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Poll: Compare your turnover in Q1 2024 to your turnover in Q1 2023 - was it...? Thread poster: ProZ.com Staff
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This forum topic is for the discussion of the poll question "Compare your turnover in Q1 2024 to your turnover in Q1 2023 - was it...?".
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Lieven Malaise
Belgium
Local time: 13:14
Member (2020)
French to Dutch
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But still my fourth best Q1 ever. I can live with that.
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Kai Döring 
Philippines
Local time: 19:14
English to German
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SITE LOCALIZER | Is AI becoming a real threat? | Apr 17 |
It seems AI is taking over more and more.
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Kai Döring wrote:
It seems AI is taking over more and more.
If it is, ProZ isn’t helping by continually pushing ChatGPT in its events, products and marketing. It’s all it seems to care about.
My first quarter was as busy as usual. And I’ve already had a big new job booked in for the first quarter next year, so I don’t think the machines are taking over the high end just yet.
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Zea_Mays
Italy
Local time: 13:14
Member (2009)
English to German
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| about the same (and AI is not the wicked) | Apr 17 |
Kai Döring wrote:
It seems AI is taking over more and more.
No, there is an economic crisis (high inflation, recession) due to human stupidity (invasion of Ukraine and now, if we are out of luck, conflicts in Middle East), and businesses are not investing in things that can wait.
If any tools are taking over, it's MT tools with post editing attached, but this started a long time ago.
ps: Where is Tom?
[Bearbeitet am 2024-04-17 07:39 GMT]
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Zea_Mays wrote: Kai Döring wrote:
It seems AI is taking over more and more. No, there is an economic crisis (high inflation, recession) due to human stupidity (invasion of Ukraine and now, if we are out of luck, conflicts in Middle East), and businesses are not investing in things that can wait. If any tools are taking over, it's MT tools with post editing attached, but this started a long time ago. ps: Where is Tom? [Bearbeitet am 2024-04-17 07:39 GMT]
I emailed him a while ago but got no reply. Hope he's OK.
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Christopher Schröder wrote:
I emailed him a while ago but got no reply. Hope he's OK.
I was thinking to Tom some days ago. If you have news please share.
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EI1
Poland
Local time: 13:14
Member (2022)
English to Polish
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Kai Döring wrote:
It seems AI is taking over more and more.
AI solutions in their current shape noticeably underperform as compared with other translation technologies that have been there for quite a while, starting from DeepL. And yet, the latter didn't replace anybody, but they rather generated different types of jobs, such as those related with post-editing, making the process faster and easier. This has led to higher productivity and profits. The AI trend that started in late 2022 seems to be more of a hype similar to the dot.com bubble in the 2000s. We are facing a significant technological improvement in large language models that may potentially bring about a revolution but not so fast, although the technology is being "overpromoted" for business reasons, such as attracting investment capital by startups and causing AI stocks to soar. Some of the new AI solutions prove to be useful already, but they are more often helpful in research than in the translation process. Of course, the above applies when we deal with specialist translation, not general texts that are less demanding terminologically and hence easier to handle by software. As for the survey question, I think the recent situation is a result of the global turmoil, i.e. economic slowdown and geopolitical upheaval.
[Zmieniono 2024-04-17 15:43 GMT]
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Angie Garbarino wrote: Christopher Schröder wrote:
I emailed him a while ago but got no reply. Hope he's OK. I was thinking to Tom some days ago. If you have news please share.
I think it would be a good idea if you send him a message too, Angie, as he does generally try very hard to ignore me
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Liena Vijupe
Latvia
Local time: 14:14
Member (2014)
French to Latvian
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Christopher Schröder wrote: I think it would be a good idea if you send him a message too, Angie, as he does generally try very hard to ignore me
I am very much waiting for him to show up here and complain about us not leaving him alone while he's just busy with something more important!
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Christopher Schröder wrote: Angie Garbarino wrote: Christopher Schröder wrote:
I emailed him a while ago but got no reply. Hope he's OK. I was thinking to Tom some days ago. If you have news please share. I think it would be a good idea if you send him a message too, Angie, as he does generally try very hard to ignore me
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He just replied to me, just busy!
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Liena Vijupe wrote:
I am very much waiting for him to show up here and complain about us not leaving him alone while he's just busy with something more important!
I hope he’s having a nice day.
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