at 11.110 EUR per word Thread poster: Heinrich Pesch
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Heinrich Pesch 
Finland
Local time: 01:54
 Member (2003)
Finnish to German
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Total 77 thousand Euros for proofreading.
So who maintains that rates are too low on Proz.com?
On my request the person in charge responded:
"No, it wasn't a mistake. How I wrote, I am waiting for the quotations from the translators. That is why I put a completely irreal price..."
Regards
Heinrich
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xxxPeter Manda
Local time: 18:54
German to English
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haha ... reads like a bait and switch
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| In that case... | Jul 31, 2009 |
I'd be more than happy if I could proofread just ONE single word a day
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| She could use some guidance, perhaps | Jul 31, 2009 |
The price field is not a required field in the job posting form.
She could have left it open - many outsourcers do - instead of putting in a nonsense price.
Many people may interpret it as a typo for 0.11/word, and if it is not what she was thinking of, that could cause misunderstandings and waste of time on both ends.
I believe this is a case where the outsourcer may benefit from some instruction, guidance from Site Staff (as there are no Job Mods anymore).
I submitted a support request on the job posting.
Katalin
[Edited at 2009-07-31 16:28 GMT]
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Vito Smolej
Germany
Local time: 00:54
 Member (2004)
English to Slovenian
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| 11.110 or 11,110? | Jul 31, 2009 |
Heinrich Pesch wrote:
Total 77 thousand Euros for proofreading.
So who maintains that rates are too low on Proz.com?
you sure it's not 77M?
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carrick16
Italy
Local time: 00:54
English to Italian
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... Playing with our needy wallets indeed!
And with our ethics.
I would offer a "completely irreal" proofreading, see how they like it.
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xxxKhrystene
Australia
Polish to English
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jyuan_us
United States
Local time: 18:54
Member (2005)
English to Chinese
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| I think the poster is mad | Aug 2, 2009 |
at the fact that he had to fill in a price in that cell. In his opinion, it is up to the bidder to give a price and to him it is weired that he had to put a price by himself.
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