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Thierry LOTTE Local time: 18:04 Member (2001) English to French + ...
Nov 21, 2005
Believe it or not but I have just received the following proposal by e-mail :
Dear Translators, We are in very urgent need for an assyrian translator to translate one paragraph of about 75 words for 25 US$. Payment prompt on delivery via moneybookers.com. This job will trigger higher volume assignments. Looking forward to hear from yo... See more
Believe it or not but I have just received the following proposal by e-mail :
Dear Translators, We are in very urgent need for an assyrian translator to translate one paragraph of about 75 words for 25 US$. Payment prompt on delivery via moneybookers.com. This job will trigger higher volume assignments. Looking forward to hear from you soon. Kindest regards
This give you an average price of 3 US cents per word... ▲ Collapse
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Flavio Ferri-Benedetti Switzerland Local time: 18:04 Member (2003) Spanish to Italian + ...
Incredible!
Nov 21, 2005
Thierry LOTTE wrote:
Believe it or not but I have just received the following proposal by e-mail :
Dear Translators, We are in very urgent need for an assyrian translator to translate one paragraph of about 75 words for 25 US$. Payment prompt on delivery via moneybookers.com. This job will trigger higher volume assignments. Looking forward to hear from you soon. Kindest regards
This give you an average price of 3 US cents per word...
WOW That's a good offer indeed!
I had an Assyrian grammar once, but it's really out of my aspirations... too difficult! I have enough with Latin and Greek
Hugs, Flavio
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Believe it or not but I have just received the following proposal by e-mail :
Dear Translators, We are in very urgent need for an assyrian translator to translate one paragraph of about 75 words for 25 US$. Payment prompt on delivery via moneybookers.com. This job will trigger higher volume assignments. Looking forward to hear from you soon. Kindest regards
This give you an average price of 3 US cents per word...
not wanting to sound picky about this, but the rate would rather be 33 cents per word, 3 words for one dollar!
I thought Assyrian was long time gone, is there anybody who can actually work with this language?
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Grace Anderson Italy Local time: 18:04 Italian to English
surely 75 words for 25 dollars is 33 cents per word
Nov 21, 2005
- not 3 cents per word. But I don't see anything strange about it. I'd want a minimum price of 33+ cents per word in my language pair for a 75 word translation (one-off job with new customer). Otherwise, and in fact even for 25 dollars, it would not be worth my while spending the time to set up an account and issue an invoice (and follow up payment, probably). For 25 bucks, who's got the time? Ask me to do 10,000 words at that price and I'll make you a good offer!
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Thierry LOTTE Local time: 18:04 Member (2001) English to French + ...
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Very keen in Maths indeed
Nov 21, 2005
Right ! That makes 33 cents per word.
I hope that I am a better translator than mathematician...
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