Poll: How much do you invest in learning and professional development each year? Publicador del fil: ProZ.com Staff
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I haven’t invested money in my CPD for some time. Let’s say that my work is my CPD. Experience has been my main teacher! Over the years, I have attended a few conferences and webinars, but I must say that I have been disappointed time and again as the information provided could often be summarised onto one sheet of paper. I attended a summer university course in 2017 to learn about specific features of neologisms formation.
P.S. I have been learning Dutch by myself leisurely, b... See more I haven’t invested money in my CPD for some time. Let’s say that my work is my CPD. Experience has been my main teacher! Over the years, I have attended a few conferences and webinars, but I must say that I have been disappointed time and again as the information provided could often be summarised onto one sheet of paper. I attended a summer university course in 2017 to learn about specific features of neologisms formation.
P.S. I have been learning Dutch by myself leisurely, but it has nothing to do with CPD. My first granddaughter is married to a Flemish and although he speaks a very good English, I’d love to surprise them and learn how to say a few words in Dutch, if only to contradict the Portuguese proverb “old donkeys don't learn languages”… ▲ Collapse
| | | | Iulia Parvu 
Romania
Local time: 13:58
Mebre des-de 2022
Anglès a Romanès
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And that's only because I count the ProZ membership as "professional development"
| | | | Ana Vozone
Local time: 11:58
Mebre des-de 2010
Anglès a Portuguès
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Sometimes I attend webinars when they are relevant to my areas of translation. They are occasionally free.
The question probably could have been "How much time and money do you invest in professional development each year?". I "invest" time watching programs (on TV) and reading about themes that are interesting to me, in French and English mostly.
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Lieven Malaise
Bèlgica
Local time: 12:58
Mebre des-de 2020
Francès a Holandès
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My everyday work is my professional development. I'm a technology adapter, but I won't attend any courses or webinars for it. I've learnt to use DeepL to my advantage, but it was all on-the-job self-learning. In my personal situation learning and professional development events are a waste of precious time.
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When I don't do, I compulsorily read man-made content, screen-based and printed, in both of my languages in all areas I'm interested in, including no area.
The other night on my terrasse while looking for sleep, I heard three stationary day birds talking at various distances, which is unusual at night. I thought machines and neural networks could be used to sample bird chirping, create a virtual Rosetta stone in Bird language only and find out why they sometimes sound so cheesed off... See more When I don't do, I compulsorily read man-made content, screen-based and printed, in both of my languages in all areas I'm interested in, including no area.
The other night on my terrasse while looking for sleep, I heard three stationary day birds talking at various distances, which is unusual at night. I thought machines and neural networks could be used to sample bird chirping, create a virtual Rosetta stone in Bird language only and find out why they sometimes sound so cheesed off or so excited replying to each other.
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| | | | Dan Lucas
Regne Unit
Local time: 11:58
Mebre des-de 2014
Japonès a Anglès
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Philippe Etienne wrote:
I thought machines and neural networks could be used to sample bird chirping, create a virtual Rosetta stone in Bird language only and find out why they sometimes sound so cheesed off or so excited replying to each other.
That process has begun, logically enough, with an alphabet to transcribe the sounds.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.03269
Dan
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