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Poll: Have any of your clients gone out of business over the past year? | Several

Mario Freitas — Thu, 21 Dec 2017 15:37:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Have any of your clients gone out of business over the past year?
Poster: Mario Freitas
Post title: Several

Not necessarily over the past year, but I've had clients that:
1. Cheated on translators, closed and reopened with a new name;
2. Were purchased or merged into larger agencies;
3. Simply closed or went bankrupt;
4. Disappeared and I don't really know if they closed or not.

Poll: Have any of your clients gone out of business over the past year? | Not this year

Alexandra Speirs — Wed, 20 Dec 2017 19:12:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Have any of your clients gone out of business over the past year?
Poster: Alexandra Speirs
Post title: Not this year

I accidentally said Yes, but it was 2 or 3 years ago.
One translation agency went bankrupt but paid me, one went bankrupt and never paid a brass farthing to me or to the in-house staff.
One of my best customers died and his family closed the business.

Poll: Have any of your clients gone out of business over the past year? | A client went out of business 20 years ago

Mario Chavez (X) — Wed, 20 Dec 2017 16:13:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Have any of your clients gone out of business over the past year?
Poster: Mario Chavez (X)
Post title: A client went out of business 20 years ago

That's why I answered no.

:D

Poll: Have any of your clients gone out of business over the past year? | Yes and no

Yetta Jensen Bogarde — Wed, 20 Dec 2017 14:36:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Have any of your clients gone out of business over the past year?
Poster: Yetta Jensen Bogarde
Post title: Yes and no

A couple of them were bought - 'acquired' by larger agencies.

Usually, not to the advantage of the translators.

Poll: Have any of your clients gone out of business over the past year? | Not in 2017

Jennifer Forbes — Wed, 20 Dec 2017 12:53:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Have any of your clients gone out of business over the past year?
Poster: Jennifer Forbes
Post title: Not in 2017

As far as I know, none of my clients have gone out of business this year but some have done so in recent years: two were declared bankrupt and two were taken over by other, larger agencies. One which went bankrupt re-opened a month later under a new name, owing its translators many thousands (which, apparently, is legal in the UK).

Poll: Have any of your clients gone out of business over the past year? | Not that I know of

Muriel Vasconcellos (X) — Wed, 20 Dec 2017 10:49:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Have any of your clients gone out of business over the past year?
Poster: Muriel Vasconcellos (X)
Post title: Not that I know of

But I have a list of over 60 clients and I only hear from a fraction of them each year.

Poll: Have any of your clients gone out of business over the past year? | Yes

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida — Wed, 20 Dec 2017 09:34:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Have any of your clients gone out of business over the past year?
Poster: Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Post title: Yes

Last year one of my long-standing clients (a Belgian translation agency) was declared bankrupt by the court. I knew that they were experiencing problems for some time but I assumed that they would overcome them. Fortunately, they did not owe me any money…

Poll: Have any of your clients gone out of business over the past year? | Yes

Angus Stewart — Wed, 20 Dec 2017 09:11:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Have any of your clients gone out of business over the past year?
Poster: Angus Stewart
Post title: Yes

One of my client was involved in high profile bankruptcy proceedings.

Poll: Have any of your clients gone out of business over the past year? | No,

Marjolein Snippe — Wed, 20 Dec 2017 08:22:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Have any of your clients gone out of business over the past year?
Poster: Marjolein Snippe
Post title: No,

Not as far as I know...

Poll: Have any of your clients gone out of business over the past year?

ProZ.com Staff — Wed, 20 Dec 2017 08:10:02 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Have any of your clients gone out of business over the past year?
Poster: ProZ.com Staff

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