life | Morano El-Kholy | Apr 23, 2018 |
| Scams | Two new thieves: Dave GRAHAM and Thom WEST | Yes, I've tried this link, but it did not work! | [QUOTE]Teresa Borges wrote:
I've just accessed it, without a problem. Have you tried this link? http://www.translator-scammers.com/transl ator-scammers-directory.htm [/QUOTE] Tha | Morano El-Kholy | Apr 22, 2018 |
| Scams | Two new thieves: Dave GRAHAM and Thom WEST | I need to access Translators Scammers Directory. | I am trying to access Translators Scammers Directory but in vain! I am denied access. I need to report another scammer whom I did a big project recently but disappeared and did not pay< | Morano El-Kholy | Apr 22, 2018 |
| KudoZ | Should there be disciplinary action for those who close KudoZ questions without grading? | Yes, I think so too..... ! | Dear Hossam,
[QUOTE]Hossam wrote:
Such people always leave their questions open. I found somebody leaving more than 400 questions open![/QUOTE] I am really astonished! [ | Morano El-Kholy | Apr 15, 2018 |
| Legal | Law degree but no translation jobs | What about editing your Legal specialization under your title in your profile? | Dear Pamela,
You mentioned that you want to specialize and to work in the Legal Field...... Wonderful, but I see from your profile that you have not even mentioned this very important m | Morano El-Kholy | Apr 14, 2018 |
| Lighter side of trans/interp | Eating people is wrong. Even if they're students. | Why do you consider that eating people is wrong?! :) | Maybe, they are more delicious and good to health than ordinary food?! :) :) :) [Edited at 2018-03-18 14:44 GMT] | Morano El-Kholy | Mar 18, 2018 |
| Poll Discussion | Poll: Do you publish your rates on your website/online profiles? | No, but I used to. | No, I do not. I think that it is much better to include it in our projects' terms as both Neilmac and Teresa have mentioned. | Morano El-Kholy | Mar 17, 2018 |
| Poll Discussion | Poll: Have you ever felt your work as a translator was underestimated because of your gender? | The same with me..... | [QUOTE]Maxi Schwarz wrote:
they can't quite guess my gender based on my name.[/QUOTE] Yes, the same with me but I used to acknowledge them when being asked! My reply to this poll | Morano El-Kholy | Mar 5, 2018 |
| Poll Discussion | Poll: Do you think freelancers are generally more, or less, socially inept than the rest? | More socially inept..... Yes :-)) | Yes, I think they are in a way. | Morano El-Kholy | Mar 3, 2018 |
| Poll Discussion | Poll: Do you find any linguistic beauty in technical translations? | Thanks dear colleagues. | Thanks for your nice comment, Angie.
Thanks for the interesting poll suggested by Susanna. Thanks to all participants. :) :) [Edited at 2018-03-01 20:48 GMT] | Morano El-Kholy | Mar 1, 2018 |
| Poll Discussion | Poll: Do you find any linguistic beauty in technical translations? | Yes, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. | [QUOTE]Susanna Martoni wrote:
Legal translations, to me, is a beautiful world.[/QUOTE] and [QUOTE]Angie Garbarino wrote: The legal register is wonderful for me, I really l | Morano El-Kholy | Mar 1, 2018 |
| Poll Discussion | Poll: Do you find any linguistic beauty in technical translations? | Yes, I do. | My question is: Do you find any linguistic beauty in legal translations? :) | Morano El-Kholy | Mar 1, 2018 |
| Poll Discussion | Poll: Have you ever found errors in a translation after delivering it? | It seems that most of us "translators": TRY NOT TO LOOK :-) | Me too!
[QUOTE]Muriel Vasconcellos wrote:
I try not to look![/QUOTE] [QUOTE]Konbaz wrote: I try not to look too.[/QUOTE] But, [QUOTE]Mario Chavez wrote: I'm too self- | Morano El-Kholy | Dec 24, 2017 |
| ProZ.com job systems | Reply to "[ProZ.com mail]" offers without disclosing email address | Agree with you... | Yes, me too. I'd like to have this option. Several times, I wished to have this vital option mainly for the same reasons as detailed by Mirko. | Morano El-Kholy | Dec 22, 2017 |
| KudoZ | Your opinion? A certain KudoZ asker always awards points to the same answerer. | A great frustration.... ! | I think that will definitely cause a great frustration to all other participants....! Not a favorable status though! | Morano El-Kholy | Dec 14, 2017 |
| Poll Discussion | Poll: I see myself as a freelance translator for: | I don't know. | You never can tell!
Maybe now, tomorrow or next year! | Morano El-Kholy | Nov 23, 2017 |
| Poll Discussion | Poll: Which of these traits is most important to a good translator/interpreter? | Yes, Persistence. | Agree with Muriel,.... Persistence or Perseverance :) | Morano El-Kholy | Nov 9, 2017 |
| Subtitling | QC in Backlot | What is Backlot? | Dear CaterinaSc,
I do not know this term too. I have searched through the web and that's what I have found: ****************************************** ***************************** | Morano El-Kholy | Nov 2, 2017 |
| Getting established | How do you deal with the periods without jobs? | Happens all the time.... :) | [QUOTE]Laura Kingdon wrote:
It's almost guaranteed that the morning I leave will be the morning my inbox is packed.[/QUOTE] Yes, It just happens all the time ..... | Morano El-Kholy | Oct 14, 2017 |
| Money matters | How I can get order from big company or clients? | Yes, "all that glitters is not gold" | [QUOTE]Michael Newton wrote:
"all that glitters is not gold", all that pretends to be big, is not really big.[/QUOTE] Agree with both Michael and Joohee. Yes, search the BB and stick | Morano El-Kholy | Sep 27, 2017 |
| Poll Discussion | Poll: Which CAT tool do you use the most? | None.... | [QUOTE]Teresa wrote:
None
As I said x times before...[/QUOTE] Yes, like Teresa... I use none of them! | Morano El-Kholy | Aug 31, 2017 |
| Honors / Citations | Let me be the first to congratulate Sheila Wilson | CONGRATULATIONS ..... :) | Dear Sheila,
Congratulations. You are a very nice and helpful colleague. Thank you. | Morano El-Kholy | Aug 24, 2017 |
| Money matters | Incentives for staying with Proz.com? | I share with you the same opinion! | Dear Bernhard,
Honestly speaking, I have the same opinion/feelings about my paid membership! I spend a lot of time every year trying to persuade myself that it's worth it! Fi | Morano El-Kholy | Jul 31, 2017 |
| ProZ.com directory | Why don't I show up in a directory search? | Oh.. that's the reason. | Thank you Beatriz Ramírez de Haro. I really appreciate both your concern and your prompt reply. Kind regards. | Morano El-Kholy | Jul 26, 2017 |
| ProZ.com directory | Why don't I show up in a directory search? | Excuse me for asking this question..... | Excuse me dear colleagues for asking this question: I am a translator. I am a paying member. I need to know why I do not show up in the first page? I actually appear on the third page of t | Morano El-Kholy | Jul 25, 2017 |
| ProZ.com: Translator Coop | The new ProZ menu | I do not like the "new Proz menu" too :) | [QUOTE]Jack wrote:
So I’ll sign off as Dinosaur Doughty.[/QUOTE] Ha.. Ha.. Agree with you Jack, I also do not like this "new Proz menu". This makes me another "Dinosaur" | Morano El-Kholy | Jul 19, 2017 |
| Poll Discussion | Poll: How long after sending a price quote do you follow up on it? | I do not follow up! | [QUOTE]Agneta wrote:
I don't follow up price quotes either - the silence from the other end equals a negative.[/QUOTE] That's true. You can not spend your life chasing clients :) | Morano El-Kholy | Jul 19, 2017 |
| Getting established | How many pages to translate a day? | No, You had to be "Superman"! | Dear TariqSh,
Of course, this is abnormal! [QUOTE] TariqSh wrote: Also note that sometimes I am forced to do 23 pages in 9 hours.[/QUOTE] Oh, you had to be "Superman" to b | Morano El-Kholy | Jul 19, 2017 |
| Business issues | What to do when you loose a big client | Welcome, any time. | [QUOTE]Virginie Proisy wrote:
Morano,
You are a great guy, God bless you![/QUOTE] Welcome, my dear sister. PS. I am not a guy. I am a lady :) [Edited at 2017-07- | Morano El-Kholy | Jul 4, 2017 |
| Business issues | What to do when you loose a big client | Try to cheer up :) | Dear Virginie,
I know that you are now feeling a lot of pain and that no words however can makeup for your panic. But, I want to assure you that loosing a (big) client though it rep | Morano El-Kholy | Jul 4, 2017 |
| Arabic | هل هذا عرض عمل طبيعي/مقبول؟ | شكرًا جزيلاً على المشاركة بالرد | أشكرك جدًا أ. راندا فرحات على مشاركتك بالرد فأنتٍ قيمة كبيرة وأنا أعتز وأقدر إسهاماتك في الترجمة وتعج | Morano El-Kholy | Jun 26, 2017 |
| Arabic | هل هذا عرض عمل طبيعي/مقبول؟ | فعلاً .. حتى جوجل لن يستطيع :) | شكرًا جزيلاً أ. مراد عوض على التعليق القيم صحيح... حتى جوجل ترانسليت لن يتمكن من ترجمة كل هذه الكمية في � | Morano El-Kholy | Jun 19, 2017 |
| Arabic | هل هذا عرض عمل طبيعي/مقبول؟ | جوجل ترانسليت :) | أخي الفاضل/ عبد الله حسن .... والله عندك حق .. مفيش غير جوجل ترانسليت السعر المعروض أيضا مغري جدًا ده كم | Morano El-Kholy | Jun 19, 2017 |
| Arabic | هل هذا عرض عمل طبيعي/مقبول؟ | السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته قرأت اليوم عرض عمل موجود على موقع بروز يخص الترجمة من اللغة الانجلي | Morano El-Kholy | Jun 19, 2017 | |
| Arabic | تحذير من محتال ترجمة | شكرَا جزيلاً.... والحمد لله كثيرًا | الأستاذ الفاضل/ لطفي عبد الحليم تحية طيبة شكرًا جزيلاً على التنبيه... لقد راسلني هذا الشخص قبل ذلك � | Morano El-Kholy | May 16, 2017 |
| Arabic | من هو وكيل بروز في مصر؟ | الاشتراك بالجنيه المصري | أخي الكريم
السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته هذا هو رابط الاشتراك بالعملة المحلية في مصر http://www.proz.com | Morano El-Kholy | May 9, 2017 |
| Subtitling | Netflix Hermes test | I have to apologize.... | I think that I have to apologize for my previous comment because I have just found the link in one of my messages sent to me on 24th March and which was hidden among several unread mes | Morano El-Kholy | Apr 7, 2017 |
| Subtitling | Netflix Hermes test | Still waiting for the test link.....! | I am still waiting since 24th March for the test link to be sent to my mobile phone! :) I have not done any test yet! I sent them a support email today, hoping that there will be a | Morano El-Kholy | Apr 7, 2017 |
| Poll Discussion | Poll: In how many CAT tools are you proficient? | None.... | Here I join all who chose "None" as their practical choice :) | Morano El-Kholy | Apr 3, 2017 |
| Poll Discussion | Poll: If you had to compare translation, to which of these activities would it come closest? | Swinging between "detective work" and "construction"! | I finally chose "detective work".
Yes, as Muriel said: [QUOTE]Detective work. Says it all![/QUOTE] | Morano El-Kholy | Apr 2, 2017 |
| Poll Discussion | Poll: Have you ever submitted a ProZ.com quick poll? | Yes, twice. | I have submitted lots of polls but two of them were featured :) | Morano El-Kholy | Mar 30, 2017 |
| ProZ.com profile help | MY old positive entry/recommendation in my WWA from the same client was deleted! | Thank you. | Thank you Maria for your prompt reply. Appreciated it. This is a logical clarification. Now, everything is clear and crystal :) Thank you jyuan_us for your nice comment. | Morano El-Kholy | Mar 17, 2017 |
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