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Ethics? MTPE, same file, different filename scan and segmentation, different (locked) TM settings
Thread poster: Adieu
Adieu
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Ukrainian to English
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Jul 20, 2021

So, you're doing it, and hours in, you realize that this isn't deja vu or just monotony within a project...it's actually the same dang thing.

Same client. Different file name. Different file size. Different file length. Different segmentation.

Different TM applied with locked TM settings, so MemoQ shows it as a bunch of 0% yellow segments with NO TM suggestions, no 101s or 100s, nothing (don't ask me how they managed to achieve that)

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So, you're doing it, and hours in, you realize that this isn't deja vu or just monotony within a project...it's actually the same dang thing.

Same client. Different file name. Different file size. Different file length. Different segmentation.

Different TM applied with locked TM settings, so MemoQ shows it as a bunch of 0% yellow segments with NO TM suggestions, no 101s or 100s, nothing (don't ask me how they managed to achieve that)

Is this your problem or theirs? Because I figure if you report it, it'll be like "oh thanks, you just did a bunch of tedious free work"

PS I was actually 100% sure I would find SOME difference somewhere along the way until the very last segment. Different version or something. Nope, though.

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Christopher Schröder
Christopher Schröder
United Kingdom
Member (2011)
Swedish to English
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Tell them, of course Jul 20, 2021

Tell them, and they will pay you for your time so far.

There is no other option.

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