Hi everyone and thanks a million for the interesting conversation that you started here
In some cases and for some specific projects, partners do ask the names of the translators working on them because they would like to feature them on their websites. Other projects simply aren’t publicly available and the name of the translator isn’t displayed anywhere.
I agree that it would be great to give TWB translators more visibility for the work they do. It’s also a technical challenge we need to address. In our plans for 2021 there’s also implementing technology in our database to automatically create a list with names and email addresses of people who worked on a specific project and indicated they would like to be publicly credited, if possible. This will make it easier for TWB and the nonprofit organization to provide some sort of public recognition in a more systematic way.
And remember that if you would like TWB to confirm with anyone that you worked on a project, you only need to contact us and we will take care of that for you!
Hi, It might be stupid but I’m not really sure of the part I’ve translated once it’s uploaded. How do we know? Is there something/some document that provides details: who did what for each project?
I am sorry for my (stupid) question, but I was wondering how do we know if a project is open to the public. I’m asking it, because I would like to share on my website some of the translations I made.
Never think that - there are no stupid nor wrong questions. And, as a matter of fact, your questions are actually great questions.Many volunteers wonder about these things, so I will try to shed some light on the subject.
The best way to make sure you know which part you either translated or revised, the best strategy is to save a copy of your work. You can also save the link to Kató TM. If you have neither, you can reach out to the PM responsible for your project and ask them to send you the Kató link, so you can save your work;
Usually, when organizations publish the documents we translate / revise, etc., volunteers’ names aren’t mentioned. Some organizations, like INEE, include a line acknowledging the document was translated by Translators without Borders; others don’t. In short, there’s no official way to know who did what. So, if you want to share your work, you need to write down the task type (translation / revision / transcription, etc), the project (and if it is a chunked project, the specific chunk(s) you have worked on), and the organization you’ve contributed to.
A way to know if your project is open to the public is looking for it on Google. In most cases (at least that’s my experience as a Portuguese translator), you can find it on the organization’s website. I think the project will only not be open to the public if the content is somehow sensitive - like an interview of a victim / witness - or meant to be private - like a medical report, or perhaps a training session. But I will tag our kind @JoannaW, so she can either confirm or rectify this information (thanks in advance, Joanna ).
After locating the project you contributed to, all you know need to do is find the page(s) including the work you’ve submitted. But please note that some organizations (like INEE) submit projects to a final revision stage on their end, introducing changes here and there, so the published work may look slightly different from the translation / revision you originally uploaded.
Thanks to @JoannaW@faretto5 & @andfraz for your answers @JoannaW I’ll definitely ask for help in case I’d have problems finding out whether a project is open to the public or not u.u
Does this mean that I can show my translation work / text in my personal portfolio if I find it already published online (I mean showing the source and the target text I translated)?
I just want to be sure before I do anything wrong.
And is it okay if we mention the link where the translation text is (together with both source and target text) in the portfolio or can we only show both source and target text?
(I ask this because I found both my first two projects on the page of the organisation which provided a reference link on the translation project itself, and by clicking on it and switching the language into Italian, there it was, my translation!! )
Yes, I believe that if the translation is public, then you can share it as part of your portfolio and you can share the link to where the translation is published online!
That’s great to hear you found your first two projects on the organisation’s page! It’s an amazing feeling to see how your contribution makes a difference for the organisation
Some projects are revised, before being completed. In case a text has been stylistic revised and improved, and this text is published, can we still use the translation (revised) in our portfolio? Or how is it in that case? (At the end it was a kind of two-people’s work, where the reviewer made some further changes on the text and I don’t know which text can be shown in my portfolio ).
Should there be a note (under the text) about the revision?
Hi @charlotte1, sorry for bothering
Could you please let me know how to proceed in cases where the translation has also been revised? (see question above)
Not urgent, so there’s no need to answer in the weekend, but it would be great to know how to proceed in such cases (regarding the personal portfolio)
We don’t have a specific policy on this, so we’d advise you to use your best judgment here. You could use the translation as a part of your portfolio but specify that it is a revised version, for example.
Yes, you can share the list of projects you worked on with TWB on your LinkedIn
However, if you want to share the actual translation then you must first check if the document is already public and available online!
If a project is open to the public and you find it online, you can share it.
However, because we are only able to deliver high-quality translations thanks to our community as a whole, please highlight that you contributed to a project for TWB and the extent of your contribution (for example chunks, a translation task, a revision task, etc.). This way, we acknowledge the key roles that teamwork and collaboration play
maybe you’ll find this useful: To avoid confusion over revision in your portfolio, you can save your work as a bilingual file before it’s revised, like this:
You can save both an xliff file and a Word document! The latter looks somewhat like this (the column which I accidentally cut out in the screenshot is the comment column, so all your comments will be visible for each segment):
However, you must take care to save your file after all your segments are confirmed, but just before you finish the task, because once the task is marked as finished, you can open it only in “read only” mode and this option disappears (I might be wrong on this one, maybe the option just moves to another place that I haven’t yet found).
As for saving revision work, I thought of a workaround that could be of use, but if someone’s got a better solution, please do let me (and all of us) know. I suggest exporting the bilingual file before you begin and then again just before you click finish. That way, you’ve got the original translation and the final (i. e. revised) text. If need be, you can compare them in good old omnipresent Word, using “compare documents” function - Word will annotate it for you, as though you had been working in the original Word file with “track changes” on. Hope this post is helpful and in the right place
Wishing all the good people of TWB a wonderful day,
Gabrijela
The best way to make sure you know which part you either translated or revised, the best strategy is to save a copy of your work. You can also save the link to Kató TM. If you have neither, you can reach out to the PM responsible for your project and ask them to send you the Kató link, so you can save your work;
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