Poll: Have you made personal friendZ through ProZ.com? Thread poster: ProZ.com Staff
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This forum topic is for the discussion of the poll question "Have you made personal friendZ through ProZ.com?".
This poll was originally submitted by Ricki Farn. View the poll results »
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Ventnai 
Spain
Local time: 16:54
German to English
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| Bit difficult | Feb 15, 2019 |
A bit difficult unless you go to a Powwow, especially as there are no in-person conferences these days.
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neilmac
Spain
Local time: 16:54
Spanish to English
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I feel a sort of camaraderie among proz users in my pair, particularly contributors to the kudoz section, which is where I'm most active. However, my own ideal of friendship is of a more traditional kind, which existed before computers and networking. It's like the difference between Facebook "friends" who you might never meet in real life, and the non-virtual ones you actually come into physical contact with.
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Muriel Vasconcellos (X)
United States
Local time: 07:54
Spanish to English
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In addition to developing a number of lovely cyber-relationships, I looked up three of them when I traveled to Brazil.
[Edited at 2019-02-15 08:49 GMT]
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Over the years I’ve developed an online friendship with two Portuguese translators, both Prozians.
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Not really, but I suspect I've made a few EnemiZ
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Yaotl Altan
Mexico
Local time: 09:54
Member (2006)
English to Spanish
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Chris S wrote:
Not really, but I suspect I've made a few EnemiZ
Many people hate truth and reality.
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Mario Freitas
Brazil
Local time: 12:54
Member (2014)
English to Portuguese
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I made several good friends in ProZ. Many of them have shared or passed jobs to me. I met Gilmar Fernandes personally, and I only didn't meet Muriel personally because of a small misunderstanding on our plans. But we still will, right Muriel?
Plus, we can always participate in the meetings organized by colleagues and meet some personally. I haven't yet, but I will as soon as I can.
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in America everyone is a friend (and you greet them with a hug), so in that sense... yes.
Definitely no enemies or ememiez
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I would like to! Shoot me a message, in case you would like to share air fryer recipes and talk about the weather!
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DZiW (X)
Ukraine
English to Russian
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Considering the Merriam-Webster definitionfriend noun
\ ˈfrend \
Definition of friend (Entry 1 of 2)
1a : one attached to another by affection or esteem
She's my best friend.
b : ACQUAINTANCE
2a : one that is not hostile
Is he a friend or an enemy?
b : one that is of the same nation, party, or group
showbiz friends
3 : one that favors or promotes something (such as a charity)
this trend has alarmed friends of the liberal arts
— Raymond Walters
The friends of the library will host a fund-raiser.
4 : a favored companion
5 capitalized : a member of a Christian sect that stresses Inner Light, rejects sacraments and an ordained ministry, and opposes war
— called also Quaker While we are in the same field, I'm using ProZ to learn more about the trade--not doing biz here, the community is less of 'familiar competitors'. However, I accept no virtual friends, only helpers and well-wishers, that's why pen-friends seems quite reasonable, perhaps)
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