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I’m satisfied with my ATA and APTRAD memberships. I’m still pondering if I will be renewing my Proz Plus membership…
| | | | Anton Konashenok 
Česká republika
Local time: 10:14
francouzština -> angličtina
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| None of the above | Jun 12, 2024 |
I am willing to help my colleagues voluntarily, but definitely not willing to pay a fee for the right to do so.
| | | | Alex Lichanow
Německo
Local time: 10:14
angličtina -> němčina
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My membership at a 24/7 self-service gym.
As for ProZ, I am yet to get any use from my membership. Definitely not going to renew my paid plan.
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| ProZ is amazing | Jun 13, 2024 |
I've already had £67 of work in just nine months!
I've learnt so much from all the inspirational trainings in how to use AI and avoid using my brain!!
The transformative (and free*) Pastey enabled me to earn that £67 in exactly eight seconds!!!
Plus I can't get enough of that lovely new green typeface on the front page!!!!
But the forums and the people on them are rubbish. Wouldn't touch them with a bargepole.
[Edited at 2024-06-13 07... See more I've already had £67 of work in just nine months!
I've learnt so much from all the inspirational trainings in how to use AI and avoid using my brain!!
The transformative (and free*) Pastey enabled me to earn that £67 in exactly eight seconds!!!
Plus I can't get enough of that lovely new green typeface on the front page!!!!
But the forums and the people on them are rubbish. Wouldn't touch them with a bargepole.
[Edited at 2024-06-13 07:45 GMT] ▲ Collapse
| | | | Baran Keki
Turecko
Local time: 11:14
Člen
angličtina -> turečtina
As a linguist I'm satisfied with my 'Turkic Philology Society' membership, but not that satisfied with my 'Mesopotamian Paleography Association' membership, which I found to be a poor return on investment.
As a translator, however, I'm not at all satisfied with my Trados ownership... but hugely satisfied with my Google Translate and MateCAT investments, as they paid dividends in spades.
| | | | P.L.F. Persi (X)
Nizozemsko
Local time: 10:14
angličtina -> italština
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| I hear you, bro! | Jun 13, 2024 |
Baran Keki wrote:
As a linguist I'm satisfied with my 'Turkic Philology Society' membership, but not that satisfied with my 'Mesopotamian Paleography Association' membership, which I found to be a poor return on investment.
I share the same level of dissatisfaction with my Magna Graecia Glottophile Union, they're the worst.
| | | | | What's with the proz bashing? | Jun 13, 2024 |
Hmm. If no one seems to like proz ... why are they on proz?
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Alex Lichanow
Německo
Local time: 10:14
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| ProZ bashing | Jun 13, 2024 |
Justin Peterson wrote:
Hmm. If no one seems to like proz ... why are they on proz?
I can only speak for myself, but I originally created an account because ProZ was supposed to be the world's leading platform for connecting translators and clients (well, to be fair, it is).
The problem is that, over the years, it has become increasingly clear that ProZ, as the world's leading platform, does f*** all to support translators. While smaller platforms like TranslatorsCafe will at least remove job postings with insulting rates when those are reported, ProZ just lets them slide with the flimsy rationale that they are only offering a platform and everything else is up to their users.
Ever since my original registration on ProZ, personally, I have found exactly one new client through this platform.
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Baran Keki wrote:
As a linguist I'm satisfied with my 'Turkic Philology Society' membership, but not that satisfied with my 'Mesopotamian Paleography Association' membership, which I found to be a poor return on investment.
As a translator, however, I'm not at all satisfied with my Trados ownership... but hugely satisfied with my Google Translate and MateCAT investments, as they paid dividends in spades.
Because they are (essentially) free! 😂
| | | | | See above (or below, depending on which way you hang) | Jun 13, 2024 |
Justin Peterson wrote:
Hmm. If no one seems to like proz ... why are they on proz?
I think my post explained precisely that.
| | | | | Proletarian Plus Package | Jun 13, 2024 |
I'm quite satisfied with the above package as it allows to lead a decent living without PEMT or complicated terminology research for peanuts.
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expressisverbis
Portugalsko
Local time: 09:14
angličtina -> portugalština
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I'm praying that everything will improve at ProZ.com, including our satisfaction with the membership.
| | | | Annette Fehr
Francie
Local time: 10:14
francouzština -> angličtina
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ProZ's a lovely-looking platform except it doesn't deliver as announced: put me in contact with clients.
I've found more clients through my own personal webpage than through ProZ, and I don't even know or use SEO!
The world and the translation industry seem to have moved on while ProZ doesn't seem to have gotten the memo that encouraging agencies in a world of AI is AGAINST translators' interests, not in favour, since the race to the bottom knows no limits.
... See more ProZ's a lovely-looking platform except it doesn't deliver as announced: put me in contact with clients.
I've found more clients through my own personal webpage than through ProZ, and I don't even know or use SEO!
The world and the translation industry seem to have moved on while ProZ doesn't seem to have gotten the memo that encouraging agencies in a world of AI is AGAINST translators' interests, not in favour, since the race to the bottom knows no limits.
I won't be renewing my membership, and all of the above reasons, including those excellent comments listed in the other posts, are exactly why.
Somehow, however, I don't think that anyone at ProZ will notice or care, and that's symptomatic of the real problem: Once companies like ProZ become too large, they tend to stray away from their customer base unless they take proactive steps to stay on top of current trends and really listen to their customers' needs. ▲ Collapse
| | | | | The counterfactual is hard to know | Jun 13, 2024 |
Alex Lichanow wrote:
Ever since my original registration on ProZ, personally, I have found exactly one new client through this platform.
I don't think I've had one, not in the sense of either responding to a job posting, or receiving a "Proz" labelled email making a proposal worth accepting.
I do know I've had referrals from people I "met" on here, though. That's the value I've had out of it. I mean, it's not impossible that would have happened without being on here, as I probably would have spent more time on T Café or something, but as you said, Proz was the biggest platform. And it was OK, back in the day (although even back then, I couldn't see the extra value gained in paying for it, having done so for a couple of years).
[Edited at 2024-06-13 13:21 GMT]
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