We pay 1 EUR each 100 words (words counted in French). 投稿者: Christophe Delaunay
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That is what is offered this morning on Proz for a translation from SP into FR.
I decide to laugh about it (and just send a request to Proz about their limits).
Happy WE to all!
Chris
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I can’t remember how much I charged 40 years ago when I started translating but I believe it was more than that…
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Lingua 5B 
ボスニア・ヘルツェゴビナ
Local time: 18:18
2009に入会
英語 から クロアチア語
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| My student gigs. | Jun 10, 2016 |
I did translation gigs when I was a student and they paid more than 80% jobs on ProZ.
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Are you serious??? Even on freelancing websites like Upwork, no one offered me such a low price for a translation... People really have no idea of what we do and how much time and energy it takes!
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I got £35 per thousand from my first customer (admittedly a direct customer who paid well) in 1979.
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Cor, I run an agency and I am acutely aware of the pressure put on budgets, but this is something else!
Problem is, someone is going to take this job. There are places where 1 eurocent per word may mean 25 or 30 EUR at the end of the day, and 30 EUR is better than no EUR at all.
It seems very unlikely that – given the rate – this job will be carried out by native, qualified French speaker, but then again, the agency who dares offering such a rate probably does not ... See more Cor, I run an agency and I am acutely aware of the pressure put on budgets, but this is something else!
Problem is, someone is going to take this job. There are places where 1 eurocent per word may mean 25 or 30 EUR at the end of the day, and 30 EUR is better than no EUR at all.
It seems very unlikely that – given the rate – this job will be carried out by native, qualified French speaker, but then again, the agency who dares offering such a rate probably does not care very much about such minor details.
Plus one for the idea of a "Rate Wall of Shame" on Proz.
Good WE to all too. ▲ Collapse
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Thayenga
ドイツ
Local time: 18:18
2009に入会
英語 から ドイツ語
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Who will help take such a huge and generous amount to a bank? Surely no one can carry that much money alone. Up next: Please pay us 1 EUR so we can assign the 100 words to you.
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| The crisis is still there... | Jun 10, 2016 |
or people with little respect for themselves!
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Parrot
スペイン
Local time: 18:18
スペイン語 から 英語
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philgoddard wrote:
I got £35 per thousand from my first customer (admittedly a direct customer who paid well) in 1979.
From around that time there was a time-and-motion study on the sector commissioned by some professional congress organizers. They concluded a translator (who was also a fast typist, okay) turned out something like 500 words an hour.
The going word rate then was 10 USD cents. On another hand, word processing was optional.
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