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Is .10 centimes Euros for French to English too much? Thread poster: Rebecca Lyne
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Hello All,
I would love your feedback. I have been translating for years. In the early days, my rates were really quite low as I made the trade off between gathering clients and experience vs higher pay.
Time has passed. I am experienced and capable. Is .10 centimes per word too high a rate?
I seem be getting contacted by agencies these days who want to low ball, even during the week of Christmas, from .04 to .07 centimes per word. I simply refuse the work curren... See more Hello All,
I would love your feedback. I have been translating for years. In the early days, my rates were really quite low as I made the trade off between gathering clients and experience vs higher pay.
Time has passed. I am experienced and capable. Is .10 centimes per word too high a rate?
I seem be getting contacted by agencies these days who want to low ball, even during the week of Christmas, from .04 to .07 centimes per word. I simply refuse the work currently however is this truly the going rate?
Your feedback would be greatly appreciated.
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Jean Lachaud 
United States
Local time: 01:53
English to French
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| Against FTC rules | Dec 16, 2010 |
Discussing rates is considered by the Federal Trade Commission to be price fixing. Please refer to the FTC investigation/lawsuit against ATA in the early 90s.
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| No, it's not. | Dec 16, 2010 |
It's not too high at all. If anything it sounds too low to me.
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Laurent KRAULAND (X)
France
Local time: 07:53
French to German
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TransAfrique wrote:
It's not too high at all. If anything it sounds too low to me.
At the lower threshold of "near enough" (just kidding)...
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Laurent KRAULAND (X)
France
Local time: 07:53
French to German
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JL01 wrote:
Discussing rates is considered by the Federal Trade Commission to be price fixing. Please refer to the FTC investigation/lawsuit against ATA in the early 90s.
And what is the current trend towards USD 0.04? Free enterprise at its best?
[Modifié le 2010-12-16 18:59 GMT]
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JL01 wrote:
Discussing rates is considered by the Federal Trade Commission to be price fixing. Please refer to the FTC investigation/lawsuit against ATA in the early 90s.
Huh??? How is discussing rates here equivalent to price fixing? The money matters section of this forum is all about rates...
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Sheila Wilson
Spain
Local time: 06:53
Member (2007)
English
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| Don't give in | Dec 16, 2010 |
There are many of us out here who refuse to work for less and often ask for more.
Certainly, at 0.10€ you'll have to say "No" quite often - but there are agencies and direct clients out there who value quality and know that our rates aren't exhorbitant, just necessary to maintain a "normal" standard of living.
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Jeff Whittaker
United States
Local time: 01:53
Member (2002)
Spanish to English
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| .10 centimes is not too high | Dec 16, 2010 |
I guess it all depends on your market. I charge U.S. agencies a minimum of .18 a word and that is currently equivalent to .136 euro cents, so .10 is not too high (at least for the U.S.).
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Laurent KRAULAND (X)
France
Local time: 07:53
French to German
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| Furthermore... | Dec 16, 2010 |
rebeccalyne wrote: JL01 wrote:
Discussing rates is considered by the Federal Trade Commission to be price fixing. Please refer to the FTC investigation/lawsuit against ATA in the early 90s. Huh??? How is discussing rates here equivalent to price fixing? The money matters section of this forum is all about rates...
and to (hopefully) close this spin-off about the appropriateness of discussing rates, there is: http://www.proz.com/siterules/forum/10#10
Full quote:
No legal interpretations. Legal interpretations and legal challenges to ProZ.com policies and features should not be made in the forums, but sent in writing to ProZ.com headquarters.
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Krzysztof Kajetanowicz (X)
Poland
Local time: 07:53
English to Polish
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JL01 wrote:
Discussing rates is considered by the Federal Trade Commission to be price fixing. Please refer to the FTC investigation/lawsuit against ATA in the early 90s.
Nice start!
[Edited at 2010-12-16 19:55 GMT]
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| No more freedom of speech in the US??? | Dec 16, 2010 |
JL01 wrote:
Discussing rates is considered by the Federal Trade Commission to be price fixing. Please refer to the FTC investigation/lawsuit against ATA in the early 90s.
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| Don't work in your pair | Dec 16, 2010 |
rebeccalyne wrote:
Is .10 centimes per word too high a rate?
But a rate of 10 Euro cents will not get me out of bed.
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Oliver Walter
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:53
German to English
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| Really 0.1 centimes? | Dec 16, 2010 |
Rebecca,
Did you really mean .10 centimes (one tenth of one centime, i.e. one thousandth of one euro)?
Sheila clearly assumed you meant one tenth of one euro, to which my first reaction was, it's about right: .10 centimes is clearly nowhere near right, being one hundredth of that.
I think Sheila's assumption was probably correct, but it would be good to have your confirmation.
Oliver
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Giles Watson
Italy
Local time: 07:53
Italian to English
In memoriam | Neither fish nor flesh nor good red herring | Dec 16, 2010 |
Ten eurocents a word is a bit of a nowhere rate: too high to compete on price with the bottom feeders and too low if your work is good enough to attract discerning clients who put quality before price.
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Laurent KRAULAND (X)
France
Local time: 07:53
French to German
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Giles Watson wrote:
Ten eurocents a word is a bit of a nowhere rate: too high to compete on price with the bottom feeders and too low if your work is good enough to attract discerning clients who put quality before price.
That's hitting the nail on its head!
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