Poll: If you could eliminate one billing model in translation tomorrow, which would it be?
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ProZ.com Staff
ProZ.com Staff
साइट कर्मचारी
Aug 18

This forum topic is for the discussion of the poll question "If you could eliminate one billing model in translation tomorrow, which would it be?".

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Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
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Portugal
Local time: 02:55
सदस्य (2007)
English to Portuguese
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Other Aug 18

Why eliminate one? I don’t see the point. Most of my customers are billed by word for translation and proof-reading and by hour for edition and PEMT. I bill a minimum charge fee to all small translations, although I have agreed on a special rate for two of my clients. One of my clients who usually sends large projects likes being billed a flat-rate per project…

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Daryo
Daryo
Local time: 02:55
Serbian to English
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So ... the worst of them all is perfectly fine? Aug 19

No one sees anything to object to when it comes to the worst of them all, one that is not even mentioned is this multiple choice list?

The one 'billing model in translation' that I personally consider as a running bad joke and an insult to any true professional is in fact perfectly fine?


 


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Poll: If you could eliminate one billing model in translation tomorrow, which would it be?






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