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Inheritance Tax: The Hidden Tariffs of Folder Structure

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Cartoon of a businessman resembling Donald Trump standing next to a cloud labeled "Trados Cloud," with smaller clouds labeled "Group" and "Project." Another cloud labeled "Tariff" has tags reading "User" and "Customer" hanging from it.Today I’m going to talk about the greatest translation system the world has ever seen, maybe even better than the moon landing, which I could’ve done better, by the way.  Nobody moons over folders like me, folks – I’m the best at it, believe me.  And no more free rides for those sneaky users… joining the cloud like uninvited guests at a Mar-a-Lago party.  Let’s get inheritance under control – time to unleash the power of TRADERS (Trados Research and Development Efficiency Restructuring Squad) to slap some order on those free loaders, making them work for us, not against us.  Stick with me, and we’ll make folder structure great again!

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Back to school… again!

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The image depicts a stylised portrait of a person wearing academic attire. The individual has a neatly trimmed beard and moustache, and they are wearing a blue graduation cap with a tassel on the right side. They appear to be smiling contentedly, with their eyes closed in a serene expression. The figure's graduation gown is dark blue, and they are wearing a white shirt with a green tie underneath. The image has a clean and modern vector art style, with flat colours and simple shapes for features.After I did my last studies, apart from all the endless mandatory HR type training we have to endure these days, I thought that would be it for any sort of formal training for me.  In fact the main reason for me doing my last formal studies, TCLoc Masters degree at the University of Strasbourg, was to fill the gaps I thought I had given a complete lack of education in the field I’ve been working for the last 17-years.  That degree was very useful and I definitely learned a lot and filled some gaps, but whilst there was an element of technical localization to it I think it only scratched the surface and didn’t really cover the sort of skills that I think are needed, not just for localization engineers, but also for professional translators and project managers, working in technical localization today.

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