| User | Thread poster: Paula Hernández Not April yet but, is it April's fool? |
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Paula Hernández
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New record:
EN-ES translation job (from India) for which they intend to pay 0,0075 USD per word. Most probably not a typo.
Given that he specifically bothered to state twice the amount that he was willing to pay and it was ridiculous.
Edited to erase any info that might lead people to see an already PUBLIC job post. And since I was reminded of the fact that outsources shall not be discussed, shouldn't there be another rule by which outsourcers were not allowed to publish jobs with ridiculous rates?
That is, should those outsourcers really be so protected? Specially since the job posts are visible by anyone accessing Proz...
I thought this was a site for translators, not for slavers...
[Editado a las 2012-02-10 15:59 GMT]
[Editado a las 2012-02-10 16:24 GMT]
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neilmac
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| | One born every minute | Feb 10 |
The sad thing is that somebody, somewhere will take the job....
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Attila Piróth 
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Ty Kendall
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When you see these "offers" or when you see the number of quotes submitted stacking up rapidly.
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Suzan Hamer
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| | Good article, Attila. Thanks. | Feb 10 |
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Maria Popova
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| | not the only one... | Feb 10 |
... a German agency generously willing to pay 0,0076 € per word for proofreading some very difficult technical texts ...
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Laurent KRAULAND
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Why can't you just let your fingers off the Internet job offers? No kidding
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Paula Hernández
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Laurent KRAULAND wrote:
Why can't you just let your fingers off the Internet job offers? No kidding |
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Well, because ignoring them is not the solution either.
It's just the same reason that makes me go out on protest demonstrations when something is unfair, not right or whatever.
Because I like acting, not waiting for it to go away.
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Laurent KRAULAND
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| | Not waiting "for it to go away" either | Feb 10 |
Paula Hernández wrote:
Laurent KRAULAND wrote:
Why can't you just let your fingers off the Internet job offers? No kidding |
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Well, because ignoring them is not the solution either.
It's just the same reason that makes me go out on protest demonstrations when something is unfair, not right or whatever.
Because I like acting, not waiting for it to go away.
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Not waiting "for it to go away" either, but where on Earth is the problem? NOT with 3rd World agencies, but with end clients who aim at lowering their translation/PR budgets altogether.
The day we'll come through as PR specialists in foreign languages instead of mere word replacers, things *may* be bound to change.
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dsd-sl
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Quote:
The day we'll come through as PR specialists in foreign languages instead of mere word replacers, things *may* be bound to change
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Dear Laurent,
the fact is that we _used to be_ like that, professionals with an art, a know-how, an expertize that grew over the years.
If I think of what we are going to be, I'm just going to cry.
More and more I'm being asked of reviewing, instead of translating. I tend to say no.
But how long can we go on like this?
Have a nice week-end!
Monica
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Daniela Slankamenac
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that many colleagues charge the same rates for translating and editing/reviewing MT or somebody else's work (probably someone who worked for 0.0075$). I think this is a good approach, only in this way the agencies or "the agencies" will realize that this type of "doing business" does not pay off.
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Jeff Whittaker
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[Edited at 2012-02-10 12:52 GMT]
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Thayenga
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| | The same applies to the following "offer" | Feb 11 |
Jeff Whittaker wrote:
[Edited at 2012-02-10 12:52 GMT] |
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Perhaps these agencies arew waiting for the translators to not only work for free, but to furthermore pay the agency for the "privilege" of working for less than peanuts.
Unfortunately, there will always be a translator willing to work for less than one Euro cent.
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