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<title>Bulk discount by agency to customer means lower rates for translators???</title>
<link>http://www.proz.com/topic/110444?float=true</link>
<description>Alex Farrell: Hi all. I received a job offer from an agency that doesn&#039;t seem to make sense, and I&#039;d like to hear the opinions of others.

A customer made a very ... (15 posts)</description>
<pubDate>18 Jul 2008 19:33:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>new non-paying tendency on the market..</title>
<link>http://www.proz.com/topic/110441?float=true</link>
<description>Brandis: Hi! Watch out, lately the outsourcers are not even showing the mark-up files instead write 40 mails picking on singled out words and avoid payment. I ... (3 posts)</description>
<pubDate>18 Jul 2008 07:27:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Translate more for less!</title>
<link>http://www.proz.com/topic/110440?float=true</link>
<description>casey: This was a fitting subject to an advertisement e-mail I received from Trados today.  (13 posts)</description>
<pubDate>18 Jul 2008 18:27:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>How to protect yourself from scams?</title>
<link>http://www.proz.com/topic/110434?float=true</link>
<description>fifilalou: I would like to know what other translators actually do to prevent falling victim of a scam when you deal with a new client you don&#039;t know anything ab... (3 posts)</description>
<pubDate>18 Jul 2008 13:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Have your clients appreciate the work you do</title>
<link>http://www.proz.com/topic/110347?float=true</link>
<description>Viktoria Gimbe: Dear colleagues,

I recently read a great article on technical translation and I felt like sharing it with you since it mainly discusses how much mo... (7 posts)</description>
<pubDate>18 Jul 2008 21:23:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>An nice example of a non sequitur </title>
<link>http://www.proz.com/topic/110336?float=true</link>
<description>Vito Smolej: A  mail from an agency: &quot;Thank you for your message. ... The project is about 2000 words..... We only pay with USD, we will you (sic!) agree with 30 U... (1 post)</description>
<pubDate>16 Jul 2008 19:29:32:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Avoiding multilingual gaffes</title>
<link>http://www.proz.com/topic/110291?float=true</link>
<description>Richard Bartholomew: Check out the article at http://money.cnn.com/2008/07/07/smallbusiness/language_translation.fsb/index.htm . Does the author mention any multilingual g... (2 posts)</description>
<pubDate>16 Jul 2008 10:47:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Penalty clauses in purchase orders: question from agency to freelancers</title>
<link>http://www.proz.com/topic/110279?float=true</link>
<description>a2ztranslate: Ok, I represent an agency and I have a question to pose to forum members. Recently we have been hit by previously reliable freelance translators not m... (17 posts)</description>
<pubDate>17 Jul 2008 03:56:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>A European Flat Tax</title>
<link>http://www.proz.com/topic/110222?float=true</link>
<description>Williamson: France, Italy, Spain, Belgium, the Netherlands and a number of other high-taxed countries oppose it. A number of former Eastern-European countries int... (28 posts)</description>
<pubDate>18 Jul 2008 07:08:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>What's a good payment scheme for freelance project manager?</title>
<link>http://www.proz.com/topic/109970?float=true</link>
<description>Soojung Lee: My small translation business is rapidly growing, and it&#039;s getting difficult for me to manage everything. I&#039;m thinking of hiring a freelance off-site ... (1 post)</description>
<pubDate>12 Jul 2008 01:43:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>How do you manage your admin?</title>
<link>http://www.proz.com/topic/109964?float=true</link>
<description>Rob Grayson: Hi,

Until a few months ago, I used a couple of Excel spreadsheets to keep track of my clients, orders, invoices etc. Then I discovered Translation ... (16 posts)</description>
<pubDate>15 Jul 2008 17:18:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Weak last 2 weeks?</title>
<link>http://www.proz.com/topic/109898?float=true</link>
<description>Sylvia Muniz: I have been working non-stop since I joined Proz a year ago, yet, these the last two weeks have been weak indeed ... Anybody agrees?

 (9 posts)</description>
<pubDate>14 Jul 2008 13:38:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Time frame for customer complaint?</title>
<link>http://www.proz.com/topic/109790?float=true</link>
<description>Mary Watson: An agency I have been working for steadily for the past 5 years just contacted me to tell me a translation I completed for them had been rejected by t... (21 posts)</description>
<pubDate>13 Jul 2008 05:59:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Do your summer months slow down and what is your strategy?</title>
<link>http://www.proz.com/topic/109762?float=true</link>
<description>rebeccalyne: 
Just wondering if any one can add their 2 cents about the European market for freelance work in August. I am wondering if most of your clients close... (12 posts)</description>
<pubDate>16 Jul 2008 09:26:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Best configuration of a laptop for work</title>
<link>http://www.proz.com/topic/109645?float=true</link>
<description>flora Yu: Hello all,

I&#039;m new in this forum.

Recently I wanna buy a new laptop coz my old one is too slow andthe performance is not stable.

I&#039;ve watchin... (40 posts)</description>
<pubDate>17 Jul 2008 22:26:00 GMT</pubDate>
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