Poll: What is the proportion of final users of translation / interpreting services among your customers? Thread poster: ProZ.com Staff
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This forum topic is for the discussion of the poll question "What is the proportion of final users of translation / interpreting services among your customers?".
This poll was originally submitted by Caroline Riera-Darsalia. View the poll results »
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I would say that approximately 30% of my jobs come from direct clients, with very large monthly variations. My projects from direct clients are usually pretty big but far between. By contrast, my projects from translation agencies are usually smaller (with some exceptions) but very regular (every month). | | | I have no idea | Jul 22, 2018 |
what the question means... | | | A convoluted way to say 'direct clients' | Jul 22, 2018 |
Giovanni Guarnieri MITI, MIL wrote: what the question means... Imo it's just a very convoluted way to say 'direct clients'. | |
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It might have been better to write as follows: | Jul 22, 2018 |
What percentage of your clients are NOT agencies? | | | neilmac Spain Local time: 14:49 Spanish to English + ...
As it stands, I don't think I understand the question. | | | About 90%, depending on the definition of 'final user' | Jul 23, 2018 |
I work mostly for the translation services of international organizations. It's true that the requests come from their internal units, so it might be argued that they are not the "final users." I contract directly with the organizations. Some of them also farm out work to agencies, but not surprisingly, the agencies pay less and I don't work for them. I also edit original-English meeting documents for one of these organizations; in those cases I work directly with the authors, even ... See more I work mostly for the translation services of international organizations. It's true that the requests come from their internal units, so it might be argued that they are not the "final users." I contract directly with the organizations. Some of them also farm out work to agencies, but not surprisingly, the agencies pay less and I don't work for them. I also edit original-English meeting documents for one of these organizations; in those cases I work directly with the authors, even though I am paid by the organization. ▲ Collapse | | | Kay Denney France Local time: 14:49 French to English
I had no idea before seeing this question, but I just counted up the number of clients, then the number of direct clients and it looks like it's about 60%. However, if I looked at turnover, agencies would probably account for more, since they send work regularly, whereas with direct clients I might get one huge job lasting a couple of months then not hear from them till next year. | |
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Mario Freitas Brazil Local time: 10:49 Member (2014) English to Portuguese + ...
I'd love to have more direct clients, but they are pretty rare to me. However, agencies are constant clients and direct clients are usually one-time or few-times clients, or else they appear sporadically. So I actually think agencies are quite an advantade, despite the lower rates. Thanks to the agencies, my schedule is pretty busy, with very little time off. | | | To report site rules violations or get help, contact a site moderator: You can also contact site staff by submitting a support request » Poll: What is the proportion of final users of translation / interpreting services among your customers? Trados Studio 2022 Freelance | The leading translation software used by over 270,000 translators.
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