Poll: When translating, are you faster at typing or at dictating your translation, editing time included? દોર પોસ્ટ કરનાર: ProZ.com Staff
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| | | | | Other (it depends) | Sep 8, 2025 |
I’m faster at dictating when the translation is from French, Spanish or Italian into my native language (Portuguese), but when dealing with translations from English I’m faster at typing…
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I've never tried dictating!
A lot of my translating work requires me to copy and paste formulae, trade names and the like, so obviously typing is best.
Also, working on technical manuals with a cat tool, you find stuff in the memory that you have to tweak by hand.
| | | | Luca Adie
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Also never tried dictating. I imagined this would be an exercise for interpreters?
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Mario Chávez
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We had typing class for 2 years in business high school (Argentina). So I arrived at touch typing naturally after many hours of practice. Most jobs posted in the U.S. that require typing skills have a minimum of 40 words per minute. I type 70-75 wpm.
Side question: how many of us use a mechanical keyboard?
| | | | Zea_Mays 
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| I'm pretty sure typing | Sep 10, 2025 |
Mario Chávez wrote:
We had typing class for 2 years in business high school (Argentina). So I arrived at touch typing naturally after many hours of practice. Most jobs posted in the U.S. that require typing skills have a minimum of 40 words per minute. I type 70-75 wpm.
Side question: how many of us use a mechanical keyboard?
Fast typist here too.
I had to google what mechanical keyboards are. Looks like these are similar to the ones from 20 years ago, with high keys? Do they make the same noise? I can't stand that sound at all!
I use an Apple Magic Keyboard, which is really flat and requires minimal effort when typing, with the right key resistance. And little noise!
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