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Poll: What part of freelance translation do you enjoy the least? | Other

Novian Cahyadi (X) — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 12:42:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: What part of freelance translation do you enjoy the least?
Poster: Novian Cahyadi (X)
Post title: Other

Toxicity in the translators' online communities that makes pottasium cyanide pale in comparison.

Poll: What part of freelance translation do you enjoy the least? | More number of tags than text in source document

Chié_JP — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 10:48:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: What part of freelance translation do you enjoy the least?
Poster: Chié_JP
Post title: More number of tags than text in source document

More number of tags than text in source document

PM change all terms of purchase after completion or PM ghost and gone (rare, it only happens with specific oursourcers that I already blocked from contacting on ProZ, this list is very valuable to me)

Being asked if an obviously and objectively worse revised-version is "better" than submitted averagely good (and well-acceptable) quality translation file on time, and demanded to explain why in detail, or being told that an intricate translation is too difficult for them,
and hence labeled as "mistranslation"
Worst case, one hostile reviser made up false "errors".

Great rating found on ProZ BB but specific cohort of people are negatively rating the experience (plus, specific cohort of ppl are positive about it) and when you exactly fall into that specific former group, higher probability of repeating their misery

[Edited at 2026-03-10 10:53 GMT]

Poll: What part of freelance translation do you enjoy the least? | Plus

Josephine Cassar — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 15:07:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: What part of freelance translation do you enjoy the least?
Poster: Josephine Cassar
Post title: Plus

[quote]Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida wrote:

I enjoy working as a freelance translator, but for

1. Chasing payments
2. Deciphering ad-hoc abbreviations
3. Editing other people’s work (except for two colleagues)
4. Marketing myself
5. Untangling poorly written source texts
6. Receiving mass emails
[/quote]
Though chasing late payments must be the worst, I also consider some NDAs cumbersome, plus low rates and terms offered. In the present circumstances, it's also waiting for a job to land in your email and it's no longer the case that it's for lack of marketing either. Though the other points may be unpleasant, they are nothing next to these, and I do enjoy translating especially when the subject matter is varied.

Poll: What part of freelance translation do you enjoy the least? | Other

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 12:05:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: What part of freelance translation do you enjoy the least?
Poster: Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Post title: Other

I enjoy working as a freelance translator, but for

1. Chasing payments
2. Deciphering ad-hoc abbreviations
3. Editing other people’s work (except for two colleagues)
4. Marketing myself
5. Untangling poorly written source texts
6. Receiving mass emails

Poll: What part of freelance translation do you enjoy the least?

ProZ.com Staff — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 11:15:34 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: What part of freelance translation do you enjoy the least?
Poster: ProZ.com Staff

This forum topic is for the discussion of the poll question "What part of freelance translation do you enjoy the least?".

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