Ethical issue: proofreading request Thread poster: Natalie_Ivanova
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Hi everyone,
What would be the best thing to do if you receive a proofreading request from one of your clients, and it turns out that you have done this translation for another client?
Should you:
1. Decline the job without giving any reason
2. Tell the client requesting the proofreading that it was you who translated the text
3. Let the client who gave you the translation know that you were contacted for the proofreading, without giving the name of the other agency... See more Hi everyone,
What would be the best thing to do if you receive a proofreading request from one of your clients, and it turns out that you have done this translation for another client?
Should you:
1. Decline the job without giving any reason
2. Tell the client requesting the proofreading that it was you who translated the text
3. Let the client who gave you the translation know that you were contacted for the proofreading, without giving the name of the other agency? ▲ Collapse
| | | | | I'd probably do 2 and 3 | May 24, 2005 |
depending on how well I knew the client(s). I'd also check that the version you have is the version you provided. It's my experience that lots of people tend to have their fingers in the pie so maybe the file you have now bears little resemblance to what you produced initially. I'd still come clean with the client offering the job, and possibly with the other one too.
Gillian
| | | | Robert Zawadzki (X) 
Local time: 19:14
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| There is also the least-friction solution | May 24, 2005 |
I'd give it to someone I cooperate with (and trust) to proofread. This way I won't have to explain it all to the client.
| | | | | if you go for option 1.... | May 24, 2005 |
If you choose to decline, you should give a reason, it is only fair.
It is clearly a small world and if they followed it up, they would probably find out you had translated it anyway.
Orla
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| I'd go for option 2... | May 24, 2005 |
...then the client can decide whether to insist that you did it anyway (not likely), or thank you and turn to another proofreader (more likely), while making a mental note of your rectitude; he'll probably contact you again for other projects. I would not mention who I did the translation for, though, for confidentiality reasons.
Large end-clients often have more than one vendor, and may indeed - as part of their quality control cycle - have a vendor review the translation that was ... See more ...then the client can decide whether to insist that you did it anyway (not likely), or thank you and turn to another proofreader (more likely), while making a mental note of your rectitude; he'll probably contact you again for other projects. I would not mention who I did the translation for, though, for confidentiality reasons.
Large end-clients often have more than one vendor, and may indeed - as part of their quality control cycle - have a vendor review the translation that was assigned to another of their vendors. Especially for sample chapters at the beginning of a large project.
Roberta
[Edited at 2005-05-24 18:18] ▲ Collapse
| | | | Rosa Maria Duenas Rios (X)
Local time: 13:14
| I agree with Roberta... | May 24, 2005 |
Roberta Anderson wrote:
...then the client can decide whether to insist that you did it anyway (not likely), or thank you and turn to another proofreader (more likely), while making a mental note of your rectitude; he'll probably contact you again for other projects. I would not mention who I did the translation for, though, for confidentiality reasons.
Large end-clients often have more than one vendor, and may indeed - as part of their quality control cycle - have a vendor review the translation that was assigned to another of their vendors. Especially for sample chapters at the beginning of a large project.
Roberta
[Edited at 2005-05-24 18:18]
... entirely.
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