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Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
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N/A Apr 29, 2025

AFAIK only in-house translators have salaries and these are not as subject to fluctuations as freelancers’ earnings are…

Philip Lees
Ines Radionovas-Lagoutte, PhD
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neilmac
Zea_Mays
Daniel Hall
Luis M. Sosa
 
Philip Lees
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Greece
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Greek to English
Accuracy Apr 30, 2025

The ability to identify and correct semantic [1] and linguistic [2] errors like the ones in the title of this poll.

[1] Already pointed out by Maria Teresa. A "salary" is a fixed compensation, by definition, and does not fluctuate.

[2] The placing of apostrophes.

I also doubt that they really mean "fluctuations", but with so many errors in a single sentence, it's hard to be sure what they mean. Probably:

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The ability to identify and correct semantic [1] and linguistic [2] errors like the ones in the title of this poll.

[1] Already pointed out by Maria Teresa. A "salary" is a fixed compensation, by definition, and does not fluctuate.

[2] The placing of apostrophes.

I also doubt that they really mean "fluctuations", but with so many errors in a single sentence, it's hard to be sure what they mean. Probably:

  • What is the most important factor that affects the level of a language professional's income?

or, more simply:

  • What has the greatest effect on language professionals' earnings?

There now. That wasn't too difficult, was it? ▲ Collapse


Ines Radionovas-Lagoutte, PhD
writeaway
Zea_Mays
Helena Chavarria
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Patricia Prevost
Neveen El Harras (X)
 
Marjolein Snippe
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However, for the answer... Apr 30, 2025

Philip Lees wrote:


  • What has the greatest effect on language professionals' earnings?

There now. That wasn't too difficult, was it?


Well done for correcting the question!
I still have no idea how to answer though. Too many variables.
Does a highly qualified, specialised Indonesian legal or finance translator earn more than an English-French subtitler?

Is Mary a better violinist than Peter is a footballer?

Dan Lucas
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
 
Zea_Mays
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Italy
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English to German
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cheap suppliers Apr 30, 2025

but mostly in a weak economic cycle.

Philip Lees
 
Thorsten Schülke
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Estonia
Local time: 19:26
Member (2012)
English to German
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The quality of your work Apr 30, 2025

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Daryo
Daryo
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Serbian to English
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The most important factor that has influence on your salary? Apr 30, 2025

Your pay grade and your rank, any bureaucrat would know that.

Only thing is, I can't see the relevance of that fact in a platform meant for freelancers?

Or was there recently a sudden mass intake of in-house translators in the Proz membership that I missed?

Philip Lees
Zea_Mays
 


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