Poll: How often is your work rated by testers with less experience and knowledge than you? Thread poster: ProZ.com Staff
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| | | I don't know | Sep 17, 2018 |
I haven’t the faintest idea! Nowadays, I don’t take tests very often, as I’m usually too busy, but when I do take them I either receive an e-mail saying that my test was approved or… complete silence!
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I rarely know the identity of the people (if any) who check my work so I don't know whether their knowledge and/or experience is greater than mine. As I've been in the translation business a long time, I expect that SOMETIMES the checker is less knowledgeable and experienced than me.
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I haven't taken a test in years.
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| Less experience and knowledge of what? | Sep 17, 2018 |
I often know more about the languages - either the source or the target or both - than people who review my work.
I have sometimes had feedback from people who know more about the subject field than I do, and want to discuss the special terminology.
But most of the time I do not know who checks my work - someone from the agency, or the client, or both. It varies. Typically I would say I am the linguist, but they are the experts in other subject areas.
That said, ... See more I often know more about the languages - either the source or the target or both - than people who review my work.
I have sometimes had feedback from people who know more about the subject field than I do, and want to discuss the special terminology.
But most of the time I do not know who checks my work - someone from the agency, or the client, or both. It varies. Typically I would say I am the linguist, but they are the experts in other subject areas.
That said, I know a lot of terminology at a superficial level, even if I don't know enough about the details of a subject field to work in it. ▲ Collapse
| | | | Mario Freitas 
Brazil
Local time: 13:47
Member (2014)
English to Portuguese
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Not only "rated" but also revised, which is a disaster.
| | | | | You cannot know | Sep 17, 2018 |
The fact that your work rated by testers with less experience and knowledge than you does not necessarily mean they are eager to put it down. Normally, a tester should be correct and adequate enough regardless of their level of experience.
| | | | Robert Forstag
United States
Local time: 12:47
Spanish to English
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Platon Danilov wrote:
The fact that your work rated by testers with less experience and knowledge than you does not necessarily mean they are eager to put it down. Normally, a tester should be correct and adequate enough regardless of their level of experience.
...a minimum of knowledge and skill is required. That is the point.
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Paulinho Fonseca
Brazil
Local time: 13:47
Member (2011)
English to Portuguese
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| I don't know, but | Sep 17, 2018 |
some of my clients sometimes say: "I have hired a new proofer and he/she will be looking into your work from now on". I really don't mind it, but the thing is that to 'win' a client, these so called 'proofers' make a fuss on my work, client replies with QA for review, I justify it and proofers fade away. Why not point out what really matters and keep both work opportunities?
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