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Poll: Where do you live? Thread poster: ProZ.com Staff
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Simon Bruni 
United Kingdom
Local time: 17:06
Member (2009)
Spanish to English
Epameinondas Soufleros wrote:
The question "Where do you live?" has nothing to do witn an opinion poll. Aren't I right?
I suppose this is just a poll as opposed to an opinion poll.
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| Antarctica, really! | Feb 18, 2012 |
Catherine GUILLIAUMET wrote:
Hi,
Really, we have colleague(s?) living in Antarctica ??? The poll displays 0.3% of responders in this area.
If this is true, I assure them of my deepest respect and admiration.
Sorry, Catherine:
One of my furry, feathered friends hit the Enter key by mistake with one of his Happy Feet. Woops!
They are a frivolous bunch down here. Especially when Antarctica is one of the poll answers.
squawk! 
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keshab
Local time: 22:37
Member (2006)
English to Bengali
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SITE LOCALIZER | Incorrect and misleading | Feb 18, 2012 |
80% translators live in Europe? and 8% in Asia?? OK. Nothing to say. We can explain it with many reasons (José already indicates one). But many uneducated outsourcers may take wrong decision by seeing this poll. There are many examples of job posting in ProZ.com which demand native English speakers to translate Bengali or Hindi documents into English! Because those outsourcers already knew that most of the translators live in Europe and are the scholars of all languages of the world!! This p... See more 80% translators live in Europe? and 8% in Asia?? OK. Nothing to say. We can explain it with many reasons (José already indicates one). But many uneducated outsourcers may take wrong decision by seeing this poll. There are many examples of job posting in ProZ.com which demand native English speakers to translate Bengali or Hindi documents into English! Because those outsourcers already knew that most of the translators live in Europe and are the scholars of all languages of the world!! This poll will put the seal on their belief! Dear ProZ.com, please retain this poll for a week to get a clear picture of the issue. ▲ Collapse
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Robert Forstag
United States
Local time: 12:07
Spanish to English
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| I have to agree with Nikki | Feb 18, 2012 |
These are data that proz.com already has. The only relevant supplementary information that a poll like this might illuminate would be to give an idea of how many translators are currently living temporarily away from their home base, or some such.
I for my part would rather see less frequent polls that offer more interesting and provocative questions than daily polls with such gems as "What is your favorite color?" and "If you were a cartoon character, who would you be?"
[Ed... See more These are data that proz.com already has. The only relevant supplementary information that a poll like this might illuminate would be to give an idea of how many translators are currently living temporarily away from their home base, or some such.
I for my part would rather see less frequent polls that offer more interesting and provocative questions than daily polls with such gems as "What is your favorite color?" and "If you were a cartoon character, who would you be?"
[Edited at 2012-02-18 15:12 GMT] ▲ Collapse
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Tina Vonhof (X)
Canada
Local time: 10:07
Dutch to English
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| Just out of bed | Feb 18, 2012 |
José Henrique Lamensdorf wrote:
... to plot by time zones.
When I checked it, 80%+ were in Europe. However this was just before noon GMT, while most of North America was still asleep on a Saturday morning.
Maybe an interesting poll would be "what time zone are you in?". If there aren't so many options, ranges could be used.
How true! I just turned my computer on, here in western Canada. We should wait 10-12 hours and look at the results again.
As far as the polls are concerned, I take it they are just for fun. One cannot expect statistically accurate results about serious matters.
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I live 'chez moi', as does everyone who is not either homeless or living at someone else's for whatever reason.
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Mario Chavez (X)
Local time: 12:07
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| Where do I live? Rhetorically speaking? | Feb 18, 2012 |
Ty Kendall wrote:
....it seems imagination is in short supply.
I agree. Simple polls are encouraged, difficult ones are eschewed, apparently.
Well, at least my suspicions are confirmed. Proz is more popular in Europe than in the U.S.A.
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DZiW (X)
Ukraine
English to Russian
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| in the very geographical center/centre of | Feb 18, 2012 |
Europe, but in reality it's rather the 4th outword
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Jessica Noyes
United States
Local time: 12:07
Member
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| "Lies, damn lies, and statistics" | Feb 18, 2012 |
Mario Chavez wrote:
Well, at least my suspicions are confirmed. Proz is more popular in Europe than in the U.S.A.
Then there is the possibility that it is just the activity of responding to Proz polls that is more popular in Europe. Perhaps those in the continents beginning with "A" like Proz just fine, but for some reason ignore the polls.
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Nicole Schnell
United States
Local time: 09:07
English to German
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In memoriam | More options | Feb 18, 2012 |
Jack Doughty wrote:
Should have included:
another planet
another galaxy
an alternative universe
heaven
hell
loony bin
prison
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| Opinion / fact | Feb 18, 2012 |
Epameinondas Soufleros wrote:
Ask ProZ.com staff and they might give you the stats, based on their web site analytics.
The question "Where do you live?" has nothing to do witn an opinion poll. Aren't I right?
Which is why I said this is not a matter of opinion, but a matter of fact.
Yes, if someone is really interested in the stats, then ProZ no doubt knows.
Yes, this is no doubt just for fun... but when there is no point, where is the fun?
Nikki
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Jessica Noyes wrote:
Mario Chavez wrote:
Well, at least my suspicions are confirmed. Proz is more popular in Europe than in the U.S.A.
Then there is the possibility that it is just the activity of responding to Proz polls that is more popular in Europe. Perhaps those in the continents beginning with "A" like Proz just fine, but for some reason ignore the polls.
Yep, the most basic statistical information, for fun or otherwise, to be drawn from a poll like this is to be taken with a pinch of salt. It basically shows where folks who replied to the poll live. And that means what it means. Nothing to do with getting an idea of where ProZ memebers do in fact live.
Just for fun. Sometimes fun is neither use nor ornament. Might I also add that we each have our own idea of fun. I'm going back to my previous ways and am not even going to look in on polls any more. Guess I'm just not fun!
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wonita (X)
China
Local time: 14:07
| Can be anywhere except | Feb 18, 2012 |
North Korea.
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Allison Wright (X)
Portugal
Local time: 17:07
| In the present (sometimes in Cahoots - with others) | Feb 18, 2012 |
Jack Doughty wrote:
Should have included:
another planet
another galaxy
an alternative universe
Nicole Schnell wrote:
heaven
hell
loony bin
prison
in the present
in the past
in my head
in another dimension
in dreamworld
with my nose in a book
I live in Europe. That sounds so strange to me. I must still have a lot of Africa in my blood.
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| Translation hub Antarctica | Feb 18, 2012 |
Isn't it marvelous that Antarctica seems to have the same number of translators as Australia, New Zealand and the islands of the South Pacific combined? That's the spirit! I assume interpreters outnumber translators down there, as, to my knowledge, penguins can't read.
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