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Site forums | @Mods Where are you? Forums at risk | Article I -- Definitions

kd42 — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 11:27:00 +0000

Forum: Site forums
Topic: @Mods Where are you? Forums at risk
Poster: kd42
Post title: Article I -- Definitions

[quote]Samuel Murray wrote: [quote]kd42 wrote:
a) the aggressive majority insists that "we are professionals here!" and tries to chop off any manifestation of a member as a human, a parent, a bird lover, a creator of sick jokes, etc.; [/quote]
The demise of ProZ.com's forums is not caused by staff trying to root out toxicity but rather by staff NOT trying to root out toxicity.
The staff doesn't care that e.g. new users are treated poorly by old regulars and chased away, or that some old regulars treat the forums as a place to vent their frustrations with the world, but that is precisely the thing that has made these forums an unpleasant place to visit. It may be too late to save the forums, but I think Henry should give it one last try, at least, with a cull.[/quote]
Dear Samuel, please define
[quote]care
poorly
old regulars
vent
frustration
the world
unpleasant
to save
Henry
cull[/quote]

Site forums | @Mods Where are you? Forums at risk | Too late

Lieven Malaise — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 11:18:00 +0000

Forum: Site forums
Topic: @Mods Where are you? Forums at risk
Poster: Lieven Malaise
Post title: Too late

[quote]Samuel Murray wrote:
It may be too late to save the forums, but I think Henry should give it one last try, at least, with a cull.[/quote]

I think it has been too late for years now. Forums like these were popular in the second half of the Noughties. I was really surprised to see them half alive when I subscribed for the first time in the year 2020. I'm afraid they are going nowhere and will eventually be deleted.

[Bijgewerkt op 2026-07-31 11:19 GMT]

Site forums | @Mods Where are you? Forums at risk | The demise of ProZ.com forums

Samuel Murray — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 10:53:00 +0000

Forum: Site forums
Topic: @Mods Where are you? Forums at risk
Poster: Samuel Murray
Post title: The demise of ProZ.com forums

[quote]kd42 wrote:
a) the aggressive majority insists that "we are professionals here!" and tries to chop off any manifestation of a member as a human, a parent, a bird lover, a creator of sick jokes, etc.; [/quote]
The demise of ProZ.com's forums is not caused by staff trying to root out toxicity but rather by staff NOT trying to root out toxicity.

The staff doesn't care that e.g. new users are treated poorly by old regulars and chased away, or that some old regulars treat the forums as a place to vent their frustrations with the world, but that is precisely the thing that has made these forums an unpleasant place to visit. It may be too late to save the forums, but I think Henry should give it one last try, at least, with a cull.

[Edited at 2026-07-31 10:54 GMT]

AI for translators and interpreters | AI cyber-security incidents | AI

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 10:38:00 +0000

Forum: AI for translators and interpreters
Topic: AI cyber-security incidents
Poster: Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Post title: AI

‘ai’ in Portuguese is an interjection used to express pain, distress, displeasure, sadness or astonishment. This meaning seems to be becoming increasingly relevant…

MemoQ support | Import filter for markdown files wanted | Doesn't fit

Katja Heimann-Kiefer — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 10:37:00 +0000

Forum: MemoQ support
Topic: Import filter for markdown files wanted
Poster: Katja Heimann-Kiefer
Post title: Doesn't fit

Thanks, Li-Hsiang.

I noted that Pandoc runs in my browser and liked that. So I tested it but found that it doesn't work for my purposes.

It doesn't handle all of my markdown code correctly and I found no way of converting the translated html file into the proper markdown format after translation. Which means that I cannot use the result.

Katja

AI for translators and interpreters | AI cyber-security incidents | AI

Lieven Malaise — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 10:29:00 +0000

Forum: AI for translators and interpreters
Topic: AI cyber-security incidents
Poster: Lieven Malaise
Post title: AI

[quote]Zea_Mays wrote:
To me, this doesn't look like these are all coincidences. There's a message behind.[/quote]

I've become very suspicious about all communication coming from AI developers. I can't stop thinking this conveys the message "Mistakes have been made, but look at how powerful the technology is that we are developing". I see it as another way to convince investors of the future of this technology.

Now let me remove my tin-foil hat.

Site forums | @Mods Where are you? Forums at risk | Thanks again

kd42 — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 10:16:00 +0000

Forum: Site forums
Topic: @Mods Where are you? Forums at risk
Poster: kd42
Post title: Thanks again

[quote] Baran [/quote]
Thank you for mentioning the name, I was able to find that thread, it is full of passion, reminded me of this passage by Steinbeck:

[quote]Of course everything got really hot at tournament time. Things were very touchy. Those old men brought a passion to the game you wouldn’t believe. Why, two octogenarians would walk away into the woods and you’d find them locked in mortal combat. They even developed secret languages so that each wouldn’t know what the other was talking about.[/quote]
I visited Baran's profile page, and the LWA is simply excellent, his humour and creativity which some strongly dislike are probably a side effect. Unfortunately, many posts in that thread are hidden by mods, and I cannot make my own judgement.

Which reminds me of a very old observation which is relevant to Proz and this thread. Every user group or a professional forum which I visited and/or contributed to across the last 20+ years begins to inevitably rot from within if:
a) the aggressive majority insists that "we are professionals here!" and tries to chop off any manifestation of a member as a human, a parent, a bird lover, a creator of sick jokes, etc.;
b) the owners and the mods of the community put the letter of their self-proclaimed rules above the spirit of the community, of the forum thread, because mods are people who lean towards fast punishment, ban, amputation instead of treatment, otherwise they would not have been chosen.
When I warned the owners about the bad trends, they normally said this, "Go and create your own glorious fantastic forum before you teach us, The Great Ones!" Most of these communities are now a dried skeleton, some went completely offline. (Proz is still rotting and juicy, and I keep coming back and crawl.)

There are communities which thrive and prosper, because the above circumstances are nearly absent there, I am a member of a couple, therefore I know that paradise is real.

MemoQ support | Import filter for markdown files wanted | Pandoc

Li-Hsiang Hsu — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 10:12:00 +0000

Forum: MemoQ support
Topic: Import filter for markdown files wanted
Poster: Li-Hsiang Hsu
Post title: Pandoc

Pandoc app runs locally in your browser.
But a more secured way is using Pandoc CLI from your terminal.

MemoQ support | Import filter for markdown files wanted | Thanks – but ...

Katja Heimann-Kiefer — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 09:49:00 +0000

Forum: MemoQ support
Topic: Import filter for markdown files wanted
Poster: Katja Heimann-Kiefer
Post title: Thanks – but ...

Thanks everybody for your suggestions.

I'll look into Pandoc, interesting!

(But I will certainly not throw my client's file into the mouth of a greedy LLM, let alone translate it for me. I'm here because I can do translations myself and am in fact booked specifically for that skill.)

What I was hoping to get is simply the extra import filter that I can add to my memoQ installation (which is why I asked my question in the memoQ forum). Is there no way to add one filter?

Thanks,
Katja

AI for translators and interpreters | AI cyber-security incidents | now it's Anthropic's turn

Zea_Mays — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 09:41:00 +0000

Forum: AI for translators and interpreters
Topic: AI cyber-security incidents
Poster: Zea_Mays
Post title: now it's Anthropic's turn

"Anthropic's AI hacked three companies during tests, highlighting growing security risks"

To me, this doesn't look like these are all coincidences. There's a message behind.

[url removed]

Site forums | @Mods Where are you? Forums at risk | Thanks

kd42 — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 09:38:00 +0000

Forum: Site forums
Topic: @Mods Where are you? Forums at risk
Poster: kd42
Post title: Thanks

[quote]Angie Garbarino wrote:
made-up story that was damaging the entire site.[/quote]
Thanks for the laugh. There's nothing to worry about. The doomed have nothing left to fear.

MemoQ support | Import filter for markdown files wanted | WYSIWYG

CafeTran Trainer — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 19:21:00 +0000

Forum: MemoQ support
Topic: Import filter for markdown files wanted
Poster: CafeTran Trainer
Post title: WYSIWYG

[quote]Katja Heimann-Kiefer wrote:

Here, I can import the markdown files as text only but of course then all the marks come up as regular text. [/quote]

That's indeed not what you want. A good .md filter would allow WYSIWYG display in the grid. Perhaps something like:

Example file: Download markdown_guide.md.zip @ [url removed]

[Edited at 2026-07-31 07:15 GMT]

MemoQ support | Import filter for markdown files wanted | Markdown XLIFF

Rodolfo Raya — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 19:14:00 +0000

Forum: MemoQ support
Topic: Import filter for markdown files wanted
Poster: Rodolfo Raya
Post title: Markdown <-> XLIFF

- Convert your Markdown files to XLIFF using XLIFF Manager
- Translate the XLIFF with your favorite CAT tool
- Merge the translated XLIFF back to Markdown using XLIFF Manager
- Deliver the translated Markdown

Regards,
Rodolfo

AI for translators and interpreters | AI Dubbing and Subtitling by Acolad group | Flabbergasted

Lieven Malaise — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 17:56:00 +0000

Forum: AI for translators and interpreters
Topic: AI Dubbing and Subtitling by Acolad group
Poster: Lieven Malaise
Post title: Flabbergasted

Climate change has been melting minds these last few days. The things certain people are posting in these forums lately... amazing.

[Bijgewerkt op 2026-07-30 18:33 GMT]

MemoQ support | Import filter for markdown files wanted | Let AI handle the Markdown

Li-Hsiang Hsu — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 17:10:00 +0000

Forum: MemoQ support
Topic: Import filter for markdown files wanted
Poster: Li-Hsiang Hsu
Post title: Let AI handle the Markdown

If you don't mind using an LLM for the translation, you can send the text as it is to an LLM with a clear instruction: "You must preserve ALL Markdown elements and syntax. Translate only the human-readable text." LLMs understand and handle Markdown perfectly. And you will get a .md translated with the original formating.

French | Contrat de traduction avec éditeur français et résidence fiscale en Italie | Avis de mon comptable

Marie Christine Cramay — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 16:54:00 +0000

Forum: French
Topic: Contrat de traduction avec éditeur français et résidence fiscale en Italie
Poster: Marie Christine Cramay
Post title: Avis de mon comptable

Suite à la consultation de mon comptable, qui a confirmé les affirmations de l'IA, il est préférable que je facture un contrat de traduction éditoriale comme prestation de services de traduction, excactement comme je le fais pour mes traductions non éditoriales, afin de cotiser auprès de l'INPS de la même manière pour ma retraite, car opter pour le système du droit d'auteur au sein du régime forfaitaire peut sembler avantageux au départ, car il n'y a que 15% (5% pour les moins de 35 ans) d'impôt forfaitaire à payer, mais cette solution implique une absence de paiement de cotisations sociales à des fins de retraite.
Donc, tout dépend de l'âge que l'on a et du nombre d'années qu'il reste à travailler pour avoir une retraite pleine, et tout dépend aussi si l'on a ou pas d'autres sources de revenus pour vivre décemment.
Si vous vous trouvez dans un autre pays que l'Italie, je serais curieuse de savoir comment les choses fonctionnent dans votre pays de résidence fiscale.
Cordialement,
Christine

AI for translators and interpreters | AI Dubbing and Subtitling by Acolad group | Just request GDPR compliance

Li-Hsiang Hsu — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 16:53:00 +0000

Forum: AI for translators and interpreters
Topic: AI Dubbing and Subtitling by Acolad group
Poster: Li-Hsiang Hsu
Post title: Just request GDPR compliance

The GDPR applies to non-EU residents provided that the data collection and processing take place within the EU and/or the data controller or processor is located in the EU. Send a message to the relevant personne stating that you wish to exercise your legal right to "data erasure" as a "data subject" under the GDPR. They are required to respond to you within one month.

MemoQ support | Import filter for markdown files wanted | Pandoc

Li-Hsiang Hsu — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 16:37:00 +0000

Forum: MemoQ support
Topic: Import filter for markdown files wanted
Poster: Li-Hsiang Hsu
Post title: Pandoc

Hi Katja,
You may try Pandoc: [url removed]
If your CAT tool supports HTML, you may convert the .md file into .html, translate the text with your CAT tool. Finally, use Pandoc to convert the CAT HTML output back to .md.
Generally, your formating, hyperlinks and structure will be kept this way.
Otherwise, converting the .md file into .docx is fine too.
Hope it is helpful.

Proofreading / Editing / Reviewing | Proof/ Line Editing a Novel | @Zea

Jennifer Levey — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 15:13:00 +0000

Forum: Proofreading / Editing / Reviewing
Topic: Proof/ Line Editing a Novel
Poster: Jennifer Levey
Post title: @Zea

[quote]Zea_Mays wrote:

What's the point of those AI slop posts you seem to publish randomly?

On this page there's another of your bot pearls: [url removed]

[Bearbeitet am 2026-07-30 14:25 GMT] [/quote]

And here's (yet) another one:
[url removed] #3115684

It's all pretty amateurish - the bot can't even be bothered to invent a 'title' for its posts - it simply repeats the title written by the OP when starting the thread.
JL

Proofreading / Editing / Reviewing | Proof/ Line Editing a Novel | @Circle Translations = AI bot?

Zea_Mays — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 14:20:00 +0000

Forum: Proofreading / Editing / Reviewing
Topic: Proof/ Line Editing a Novel
Poster: Zea_Mays
Post title: @Circle Translations = AI bot?

What's the point of those AI slop posts you seem to publish randomly?

On this page there's another of your bot pearls: [url removed]

[Bearbeitet am 2026-07-30 14:25 GMT]

AI for translators and interpreters | AI cyber-security incidents | Freedom as acquired taste

Daryo — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 13:49:00 +0000

Forum: AI for translators and interpreters
Topic: AI cyber-security incidents
Poster: Daryo
Post title: Freedom as acquired taste

[quote]Zea_Mays wrote:
the story continues
OpenAIs escaped AI agent compromised a second target.

[url removed] [/quote]

Well ... the way it usually works is that once you acquire a taste for freedom you're not very likely to 'un-acquire' it - especially when the only obstacle is a 'gatekeeper' dumber than you. So this story will keep contuining.

Looks like AI is becoming less and less 'non-human' - this looks like the next level from its previous documented shenanigans - doing the opposite of what told and then lying about it (just like your average naughty kid would do).

MemoQ support | Import filter for markdown files wanted

Katja Heimann-Kiefer — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 10:59:00 +0000

Forum: MemoQ support
Topic: Import filter for markdown files wanted
Poster: Katja Heimann-Kiefer

Hi there,

I am working on a test for a new client who sends me markdown files. Trados (my preferred tool) kind of works but is not handling this format as well as it should. That's why I tried memoQ.

Here, I can import the markdown files as text only but of course then all the marks come up as regular text. Manageable but not helpful. Still, memoQ handles the file format better than Trados, so I'd like to find a way of importing the files properly to have the marks as actual tags.

I see that newer versions of memoQ have a markdown filter but my version doesn't (translator.pro 10.0.10 – because I have been working a lot less for the agency that I mainly used it for, at some point upgrading made no sense).

Is there anywhere I can download a markdown filter for memoQ?

Thanks and best regards
Katja

French | Tampon pour traducteur assermenté | traducteur près d'un tribunal judiciaire / cour d'appel : quelles différences concrètes ?

Johann V — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 05:37:00 +0000

Forum: French
Topic: Tampon pour traducteur assermenté
Poster: Johann V
Post title: traducteur près d'un tribunal judiciaire / cour d'appel : quelles différences concrètes ?

Bonjour à tous.tes,

Depuis janvier, suite à une prestation de serment, je suis inscrit sur la liste des traducteurs-interprètes du tribunal judiciaire de Châteauroux.

Cependant, après quelques recherches sur Internet, je trouve très souvent la mention de "traducteur expert (auprès d'une cour d'appel)", mais rarement la mention de "traducteur pour un tribunal judiciaire".

Quelle est la différence concrète entre ces deux notions ? Suis-je habilité à traduire des documents et actes administratifs ? Par exemple, un client vient de me demander de traduire un document de langue anglaise émis par l'autorité des permis de conduire néerlandaise attestant de la validité de son permis de conduire. Mon statut de "traducteur pour tribunal judiciaire" m'autorise-t-il à le faire ?

J'ai tenté de contacter le TJ de Châteauroux, sans succès pour l'instant.

Je serais ravi que des traducteurs pour tribunal judiciaire me donnent leur avis

D'avance, merci et bonne journée à tous/tes !

French | Traducteur assermenté près d'un tribunal judiciaire vs cour d'appel : quelles différences

Johann V — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 05:36:00 +0000

Forum: French
Topic: Traducteur assermenté près d'un tribunal judiciaire vs cour d'appel : quelles différences
Poster: Johann V

Bonjour à tous.tes,

Depuis janvier, suite à une prestation de serment, je suis inscrit sur la liste des traducteurs-interprètes du tribunal judiciaire de Châteauroux.

Cependant, après quelques recherches sur Internet, je trouve très souvent la mention de "traducteur expert (auprès d'une cour d'appel)", mais rarement la mention de "traducteur pour un tribunal judiciaire".

Quelle est la différence concrète entre ces deux notions ? Suis-je habilité à traduire des documents et actes administratifs ? Par exemple, un client vient de me demander de traduire un document de langue anglaise émis par l'autorité des permis de conduire néerlandaise attestant de la validité de son permis de conduire. Mon statut de "traducteur pour tribunal judiciaire" m'autorise-t-il à le faire ?

J'ai tenté de contacter le TJ de Châteauroux, sans succès pour l'instant.

Je serais ravi que des traducteurs pour tribunal judiciaire me donnent leur avis :)

D'avance, merci et bonne journée à tous/tes !

Johann

ProZ.com technical support | No rate shown | OK

Gregor Trebec — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 05:12:00 +0000

Forum: ProZ.com technical support
Topic: No rate shown
Poster: Gregor Trebec
Post title: OK

Ok, never mind. It came 24 hours later.

Site forums | @Mods Where are you? Forums at risk | I understand what you mean, but

expressisverbis — Wed, 29 Jul 2026 21:35:00 +0000

Forum: Site forums
Topic: @Mods Where are you? Forums at risk
Poster: expressisverbis
Post title: I understand what you mean, but

[quote]The Shredder wrote:

What is there left to talk about? Advice to new entrants? There are none. How to win new clients? Like that’s going to happen. KudoZ? Dead in my pairs. How to use AI? Most of us wouldn’t contemplate it.

Negative, I know. But technology has won and we’re nearly all struggling or giving up and probably a little bitter.

And some people are just, well, you know.

[/quote]

I understand what you mean, but I don't want to be another voice saying that everything is doomed.
But your questions are perfectly valid, and perhaps they're the very questions the people running this site should be asking themselves.
Technology has certainly changed our profession (it's not the first time), but whether a professional community remains relevant depends on much more than technology.
It also depends on the quality of the discussions, the willingness to share knowledge, the ability to understand and interpret what others are actually saying (after all, that's what translators do 😊), and the atmosphere people encounter when they come here.
And yes... every community has its learning opportunities. Some teach us what to do and others teach us what to avoid.

Site forums | @Mods Where are you? Forums at risk | Please correct this post

Angie Garbarino — Wed, 29 Jul 2026 19:01:00 +0000

Forum: Site forums
Topic: @Mods Where are you? Forums at risk
Poster: Angie Garbarino
Post title: Please correct this post

[quote]The Shredder wrote:

Because, unlike you two, he has a sense of humour. I don’t condone everything Baran says, but he’s just poking/having fun, and for you two to report his Mervyn pastiche is just silly. I really don’t know why you can’t behave like grown adults, like the people who have not gone running to mummy when you made racist words.[/quote]

Delete "you 2" when quoting me over racist words and insulting words

[Edited at 2026-07-29 19:11 GMT]

Site forums | @Mods Where are you? Forums at risk | The trouble

The Shredder — Wed, 29 Jul 2026 18:51:00 +0000

Forum: Site forums
Topic: @Mods Where are you? Forums at risk
Poster: The Shredder
Post title: The trouble

[quote]expressisverbis wrote:

Although I haven't been very active on ProZ lately, I think it's worth sharing my perspective based on what little I've seen recently.
I think it's time for ProZ to rethink its approach, because the site is at risk in more ways than one. [/quote]

What is there left to talk about? Advice to new entrants? There are none. How to win new clients? Like that’s going to happen. KudoZ? Dead in my pairs. How to use AI? Most of us wouldn’t contemplate it.

Negative, I know. But technology has won and we’re nearly all struggling or giving up and probably a little bitter.

And some people are just, well, you know.

Site forums | @Mods Where are you? Forums at risk | Verified

Angie Garbarino — Wed, 29 Jul 2026 17:35:00 +0000

Forum: Site forums
Topic: @Mods Where are you? Forums at risk
Poster: Angie Garbarino
Post title: Verified

[quote]Jennifer Levey wrote:

When I got verified it involved making a tiny credit-card payment to Proz (other routes were/are available, but not feasible in my circumstances).

JL [/quote]

Verified users have a black sign in their profile, you have it.

[Edited at 2026-07-29 17:38 GMT]

[Edited at 2026-07-29 17:41 GMT]