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This forum topic is for the discussion of the poll question "When I compare source and target file, I place the source file on...".
This poll was originally submitted by Ehsan Mirzaei. View the poll results »
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Iulia Parvu 
Романија
Local time: 03:51
Член (2022)
англиски на романски
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But I accidentally pressed 'right' and then saw the results and thought, 'Who’s the psych*path that chose right?' 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️
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When I edit on paper or on screen I do the same: source file always on the left...
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Lingua 5B
Босна и Херцеговина
Local time: 02:51
англиски на француски
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| Right-handed people | Apr 21, 2025 |
We right-handed people tend to have left-to-right perceptual orientation, but not sure about left-handed people? If some of you is left-handed, let us now.
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I place the source text on top and the target below that.
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Christian Witt
Германија
Local time: 02:51
Член (2024)
англиски на германски
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| Left-handed VS. reading direction | Apr 21, 2025 |
Lingua 5B wrote:
We right-handed people tend to have left-to-right perceptual orientation, but not sure about left-handed people? If some of you is left-handed, let us now.
I am left-handed, and I put the source left, too, since I still read from left to right. I think the only ones who do it differently are those with different reading directions, like the Japanese.
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Heather Oland
Соединети Американски Држави
Local time: 20:51
Член (2005)
шпански на англиски
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I am left-handed, and always have the source on the right side.
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Nicholas Boline
Соединети Американски Држави
Local time: 19:51
Член (2023)
шпански на англиски
Is it being right-handed that's leading people to put the source text on the left, or is it the fact that our languages are written left to right? I'd be curious to hear from an Arabic linguist or another non-left-to-right language if they do the same.
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| The source file is on the left | Apr 22, 2025 |
The source file on the left is the most convenient way to me so far, if possible. However, sometimes I also place the source text on top and the target below that.
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Lingua 5B
Босна и Херцеговина
Local time: 02:51
англиски на француски
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Nicholas Boline wrote:
Is it being right-handed that's leading people to put the source text on the left, or is it the fact that our languages are written left to right? I'd be curious to hear from an Arabic linguist or another non-left-to-right language if they do the same.
Our Arabic colleague above said they put source/target up and down.
I don’t think it’s about reading only, it’s about visual field direction vs. hands/motorics or eye to hand coordination. As lefties hold their computer mouse in the left hand, I immediately thought their perception may be reversed, like the mirror effect and they would put a “important thing” to the left (in our case the target file). To this effect, there are some research reports online.
As we sit down, we will place our phone on the table to the right. There is no reading involved here, we do it instinctively.
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