Poll: Do you respond to crowdsourcing requests? Лице кое објавува дискусија: ProZ.com Staff
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neilmac
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Local time: 06:08
шпански на англиски
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I occasionally bung Wikipedia a tenner as I appreciate their efforts - does that count?
PS: Mea culpa. I understood "crowdfunding". In that case, my answer would usually be no - it takes me all my time to deal with my regular work.
I did translate a website free of charge a couple of years ago for a worthy cause (spinal injury research), but normally I'm too busy to entertain approaches for unpaid collaboration.
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[Edited at 2015-02... See more I occasionally bung Wikipedia a tenner as I appreciate their efforts - does that count?
PS: Mea culpa. I understood "crowdfunding". In that case, my answer would usually be no - it takes me all my time to deal with my regular work.
I did translate a website free of charge a couple of years ago for a worthy cause (spinal injury research), but normally I'm too busy to entertain approaches for unpaid collaboration.
[Edited at 2015-02-10 10:00 GMT]
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Tim Drayton (X) 
Кипар
Local time: 07:08
турски на англиски
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Well, I have never received such a request, actually, but I wouldn't respond expect in a negative manner.
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DianeGM
Local time: 07:08
холандски на англиски
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I don't think I've ever received such a request.
If I did I would treat every case on its merits, or lack thereof, and respond accordingly.
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Translate something for free when I could be translating something for money?
Am I missing something?
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Diana Obermeyer
Обединето Кралство
Local time: 05:08
германски на англиски
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| not by request... | Feb 10, 2015 |
... but I've added one or two edits on Wikipedia, translated a couple of transcripts on a coursera course... not much, but I figured that I use and benefit from these free services and if something catches my attention and I'm not in a mad rush, then I should also contribute in some form.
The problem with actual calls for volunteers is that they a) often come from profit-making organisations looking for free labour and b) want my time at the most inconvenient moment.
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| I don't consider translating pro bono as crowdsourcing | Feb 10, 2015 |
I don't remember ever seeing any crowdsourcing requests.
Possibly general invitations to contribute to sites such as 'MyMemory' - but I practically never have time to do so, and purely technically I do not know how to start.
If a translator works for Translators Without Borders or any other non-profit organisation to support the cause, taking on work and delivering it without charge, that is not crowdsourcing as I understand it. The only way it differs from professional... See more I don't remember ever seeing any crowdsourcing requests.
Possibly general invitations to contribute to sites such as 'MyMemory' - but I practically never have time to do so, and purely technically I do not know how to start.
If a translator works for Translators Without Borders or any other non-profit organisation to support the cause, taking on work and delivering it without charge, that is not crowdsourcing as I understand it. The only way it differs from professional work is the payment (or agreement on non-payment).
Just as sitting on committees, serving as honorary treasurer etc. without fees is not 'crowd' work, but providing a personal service with personal responsibility.
I would probably not contribute to crowdsourcing if asked.
I take responsibility for my work, and a crowd cannot - nobody can be sure who fiddled with it last, or why. ▲ Collapse
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| What is crowdsourcing? | Feb 10, 2015 |
Please excuse my ignorance. I thought crowdsourcing meant those kinds of jobs where 100,000 words are required for the next day so the job is divided up among several translators (which incidentally I usually turn down as they usually come from dubious sources and I can't imagine how it is possible to ensure any kind of quality or continuity). Judging from other peoples' responses, though, I seem to have the wrong end of the stick...
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And, I hardly receive these kinds of requests.
If I lived in an ideal world where I was independently wealthy and could recline on a velvet couch eating grapes and drinking champagne all day long dressed in a toga (ancient Roman kimono), I could entertain the thought of doing pro bono stuff for a good cause.
But, alas. Woe is me! Such is not the world. I have to slave like a whatsit on the wrong end of a chain gain to make a living. Sigh...
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I... See more And, I hardly receive these kinds of requests.
If I lived in an ideal world where I was independently wealthy and could recline on a velvet couch eating grapes and drinking champagne all day long dressed in a toga (ancient Roman kimono), I could entertain the thought of doing pro bono stuff for a good cause.
But, alas. Woe is me! Such is not the world. I have to slave like a whatsit on the wrong end of a chain gain to make a living. Sigh...
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If this question refers to the definition that Helen's just given us, then I wouldn't touch it with a barge pole since the only foreseeable outcome of such an undertaking would be a total clustermess that I would not want to lend my name to. Sometimes the bar gets lowered too far you cannot limbo. ▲ Collapse
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Diana Coada (X)
Обединето Кралство
Local time: 05:08
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Tim Drayton wrote:
Well, I have never received such a request, actually, but I wouldn't respond except in a negative manner.
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| No, of course not | Feb 10, 2015 |
BTW: I have received a request once or twice.
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Tim Drayton wrote:
Well, I have never received such a request, actually, but I wouldn't respond expect in a negative manner.
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Thayenga
Германија
Local time: 06:08
Член (2009)
англиски на германски
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I've received a few of these requests, but didn't even take the time to reply. Charity is a voluntary act/deed and shouldn't be solicited by companies that can easily afford to pay a decent rate.
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Yvonne Gallagher
Ирска
Local time: 05:08
Член (2010)
француски на англиски
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| Crowdsourcing... | Feb 10, 2015 |
...doesn't necessarily mean for free. There a few agencies out there that work with crowdsourcing, but have turned it into a paid job. Usually it doesn't involve translating (it's something like checking breadcrumbs, or if a research's intent is adult or not) and it's fairly underpaid so... Yeah, it guess it would be kind of "for free" if you consider the amount they're willing to pay.
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