tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17777622.post7448102370529373376..comments2010-07-05T18:51:35.743-07:00Nick Arcehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12403675665654321053NickArce@gmail.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17777622.post-42607730986941635302010-05-05T02:02:34.111-07:002010-05-05T02:02:34.111-07:00Very nice nick!!Translation Serviceshttp://www.cosmicgloballimited.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17777622.post-7704713802540902262009-12-18T20:05:40.125-08:002009-12-18T20:05:40.125-08:00A complete one day or one week translation? Yes, the internet has certainly changed many professions! The last sentence sums it all up though. SandraAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17777622.post-25089606658271899262009-09-22T20:39:08.470-07:002009-09-22T20:39:08.470-07:00I agree that we should use qualified professionals.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17777622.post-66297764593969775772009-07-21T01:24:33.721-07:002009-07-21T01:24:33.721-07:00Great discussion!!<br />Thanks for sharing.<br /><br />Stay connected with friends at <a href="http://www.profiles-connectdirector.com/" rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">global personal networking</a>.pmatthewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12020865861975734086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17777622.post-15477106765324585502009-07-19T20:03:58.077-07:002009-07-19T20:03:58.077-07:00Good Point Michael! It is true, translation agencies do employ crowd-sourcing as a method to speed up projects (Paid). Other businesses/online entities use crowd-sourcing as a way of getting services for free. It is important to distinguish both. <br /><br />Thank you for your contribution!Nick Arcenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17777622.post-91188473711262196362009-07-19T19:27:45.914-07:002009-07-19T19:27:45.914-07:00Nick, I appreciate your post as one of the calmer voices in the current discussion. Can I add two points that I have difficulties with?<br /><br />1. It seems to me that crowd-sourcing is a method of procurement and would not automatically mean &quot;for free.&quot; Many translation agencies &quot;crowd-source&quot; larger projects, or else they would not be finished within a reasonable time frame. It seems to me that we need to clarify that asking anyone to translate for free and asking a large number of (paid) professionals to come together on a project (to speed up its delivery) are two very different things.<br /><br />2. I am very suspicious of arguments that tell me method x &quot;tailors [language] according to their [the audience&#39;s] needs.&quot; In many, many years in the field I learned to defer to the technical knowledge of subject-matter experts and to question the linguistic expertise of people without language training. The unspeakable results of amateur crowd-sourcing, quietly cleaned up by professional translators and editors, are rarely written about – probably because they are so unspeakable.Michaelhttp://translatethis.eunoreply@blogger.com