Poll: In my source language(s), I prefer to communicate by: Người gửi thông tin lên tuyến đoạn: ProZ.com Staff
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| | | | Maria Simmen
Đức
Local time: 07:16
Thành viên kể từ 2009
English to German
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| Right now, I prefer not to communicate at all ... | Dec 13, 2019 |
since it's been crazy busy everywhere and I'd rather just lock myself into my bedroom and enjoy some sodding PEACE AND QUIET, thank you very much!
Generally speaking though, I couldn't care less which of my languages is being used.
| | | | neilmac
Tây Ban Nha
Local time: 07:16
Spanish to English
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It depends on who with or what for. When writing in my source language, I need to take greater care to avoid mistakes and "sounding foreign", whereas when speaking I can usually rattle away fluently at bilingual level.
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My source languages are English, French, Italian and Spanish. I prefer communicating with my customers by e-mail whatever the language (I must say though that my Italian and Spanish are rather rusty) as it's always good, for both parties, to have everything in writing. I can’t remember the last time a client phoned me…
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Thayenga 
Đức
Local time: 07:16
Thành viên kể từ 2009
English to German
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| No preference | Dec 13, 2019 |
Either one is fine with me.
| | | | Christine Andersen
Đan Mạch
Local time: 07:16
Thành viên kể từ 2003
Danish to English
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| Not much choice | Dec 13, 2019 |
I live immersed in my main source language, and I speak and write it fluently. I don't always have a choice!
I am equally happy speaking or writing the language, functionally as well as most natives, though not up to professional standards. I know where to look things up, if I need to, in the official Retskrivningsordbogen from the Danish language Council, or I know the rules already!
I hear idioms and know special turns of phrase from literature and current affa... See more I live immersed in my main source language, and I speak and write it fluently. I don't always have a choice!
I am equally happy speaking or writing the language, functionally as well as most natives, though not up to professional standards. I know where to look things up, if I need to, in the official Retskrivningsordbogen from the Danish language Council, or I know the rules already!
I hear idioms and know special turns of phrase from literature and current affairs, and as a language geek I am conscious of them and play with them as many others don´t - languages are not taught and studied in schools as they used to be!
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| | | | | can not have preference | Dec 13, 2019 |
I am living in a foreign country with my French husband who does not speak Chinese. In fact, nowadays I seldom have the chance to use my target language outside of work.
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| | | | Muriel Vasconcellos
Hoa Kỳ
Local time: 22:16
Thành viên kể từ 2003
Spanish to English
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If we're talking about communicating with clients, it always has to be in writing for me.
In general communication, I prefer to speak my source languages than write them. When I speak, if I make a mistake, no one pays much attention, but in writing it sticks out like a sore thumb.
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Samuel Murray
Hà Lan
Local time: 07:16
Thành viên kể từ 2006
English to Afrikaans
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ProZ.com Staff wrote:
"In my source language(s), I prefer to communicate by:"
Well, I prefer speaking, but my writing is better.
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I prefer written communication in both my source language and my native language. Writing allows me to go back and correct errors. That isn't possible in spoken communication.
| | | | Daniel Fernandes
Braxin
Local time: 03:16
Thành viên kể từ 2010
English to Portuguese
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99% of my communications are written, usually by email. At home I have no need to communicate in my second and third languages - but I work at home, so I don't communicate in these languages at all. Oral communication, for me, is basically talking to myself... I've been wanting to change it, though.
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| | | | | Mode of communication is immaterial, as long as you make your point clear. | Dec 13, 2019 |
I think, if you have enough mastery in language, speaking or writing comes naturally. Speaking, of course, can be informal and has got its own advantage in casual exchanges.
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Laura Nagle (X)
Hoa Kỳ
Local time: 01:16
French to English
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I'm most confident communicating in writing, whether in my source or target/native languages. There's a reason I'm a translator and not an interpreter!
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