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Poll: What is your policy on accepting post-editing work? | MTPE

Alex Lichanow — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 04:57:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: What is your policy on accepting post-editing work?
Poster: Alex Lichanow
Post title: MTPE

In my experience, most "MTPE" amounts to "batch-delete the slop, translate from scratch". This is why I do not deduct a single percent from my translation rate.

Poll: What is your policy on accepting post-editing work? | N/A

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 09:03:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: What is your policy on accepting post-editing work?
Poster: Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Post title: N/A

I have been accepting MTPE work from 3 clients. They all pay my rate, one by the hour, the others two by word. I could accept MTPE work from other clients when my pipeline is dry provided the rate is acceptable…

Poll: What is your policy on accepting post-editing work?

ProZ.com Staff — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 08:10:05 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: What is your policy on accepting post-editing work?
Poster: ProZ.com Staff

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