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General technical issues | How best to handle a bilingual Excel file? | Do you have Excel? | If so, I think the fastest way is to work in Excel, using some command (this depends on the Excel version you have) to select only odd and even rows and then copying/pasting the results | Gianni Pastore | Feb 19 |
Health and lifestyle for language professionals | Are you vegan? | Happy for you! | [quote]Helena Chavarria wrote:
My muscles seem to be ok. I do Pilates two or three times a week, plus I walk at least 7 km a day. I haven't lost weight, nor have I put any on. Howeve | Gianni Pastore | Jan 6 |
Health and lifestyle for language professionals | Are you vegan? | I.F. | [quote]Helena Chavarria wrote:
I enjoy looking after myself and that includes eating well. I'm not vegan but I only eat meat and fish once or twice a week. I've never let myself get ove | Gianni Pastore | Jan 6 |
Subtitling | Which software for subtitles with Netflix rules? | I don't think… | …you will find a "100% Netflix rules compliant" software. Yes, you can easily set some parameters such as CPS etc., but shot changes are an issue, they are detected differently from soft | Gianni Pastore | Jan 4 |
ProZ.com profile help | Profile visitors | The CIA | [quote]expressisverbis wrote:
someone from the USA, Virginia, who has been visiting my profile every day and several times during the day. [/quote] Apparently, in Langley there's | Gianni Pastore | Oct 21, 2023 |
Business issues | Linkedin profile and personal website - useful or not? | Had a profile on LinkedIn… | …for about 15 years, not a single client or job came out of it, not one. Ditched it for good last year. I have a personal website but it's nothing more than a link I can put in my email | Gianni Pastore | Oct 4, 2023 |
Italian | Traduzione dialoghi film per adulti | Fatti pagare… | [quote]produzioneav wrote:
Salve,
ho accettato un lavoro di traduzione di dialoghi di film per adulti con un certo timore e un pizzico di imbarazzo. Qualcuno ha esperienza nel set | Gianni Pastore | Sep 12, 2023 |
Subtitling | Spotting for quick shot changes in documentary | Not all agencies | [quote]Mr. Satan wrote:
Unfortunately, this is no longer a valid option if you’re working with subtitling agencies. They really hate it when you modify the master templates, even if t | Gianni Pastore | Aug 20, 2023 |
Subtitling | Spotting for quick shot changes in documentary | The shot change rule obsession... | [quote]Lisa Cernohorsky Oliveira wrote:
I've learned that ideally you shouldn't spread a sentence over several subtitles [/quote] …is taking over the subtitling practice an | Gianni Pastore | Aug 19, 2023 |
Powwows | Powwow: Vitorchiano - Italy | Powwow canceled | Grazie a tutti per l'interesse. Alla prossima volta! | Gianni Pastore | Feb 10, 2023 |
Powwows | Powwow: Vitorchiano - Italy | Ciao! | Vi pregherei di confermare o meno la presenza entro giovedì sera, in modo che venerdì possa prenotare il tavolo. Grazie, a presto! | Gianni Pastore | Feb 6, 2023 |
Subtitling | Ask me anything about subtitling | Thanks! | [quote]Max Deryagin wrote:
Hi Gianni,
Yeah, Vosk and Kaldi aren't very good, but the new Whisper is supposed to be somewhat better. Have you tried it? Here's a comparison: Vosk/Kaldi | Gianni Pastore | Nov 24, 2022 |
Subtitling | Ask me anything about subtitling | Vosk/Kaldi speech recognition | Hi Max and all
I was wondering if you or anyone else had some kind of success with the Audio-to-Text function in Subtitle Edit? I am playing with some settings right now but spotting | Gianni Pastore | Nov 23, 2022 |
Off topic | Which music are you listening to now, in 2021? | So… | [quote]Tom in London wrote:
I don't think anyone's all that interested to know what kind of music other random self-selecting people happen to be listening to. Anyway rather than listen | Gianni Pastore | Nov 15, 2022 |
Subtitling | Subtitle Edit: How to detect 12 frames | Tools > Netflix Quality Check | [quote]Dr. Jens Burgert wrote:
Hey guys, the Netflix specification says minimum 2 frames between 2 subtitles or at least 12 frames per second. I can set the minimum distance in the< | Gianni Pastore | Oct 27, 2022 |
Subtitling | Software for extracting subtitle from video voice | I have tried… | …the Audio to Text function embedded in Subtitle Edit and it's just a waste of time. It takes hours to extract text from dialogues for films > 60 minutes and it's wrong most of the time | Gianni Pastore | Oct 27, 2022 |
Subtitling | Min and max duration of subtitles | What do you mean? | Usually, the cps is set by the client and it never changes. If the duration of a given subtitle is shortened, then you work on your phrasing by reducing the number of words/characters to f | Gianni Pastore | Feb 6, 2022 |
Subtitling | What is 'experience working with Netflix'? | Indeed | [quote]Thayenga wrote:
Perhaps they actually mean that you must be familiar with the Netflix guidelines. Other than this I agree with Mohamad. [/quote] Netflix guidelines are very s | Gianni Pastore | Sep 2, 2021 |
Italian | Data collection for a study in Italian | I've done it | [quote]Tom in London wrote:
[quote]Gianni Pastore wrote: [quote]Tom in London wrote: Some of the questions are very revealing about the attitudes of **some** Italians towards | Gianni Pastore | Nov 9, 2020 |
Italian | Data collection for a study in Italian | Maybe you meant... | [quote]Tom in London wrote:
Some of the questions are very revealing about the attitudes of **some** Italians towards others. [/quote] ...the "idea" that **some** non-italians ha | Gianni Pastore | Nov 9, 2020 |
Italian | 100.000 parole in una settimana | Hai sbagliato, | dovevi accettare, imporre una tariffa di 1 Euro a parola e poi suddividere il lavoro con altri 9 traduttori offrendo 0.10 a parola :) | Gianni Pastore | Jul 28, 2020 |
Subtitling | How many minutes per day? | Sit-com & Reality are the worst… | …in terms of number of subs, they are fast paced shows with hardly any pause between boxes. But kid's show are even worst because of a strictier number of characters per second (approx 1 | Gianni Pastore | Oct 17, 2019 |
Trados support | How can I open a return package? | The project... | [quote]Samuel Murray wrote:
hope that the project is still in the list [/quote] ...remains on the list as long as you don't move the folder in which Trados unpacked the origina | Gianni Pastore | Apr 7, 2018 |
Trados support | How can I open a return package? | Can't you work on the file as usual... | ...and then create a new return package? I am not sure you can open a return package | Gianni Pastore | Apr 6, 2018 |
Windows operating systems | Win7/64 won't update - error 80246005 | Thanks a lot! | [quote]Nick Hoyle wrote:
The culprit is Nalpeiron Licensing Service, which needs to run when you use SDL Studio. [/quote] I 've been trying to fix this FOR AGES, in fact I have | Gianni Pastore | Feb 14, 2018 |
Italian | Dichiarazione privacy/cookie sul proprio sito internet | neanche io... | [quote]MLinaB wrote:
non ho mai conosciuto utente che abbia subito sanzioni. [Editado a las 2018-01-22 19:46 GMT] [/quote] ...ma sono minimo 6.000 euro di multa, mi | Gianni Pastore | Jan 23, 2018 |
Italian | Dichiarazione privacy/cookie sul proprio sito internet | Ciao a tutti
avrei un paio di domande per coloro che hanno un sito internet: 1) avete implementato il famigerato banner sull'uso dei cookie, relativamente alla policy emessa dal g | Gianni Pastore | Jan 19, 2018 | |
Trados support | An error occurred whilst trying to determine the file version | You are welcome | [quote]TanyaStankeva wrote:
That's the best workaround to this problem ever! Thanks so much for offering it. While I realise it did not work for you in the best way, it saved me a day o | Gianni Pastore | Dec 1, 2017 |
Italian | Agenzia italiana va in ferie senza pagare le fatture | Sure, but my point being that | [quote]Tom in London wrote:
[quote]Gianni Pastore wrote: .. abbandonare l'Italia se poi si continua a lavorare con agenzie italiane, no? Detto questo, massima solidarietà :) [/q | Gianni Pastore | Aug 8, 2017 |
Italian | Agenzia italiana va in ferie senza pagare le fatture | Serve a poco... | .. abbandonare l'Italia se poi si continua a lavorare con agenzie italiane, no? Detto questo, massima solidarietà :) | Gianni Pastore | Aug 8, 2017 |
Italian | Elenchi puntati: punteggiatura e maiuscole/minuscole | In genere... | ...mi attengo al testo sorgente, che nel 90% delle volte è il tuo esempio 1). Se ci sono molte inconsistency (una voce col punto finale quando le altre non ce l'hanno, minuscole/m | Gianni Pastore | May 15, 2017 |
Subtitling | Netflix Hermes test | Thanks Elena but... | [quote]Elena Pizzetti wrote:
[quote]Gianni Pastore wrote: ...but what do you think of the system requirements for the test? I registered and all only to discover that I couldn't star | Gianni Pastore | Apr 9, 2017 |
Subtitling | Netflix Hermes test | A little OT... | ...but what do you think of the system requirements for the test? I registered and all only to discover that I couldn't start the test because my OS is Win7 (Win 8+ required) and I have | Gianni Pastore | Apr 9, 2017 |
Off topic | What do you see from your window? (Post a pic) | Nope | [quote]Tom in London wrote:
Everything is tilting dangerously to the right ! [/quote] No, it's not. House's corner is perfectly aligned with the vertical white axis. [URL=http | Gianni Pastore | Apr 21, 2015 |
Off topic | What do you see from your window? (Post a pic) | Earthquake? | [quote]Tom in London wrote:
Yes - it's just a pity that you seem to have taken this photograph during an earthquake. [/quote] What do you mean? | Gianni Pastore | Apr 21, 2015 |
Trados support | An error occurred whilst trying to determine the file version | "Solved" | Eventually I had to reopen the original package and substitute the empty TM with the one I had in the "damaged folder", which luckily was OK. I got all 100% matches but I lost all comments | Gianni Pastore | Mar 3, 2015 |
Trados support | An error occurred whilst trying to determine the file version | Hi, yesterday I finished a huge project and closed Studio 2014 SP2. All well. Made two back up copies of the folder on different disks. This morning I'm trying to open the project but I | Gianni Pastore | Mar 1, 2015 | |
Off topic | Accomodation in New York | Thank you | [quote]almacarle wrote:
try in internet something like change a room he gives his room in Italy and American gives a room in New york free exchange or free stay in new york | Gianni Pastore | Mar 25, 2013 |
Off topic | Accomodation in New York | Hey all
a relative of mine is going to stay in New York for three months (April to June) for a stage to be held in the financial district. He's looking for accomodation as cheap as poss | Gianni Pastore | Mar 24, 2013 | |
Italian | Secondo il cliente non ho mostrato abbastanza interesse! | A costo di sembrare rude... | [quote]Giuseppe Bellone wrote:
Il tutto senza dirmi nemmeno chi/cosa fosse, senza dati di alcun genere (a parte un nome in calce e un numero di telefono che ho controllato e sembrava | Gianni Pastore | Feb 26, 2013 |
Italian | Virus della Polizia di Stato da Libero.it | Info qui | http://www.twinproject.net/come-rimuovere-il-virus -polizia-di-stato-guardia-di-finanza-58.html | Gianni Pastore | Jan 31, 2013 |
Powwows | Powwow: Viterbo - Italy | L'appuntamento... | ...è per le ore 12-12.30 in Vicolo dei Pellegrini 2, presso il locale tipico MagnaMagna. Qui potremo prendere un aperitivo e far due chiacchiere in attesa che arrivino tutti, poi andremo | Gianni Pastore | Oct 18, 2012 |
Powwows | Powwow: Viterbo - Italy | confermo anch'io | [quote]smarinella wrote:
sì, vengo anch'io, come diceva una famosa canzone...la visita al Palazzo dei papi, che non sono mai riuscita a vedere, è la classica ciliegina sulla torta! [/qu | Gianni Pastore | Oct 18, 2012 |
Powwows | Powwow: Viterbo - Italy | Confermo la mia partecipazione | [quote]Gloria Fiorani wrote:
Confermo la mia partecipazione, ma non so come si faccia a cambiare lo status... [/quote] Grazie Gloria! Per lo status basta cliccare su quelle due freccette< | Gianni Pastore | Oct 18, 2012 |
Powwows | Powwow: Viterbo - Italy | Per favore | modificate il vs status nella pagina del PowWow al più presto, ho bisogno di sapere quanti siamo. I non-status verranno considerati come non partecipanti entro stasera alle 17.00. Gra | Gianni Pastore | Oct 17, 2012 |
Health and lifestyle for language professionals | How to Quit Smoking Without Going Bankrupt? I Need Hints | Yep | [quote]Lisa Simpson, MCIL wrote:
From 20-40 a day to 0, 13 years ago. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Allen-Carrs-Easy-Stop- Smoking/dp/014103940X [/quote] This ^ . From 30/day to 0 | Gianni Pastore | Oct 17, 2012 |
Powwows | Powwow: Viterbo - Italy | Dopo pranzo, | dalle 15.00 alle 18.00, per chi lo desidera, è possibile visitare il Museo Colle del Duomo (con scavo etrusco), che include anche il Palazzo Papale (solo Sala del Conclave) e la Loggia de | Gianni Pastore | Oct 16, 2012 |
Powwows | Powwow: Viterbo - Italy | dove andiamo? | [quote]Vania Dionisi wrote:
:) [/quote]
ho un paio di opzioni ancora aperte, entro giovedì vi farò sapere ;) | Gianni Pastore | Oct 16, 2012 |
Powwows | Powwow: Viterbo - Italy | Ciao | potreste cortesemente aggiornare il vs status nel box per confermare o meno la presenza? Domani mi recherò al ristorante per la prenotazione e ho bisogno di sapere quanti siamo. Grazie! G | Gianni Pastore | Oct 16, 2012 |
Powwows | Powwow: Viterbo - Italy | Ciao | Potreste farmi avere la conferma al massimo entro il 15? Non ho ancora deciso la location ma mi farebbe comodo sapere più o meno quanti siamo. Grazie, a presto! | Gianni Pastore | Oct 10, 2012 |
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