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Poll: Do you apply higher rates for urgent/weekend work?
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Marlene Blanshay
Marlene Blanshay  Identity Verified
Canada
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Member (2009)
French to English
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yes but it depends Mar 19, 2010

I don't necessarily charge for weekends unless it is a very large project. I have an 800 words for tuesday, for example- that wouldn't qualify. Working weekends isn't necessarily a problem for me as I don't have kids, don't have to make a lot of extra arrangements. I accept that my work hours aren't 9-5. But a very large project with a tight deadline that means basically sacrificing everything else, yes, I would charge extra.

I do charge extra for same-day jobs and I do charge extr
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I don't necessarily charge for weekends unless it is a very large project. I have an 800 words for tuesday, for example- that wouldn't qualify. Working weekends isn't necessarily a problem for me as I don't have kids, don't have to make a lot of extra arrangements. I accept that my work hours aren't 9-5. But a very large project with a tight deadline that means basically sacrificing everything else, yes, I would charge extra.

I do charge extra for same-day jobs and I do charge extra for technical. This applies to both translation and editing.
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Muriel Vasconcellos
Muriel Vasconcellos  Identity Verified
United States
Local time: 15:02
Member (2003)
Spanish to English
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It depends on the volume Mar 20, 2010

If it's more than 4,000 words, I add a 15% surcharge.



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Seyedsina Mirarabshahi
Seyedsina Mirarabshahi  Identity Verified
Canada
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English to Persian (Farsi)
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It still is empty though Oct 26, 2018

Dear Henry Dotterer, is it me or the section is still empty. well its not emty, it has a link directed to this page. are members allowed to make changes there or only Proz staff have access to them?

 
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