There were so many excellent comments on my last post about translation rates that I think the topic deserves another post. First, thank you to everyone who commented; I think that your insights are more valuable than what I originally wrote, because they represent the viewpoints of people in all different language combinations, geographic areas, [...]
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Lowering your translation rates, continued
Posted in Marketing, Money, Rates on March 18, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Lowering your translation rates: why/why not
Posted in Marketing, Money, Rates on March 17, 2009 | 23 Comments »
Lately it seems that many freelancers are considering lowering their rates because of the worldwide economic downturn. In most cases, I think that lowering your rates is an unwise business decision that devalues not only your own work, but the work of other translators as well. In addition, I really believe, based on my own [...]
Supplier or demander?
Posted in Marketing, Rates on August 28, 2008 | 5 Comments »
When it comes to raising your translation rates, what’s the correct strategy: ask or tell? A colleague and I talked about this at length today, and it struck me as good food for thought. In one sense, other professional service providers don’t phone you up and ask if it’s OK with you if they raise [...]
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Corinne McKay is an ATA-certified French to English translator specializing in international development, law and non-fiction books. She launched Thoughts on Translation in February, 2008 as a way to connect and share ideas with freelance translators around the world.
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