Forum: MemoQ support
Topic: Trying not to panic - I have overwritten 3 days of hard work with the original source!
Poster: Riccardo Schiaffino
Post title: One could easily lose work in similar ways, with or without the use of online CAT tools
[quote]Tom in London wrote:
MORAL: never work on the originals of files. Make copies first.
Fortunately I don't work with online systems, so the originals of the files remain with me. I receive them as email attachments, so if anything really bad happens I just download the attachment again.
Your experience working with an online translating system does nothing to convince me that I should use these systems ![/quote]
That is sensible advice, but it only protects you from losing the originals. You could still lose your translation... and that is regardless of whether or not you use CAT tools.
[Edited at 2017-01-06 15:26 GMT]
Topic: Trying not to panic - I have overwritten 3 days of hard work with the original source!
Poster: Riccardo Schiaffino
Post title: One could easily lose work in similar ways, with or without the use of online CAT tools
[quote]Tom in London wrote:
MORAL: never work on the originals of files. Make copies first.
Fortunately I don't work with online systems, so the originals of the files remain with me. I receive them as email attachments, so if anything really bad happens I just download the attachment again.
Your experience working with an online translating system does nothing to convince me that I should use these systems ![/quote]
That is sensible advice, but it only protects you from losing the originals. You could still lose your translation... and that is regardless of whether or not you use CAT tools.
[Edited at 2017-01-06 15:26 GMT]