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Yes, there are grammar rules but...SM - Old Anon

Posted: Apr 15th, 2018 - 8:29 am In Reply to: Excuse me...sounds better...there are such things as - RULES OF GRAMMAR nm

MT in this day and age, as much as we older MTs do not like it, is asking for verbatim transcription and not allowing us to change the dictator's "voice." We can fix verb tense and other obvious grammar gaffs. I'm not saying it's right but that's the way it is. One poster below says they do the type of work where they are valued for their knowledge and are allowed to make major grammar changes. That's great, but the majority of production MT jobs do not allow such liberties. Again, if you want to work in this type of MT environment, you just have to hold your nose and do the job the way the MTSO wants you to. That's pretty much why I retired from MT except for my small IC client who gives me liberty to fix his grammar, and I like it that way.

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Is is just me...or am I - really old fashioned to (Views: 682, 2018-04-14, 4:25 am)
- It's not what WE think it should be...sm - Anon (Views: 664, 2018-04-14, 6:15 am)
  - Excuse me...sounds better...there are such things as - RULES OF GRAMMAR nm (Views: 391, 2018-04-14, 8:49 pm)
    - Yes, there are grammar rules but...SM - Old Anon
  - That's right! We don't know if the person who took the patient to sm - Another oldie (Views: 454, 2018-04-14, 8:55 pm)
    - brought does not apply to another person but to the - speaker, so brought would mean (Views: 353, 2018-04-14, 9:48 pm)
- Me generation - Living in glass houses (Views: 433, 2018-04-14, 8:46 am)
  - Huh? Not really sure what...sm - Anon (Views: 279, 2018-04-14, 1:23 pm)
    - It is in the original post - Living in glass houses (Views: 300, 2018-04-14, 2:49 pm)
      - I have been banned from MTstars on more than 1 - occasion for using bad language (Views: 424, 2018-04-14, 8:54 pm)
  - and MT stars is nothing but a blog post I do not giveacrap about, not an official - medical record. nm (Views: 382, 2018-04-14, 8:57 pm)