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Rates and Ranges and How Much to Compromise
Thread poster: DARKastheRAIN
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thank you Apr 21, 2017

Chris S wrote:

David GAY wrote:

Chris S wrote:

There is nothing wrong with not having a ProZ profile. Mine has been a waste of time. There are many better places to find work.

Could you please be more specific?


Contacting agencies and companies directly, using contacts and networks from school and university, friends of friends, local translator groups, professional associations... Anything is better in my experience. Although it clearly works for some.


 
DARKastheRAIN
DARKastheRAIN
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Thanks Everyone Apr 21, 2017

Thanks for all your advice, the advice on ranges in particular. I was tentative about using a range for the some of the reasons you mentioned, but I'd seen them advocated elsewhere. Thanks for the clarification.

I did realise that I'd probably have to apply to far more agencies before I got anything like steady work. I just wanted to make sure I wasn't wasting my time before I contacted the next several dozen.

On a related note, and to perhaps avoid having to post it as... See more
Thanks for all your advice, the advice on ranges in particular. I was tentative about using a range for the some of the reasons you mentioned, but I'd seen them advocated elsewhere. Thanks for the clarification.

I did realise that I'd probably have to apply to far more agencies before I got anything like steady work. I just wanted to make sure I wasn't wasting my time before I contacted the next several dozen.

On a related note, and to perhaps avoid having to post it as a second topic, what's the best way to determine which agencies are most likely to give relative beginners a chance? (Thanks, Samuel Murray, for your tip about newly registered agencies being more likely to be looking for translators. I hadn't thought of that.) ▲ Collapse
 
DARKastheRAIN
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Community Rates, etc. May 1, 2017

So the rates that you see posted at ProZ.com aren't all that reliable.


Do they tend to err high or err low?

ProZ.com's agency list shows 400 agencies in the United States (where you are)


Is there an advantage to working with agencies in the country you live in?


I've often wondered, as there should be a significant disparity between the two, do the community rates refer to r... See more
So the rates that you see posted at ProZ.com aren't all that reliable.


Do they tend to err high or err low?

ProZ.com's agency list shows 400 agencies in the United States (where you are)


Is there an advantage to working with agencies in the country you live in?


I've often wondered, as there should be a significant disparity between the two, do the community rates refer to rates for direct clients or agencies?


About how much more should one charge direct clients than agencies?

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