Anne McDowall wrote:
I've been approached by an individual (via this site) to translate a 19,000-word paper from French to English. However, having got just a couple of hours in, I've discovered that the whole text is already available in English – and I'm pretty certain was written in English and subsequently translated into French. I've asked the client to call me urgently but I can't see a good outcome for me in this. Obviously, I've not spent a vast amount of time on this, but if I end up losing the project (and I can't see any alternative), I've lost a lot of potential income. Does anyone have any experience of similar and/or advice on what I could reasonably request that she pay me if the project is called off?
This sounds terrible, especially having read the comments from others. If I were you I'd forget about the the hours I'd wasted, and get out ASAP by telling the client that the whole thing is plagiarised and you will not be continuing.
Login to reply/comment 
Translation news
