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Jeff Whittaker
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Oct 1, 2015



 
Mikhail Kropotov
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That's why we all have bank accounts Oct 1, 2015

(Just kidding)
 
Bernhard Sulzer
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Very true. Especially for fees for small jobs Oct 1, 2015

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[Edited at 2015-10-02 03:39 GMT]
 
Thayenga
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So true Oct 1, 2015

For as long as you know your own true value and stand your ground, bottom-feeders won#t stand a chance. (And get what they've paid for)
 
Soonthon LUPKITARO(Ph.D.)
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Really!!! Oct 2, 2015

Thayenga wrote:

For as long as you know your own true value and stand your ground, bottom-feeders won#t stand a chance. (And get what they've paid for)


Yes. And I always ignore badly small volume jobs. I wonder how clients evaluate and value my translation capability.

Soonthon L.
 
Michael Newton
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Self-worth Oct 2, 2015

As the ancient Greeks would have said" "Ev ge!" ("Good for you!")
This is one of the reasons I am a proz.com member.
 
LilianNekipelov
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Exactly. Oct 2, 2015

It does not help that much with some translation companies, though, especially those that have no clue about translation. They still have to pay you, and if they cannot tell if the work is good or bad, which is the case with 80% of the outsourcers in my estimates, how are they going to pay you your best rate—the rate that is best for you or at least what you consider fair.

That is why so many great people died in utter poverty, like Mozart.

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It does not help that much with some translation companies, though, especially those that have no clue about translation. They still have to pay you, and if they cannot tell if the work is good or bad, which is the case with 80% of the outsourcers in my estimates, how are they going to pay you your best rate—the rate that is best for you or at least what you consider fair.

That is why so many great people died in utter poverty, like Mozart.

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