Carole Hognestad wrote:
I have a big job coming up in Logoport. There is a high number of repetitions for which the client says I will only be paid 10% of my standard rate. As I understand it these repetitions are separate from the full and partial matches quoted in the Logoport analysis.
That's right - Logoport's analysis log looks something like this (I mark the repetitions between double asterisk **):
Match Types---------Segments------Words-----Percent
Translated---------------0------------------0----------0
Context Match----------0------------------0----------0
**Repetitions-----------1-----------------4---------1.3**
Format Change---------0-----------------0-----------0
100%---------------------1-----------------1-----------0.3
95% - 99%--------------0-----------------0-----------0
85% - 94%--------------1----------------11-----------3.6
75% - 84%--------------0-----------------0------------0
50% - 74%--------------3----------------22-----------7.2
No Match----------------16----------------267--------87.5
Total---------------------22-----------------305----------100
(I actually took this from a project that I translated with Logoport last week.)
So, in my example, you'll see that there are 4 (four) repeated words.
I understand about only being paid percentages for full and partial matches, which appear as pretranslations, but how can I only be paid 10% for words/terms that will not be pretranslated. The fact that they have already appeared in the text earlier is not an aid to me as I still have to read, translate and enter the correct text. Have I misunderstood something here?
I will not argue about whether it's "right" or "wrong" to do (or accept) this, but you don't have to read, translate and enter the correct text: Repetitions work as 100% matches when you translate.
However, you (or somebody else) would need to check if the translation of those repetitions do make sense within context. I assume your customer suggests to pay 10% of your standard fee for you to check this.
[Edited at 2007-10-22 22:16]