Poll: Have you automated any of your work processes in recent years?
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Mohamed Ghouse
 
neilmac
neilmac
Spain
Local time: 12:30
Spanish to English
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Other Sep 30, 2019

A year or two ago I started using a software tool that checks consistency in texts. I mainly use it for revising/correcting academic papers written by non-native speakers, but sometimes I use it on my own translations as well.

I use MT a bit, but judiciously rather than slavishly or across the board.


Geoffrey Black
 
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
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Portugal
Local time: 11:30
Member (2007)
English to Portuguese
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No Sep 30, 2019

What's going on with this automated obsession? I don’t want to automate anything I do; I want to put my brain to good use…

ahartje
Philippe Etienne
 
Matthias Brombach
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Germany
Local time: 12:30
Member (2007)
Dutch to German
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Yes: Sep 30, 2019

I automatically reject all PEMT requests.

Jean Dimitriadis
ahartje
Philippe Etienne
Geoffrey Black
 
John Fossey
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Canada
Local time: 07:30
Member (2008)
French to English
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Other Sep 30, 2019

It's unclear to me what is meant by "automated work processes". My spell checker is automated, does that count? I use BaacS to keep track of orders, but that's a database, not what I would call automated. I use a CAT tool, which automatically calls up matching segments from the TM. But I manually type in the translations, so I guess that's not automatic either.

 
Mario Freitas
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Brazil
Local time: 08:30
Member (2014)
English to Portuguese
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Yes Oct 1, 2019

Using a CAT is a considerable automation step, in case people are not considering that. In fact, the CAT automates several functions, not only one.
Other than that, I also automate as much as I can my invoicing, statistics, and other admin/control processes, but I'm far from the level of automation I desire. I just don't have time to program it, and I will not buy third-party software for that purpose.
One type of automation that will never, ever be part of my routine is using MTs to
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Using a CAT is a considerable automation step, in case people are not considering that. In fact, the CAT automates several functions, not only one.
Other than that, I also automate as much as I can my invoicing, statistics, and other admin/control processes, but I'm far from the level of automation I desire. I just don't have time to program it, and I will not buy third-party software for that purpose.
One type of automation that will never, ever be part of my routine is using MTs to translate. I only use MTs for languages I don't speak. Period.
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Geoffrey Black
 
Jan Truper
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Germany
Local time: 12:30
Member (2016)
English to German
Yes Oct 1, 2019

Besides using CAT tools / MT / dictation software where I see fit, I have automated certain menial processes (by using input devices with several extra buttons and this software: https://www.orderedbytes.com/controllermate/).

For example, I can select text and then hit a specific button on my keyboard to automatically and swiftly
Copy text -> Switch to browser app in a se
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Besides using CAT tools / MT / dictation software where I see fit, I have automated certain menial processes (by using input devices with several extra buttons and this software: https://www.orderedbytes.com/controllermate/).

For example, I can select text and then hit a specific button on my keyboard to automatically and swiftly
Copy text -> Switch to browser app in a separate window -> Click on a dictionary tab -> Click in search field -> Paste text -> Hit Enter -> Return mouse cursor to original position.

I have several such automated work processes assigned to various extra buttons/keys.
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