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Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida  Identity Verified
Portugal
Local time: 09:15
Membre (2007)
anglais vers portugais
+ ...
Yes Apr 12

I have a detailed record of all my translation projects since 2015 when I moved from Brussels to Lisbon.

Philip Lees
 
Juliano Martins
Juliano Martins  Identity Verified
Brésil
Local time: 05:15
Membre (2008)
anglais vers portugais
+ ...
Yes Apr 12

I keep an Excel spreadsheet since the beginning of my career in June 2008 with all information: client, wordcount, rate, total value, languages, type of job (translation, proofreading, interpretation, subtitling, transcription), etc. I know everything.

Maria Laura Curzi
 
Gregor Trebec
Gregor Trebec
Slovénie
Local time: 10:15
anglais vers slovène
+ ...
No Apr 12

No, i am a translator not a database...
 
Christine Andersen
Christine Andersen  Identity Verified
Danemark
Local time: 10:15
Membre (2003)
danois vers anglais
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Yes, I refer to past projects when the client comes back for more Apr 12

I note client-specific names and terminology in Multiterm, along with other details I may find useful later.

I keep whole projects if they are not highly confidential - marketing material and texts clients have on their websites, product information etc. Then I can find them and re-use them when the same client comes back with similar texts.
It helps with consistency and means I can deliver faster - and perhaps give the client a discount on repeats.

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I note client-specific names and terminology in Multiterm, along with other details I may find useful later.

I keep whole projects if they are not highly confidential - marketing material and texts clients have on their websites, product information etc. Then I can find them and re-use them when the same client comes back with similar texts.
It helps with consistency and means I can deliver faster - and perhaps give the client a discount on repeats.

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Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Philip Lees
Maria Laura Curzi
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Angie Garbarino
Angie Garbarino  Identity Verified
Local time: 10:15
Membre (2003)
anglais vers italien
+ ...
I do... Apr 13

Yes I still have them in some folders
 
Samuel Murray
Samuel Murray  Identity Verified
Pays-Bas
Local time: 10:15
Membre (2006)
anglais vers afrikaans
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No Apr 13

No, but I keep all files of old jobs in folders by year. And I use a particular naming scheme for TMs and glossaries, so they're easy to track down in case I need to find them. My folders go back to 2011.
 


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