Poll: Have any of your clients gone out of business over the past year? Thread poster: ProZ.com Staff
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This forum topic is for the discussion of the poll question "Have any of your clients gone out of business over the past year?".
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Angus Stewart 
United Kingdom
Local time: 16:29
French to English
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One of my client was involved in high profile bankruptcy proceedings.
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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…
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Muriel Vasconcellos (X)
United States
Local time: 08:29
Spanish to English
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| Not that I know of | Dec 20, 2017 |
But I have a list of over 60 clients and I only hear from a fraction of them each year.
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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).
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A couple of them were bought - 'acquired' by larger agencies.
Usually, not to the advantage of the translators.
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Mario Chavez (X)
Local time: 11:29
English to Spanish
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| A client went out of business 20 years ago | Dec 20, 2017 |
That's why I answered no.
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| Not this year | Dec 20, 2017 |
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.
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Mario Freitas
Brazil
Local time: 13:29
English to Portuguese
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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.
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