Pages in topic: < [1 2 3] > | Poll: How do you feel when referred to as a "resource"? Thread poster: ProZ.com Staff
| It might have been re-phrased | Oct 16, 2016 |
Michael Harris wrote: I have never been referred to as such so I cannot really say. Why are those questions being asked by anonymous lately so stupid? I submitted a similar question a few months ago. It may be that the site staff re-phrased it so it was less biased. I asked it because I wasn't aware I was being referred to as a resource until a couple of agencies (I enjoy working with) sent group emails saying they were looking for "2 or 3 resources" to work on a project. I was curious to know whether I was the only one that found the term slightly dehumanizing. So it's a standard HR term? I suppose I should stand corrected as I've never found the term "human resources" offensive. | | | Mario Freitas Brazil Local time: 00:14 Member (2014) English to Portuguese + ... Common jargon | Oct 16, 2016 |
Resource is merely short for human resource. Nothing offensive about it. And I must agree the level of the questions here are hard to believe. | | | As are the replies | Oct 16, 2016 |
Mario Freitas wrote: Resource is merely short for human resource. Nothing offensive about it. And I must agree the level of the questions here are hard to believe. | | | I have just taken the canine resource for a walk... | Oct 16, 2016 |
... while its owners, a medical resource and a technical resource have taken their three potential in-training resources (aka teenage children) on a half-term holiday. Aaaaargh! I hate being called a resource, human or otherwise. It reeks of automation and industry to me. I can just about accept human resources and resourceful humans, but I am a translator, a linguist. I may belong in the last century, but I still work in a profession, with clients, and supply th... See more ... while its owners, a medical resource and a technical resource have taken their three potential in-training resources (aka teenage children) on a half-term holiday. Aaaaargh! I hate being called a resource, human or otherwise. It reeks of automation and industry to me. I can just about accept human resources and resourceful humans, but I am a translator, a linguist. I may belong in the last century, but I still work in a profession, with clients, and supply them with individual, tailored translations, not some commodity sold by the kilo. Even the ▲ Collapse | |
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Julian Holmes wrote: 've been called 'saucy' before, but never a 'resource.' [/quote] Sauce and re-sauce. They came back for more. A good sign. | | | I don't care | Oct 16, 2016 |
Over the course of a long and interesting life, I've been called a lot worse things than that. Not once did it harm me in any way. | | | Mario Chavez (X) Local time: 23:14 English to Spanish + ...
airmailrpl wrote: "resource" is probably better than being referred to as a "vendor" - as some agencies like to call us Enter the Hall of Horrors for words some of our customers use to call us: vendor, provider, language provider, resource, foreign language vendor, etc. | | | inkweaver Germany Local time: 05:14 French to German + ... Thank you, Christine | Oct 16, 2016 |
Christine Andersen wrote: ... Aaaaargh! I hate being called a resource, human or otherwise. It reeks of automation and industry to me. I can just about accept human resources and resourceful humans, but I am a translator, a linguist. I may belong in the last century, but I still work in a profession, with clients, and supply them with individual, tailored translations, not some commodity sold by the kilo. You expressed my thoughts much better than I put it. I fully agree. | |
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You are not alone | Oct 16, 2016 |
Georgie Scott wrote: I was curious to know whether I was the only one that found the term slightly dehumanizing. I was called resource last year and found it really offensive, my feeling is exactly the same as yours. | | | Yaotl Altan Mexico Local time: 21:14 Member (2006) English to Spanish + ... Neoliberalism | Oct 16, 2016 |
It's part of the neoliberalist jargon, wherein human beings became "resources" or "units". I'd like to be called comrade, for sure! | | | Jack slep Local time: 23:14 Russian to English Resource, how do you feel? | Oct 16, 2016 |
To me, at least, the question is ambiguous. Are you being used or abused? ProZ is a resource for information about terminology. So how does ProZ feel about that? On the other hand, still using ProZ as an example, a resource, many Askers are too lazy, incompetent, or just plain stupid to do any research and suck the brains of professional translators--that's abuse. Personally, after 66 years as an R>E sci/tech translator of some 70 different sci/tech journals and am referred as a "resource" even ... See more To me, at least, the question is ambiguous. Are you being used or abused? ProZ is a resource for information about terminology. So how does ProZ feel about that? On the other hand, still using ProZ as an example, a resource, many Askers are too lazy, incompetent, or just plain stupid to do any research and suck the brains of professional translators--that's abuse. Personally, after 66 years as an R>E sci/tech translator of some 70 different sci/tech journals and am referred as a "resource" even by editors of major publishers, American and Russian, for specific terminology, say, on periglacial geomorphology, I find it an honor, a compliment, and hopefully a benefit to the translator. At age 85, it's a privilege to share whatever knowledge/resources I have gained. In fact, being semi-retired, I just finished cataloging my collection of 511 R, R>E, E ▲ Collapse | | | Andy Watkinson Spain Local time: 05:14 Member Catalan to English + ...
I really couldn't give a flying monkey's what term is used. One of my best clients is a multi-national with something stupid like 350,000 "resources", so I can hardly aspire to them addressing me as Your Linguistically Enhanced Holiness. Maybe those who object should reconsider calling their clients "income streams" and suchlike. I'd rather be a resource than a stream. Good name for a song. | |
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Mario Freitas Brazil Local time: 00:14 Member (2014) English to Portuguese + ... The big issue | Oct 17, 2016 |
Georgie Scott wrote: As are the replies Mario Freitas wrote: Resource is merely short for human resource. Nothing offensive about it. And I must agree the level of the questions here are hard to believe. I've been there... about 20 years ago. Don't worry. There is a way out of it, and you'll find it one day.
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I don't expect to be called a resource, a vendor, a linguist, a colleague or even a translator. I expect to be addressed individually using my name. | | | neilmac Spain Local time: 05:14 Spanish to English + ...
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