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Iniziatore argomento: Gjorgji Apostolovski
Gjorgji Apostolovski
Gjorgji Apostolovski  Identity Verified
Macedonia (FYROM)
Local time: 13:18
Da Inglese a Macedone
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Dec 27, 2024

When we will have new translation contest?

Maria Laura Curzi
 
Lingua 5B
Lingua 5B  Identity Verified
Bosnia-Erzegovina
Local time: 13:18
Membro (2009)
Da Inglese a Croato
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Post-editing contest Dec 27, 2024

I assume it’ll turn into a post-editing or GPT clean-up contest.

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
 
Gjorgji Apostolovski
Gjorgji Apostolovski  Identity Verified
Macedonia (FYROM)
Local time: 13:18
Da Inglese a Macedone
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AVVIO ARGOMENTO
Let see Dec 27, 2024

Lingua 5B wrote:

I assume it’ll turn into a post-editing or GPT clean-up contest.


Well, let see. We can compare the results, and see.
 
Zea_Mays
Zea_Mays  Identity Verified
Italia
Local time: 13:18
Da Inglese a Tedesco
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Thank you... Dec 27, 2024

but no thanks. For reasons.

P.L.F. Persio
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Christel Zipfel
 
Gjorgji Apostolovski
Gjorgji Apostolovski  Identity Verified
Macedonia (FYROM)
Local time: 13:18
Da Inglese a Macedone
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AVVIO ARGOMENTO
Reasons? Dec 27, 2024

Zea_Mays wrote:

but no thanks. For reasons.


Well, you can't just say for reasons, and not mentioning the reasons.

[Edited at 2024-12-27 18:10 GMT]
 
Zea_Mays
Zea_Mays  Identity Verified
Italia
Local time: 13:18
Da Inglese a Tedesco
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food for thought Dec 27, 2024

Gjorgji Apostolovski wrote:

Zea_Mays wrote:

but no thanks. For reasons.


Well, you can't just say for reasons, and not mentioning the reasons.


Many here know perfectly what is meant, but to get you started:
https://www.proz.com/forum/prozcom_translation_contests/364369-non_transparent_contest_rules_and_illogical_winner_determination.html

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
 
Gjorgji Apostolovski
Gjorgji Apostolovski  Identity Verified
Macedonia (FYROM)
Local time: 13:18
Da Inglese a Macedone
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AVVIO ARGOMENTO
good reasons Dec 27, 2024

Zea_Mays wrote:

Gjorgji Apostolovski wrote:

Zea_Mays wrote:

but no thanks. For reasons.


Well, you can't just say for reasons, and not mentioning the reasons.


Many here know perfectly what is meant, but to get you started:
https://www.proz.com/forum/prozcom_translation_contests/364369-non_transparent_contest_rules_and_illogical_winner_determination.html


Well, these are good reasons. With my previous profile here at ProZ I was contestant in two or three contests for my language pair, and all without a winner.

Zea_Mays
 
Daryo
Daryo
Regno Unito
Local time: 12:18
Da Serbo a Inglese
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Nothing new there ... Dec 28, 2024

Lingua 5B wrote:

I assume it’ll turn into a post-editing or GPT clean-up contest.


Nothing new there ... already happened, years ago.

see

I lost all interest in translation contests few years ago, when I spotted an entry - a "translation into Serbian" - that was blatantly done by someone who doesn't know the first thing about the Serbian language but used some MT instead, and nothing was done to remove it.

https://www.proz.com/forum/prozcom_translation_contests/364369-non_transparent_contest_rules_and_illogical_winner_determination-page2.html#:~:text=Could%20do%20all,to%20remove%20it.

and

If it was in the Proz contest, there is actually one fictional profile (GoTrans) that Proz uses to make MT entries (this was explained during the last Translation Day event).
It's a sort of gimmick which is there since quite some time to track I suppose the progress of machine translation.
https://www.proz.com/forum/prozcom_translation_contests/364369-non_transparent_contest_rules_and_illogical_winner_determination-page2.html#:~:text=Could%20do%20all,to%20remove%20it.

and

creating fictional profiles that other contest participants have no ways of knowing are fictional ought to be against some rule - especially given that it was NEVER announced in any translation contest rule that MT posing as a fictional profile will be a participant. It didn't "let me down", I simply decided I have better use of my time than to be a free tester for MT:.
https://www.proz.com/forum/prozcom_translation_contests/364369-non_transparent_contest_rules_and_illogical_winner_determination-page2.html#:~:text=creating%20fictional%20profiles,tester%20for%20MT.

Maria Laura Curzi
Gjorgji Apostolovski
 
Gjorgji Apostolovski
Gjorgji Apostolovski  Identity Verified
Macedonia (FYROM)
Local time: 13:18
Da Inglese a Macedone
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AVVIO ARGOMENTO
@Daryo Dec 30, 2024

I've noticed too some MT entries in the last contest.
Anyway, I haven't seen any actual winner for my language pair yet.
 
Maria Laura Curzi
Maria Laura Curzi
Argentina
Local time: 09:18
Da Inglese a Spagnolo
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Sad Dec 30, 2024

This is sad to me.

As a newly graduated translator, I like to participate in contests to gain experience, find my inner style, build confidence, and a name for myself, in the literary world.

So, it's sad to learn that a translation contest gets tempered by the organizer itself.
 


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