Poll: With the new year, are you planning to introduce any new services? Thread poster: ProZ.com Staff
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| | | | Theo Bernards (X) 
France
Local time: 11:42
English to Dutch
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| I voted "No", but | Dec 28, 2010 |
I am thinking of emphasizing more that I also offer MT post-editing, as an added service to clients who for budget reasons cannot afford a translator at my normal rates. At the moment I occasionally offer it to break the dead-lock in negotiations, but I am considering to offer it standard in my range of services.
And as a small freelancer I am of course always open to assignments that have no relation to translations: if somebody offers me a nice temporary assignment for an X amount... See more I am thinking of emphasizing more that I also offer MT post-editing, as an added service to clients who for budget reasons cannot afford a translator at my normal rates. At the moment I occasionally offer it to break the dead-lock in negotiations, but I am considering to offer it standard in my range of services.
And as a small freelancer I am of course always open to assignments that have no relation to translations: if somebody offers me a nice temporary assignment for an X amount of hours per week I will certainly consider it if I like the idea. I am very fond of start-ups and it wouldn't be the first time that I informally am involved with a new company, although I always link that involvement to possible translation assignments further down the road. ▲ Collapse
| | | | neilmac
Spain
Local time: 11:42
Spanish to English
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| | No, but I'm going to stop offering some. | Dec 28, 2010 |
I've decided to stop offering transcription services because it's just not worth it given how much I've come to hate it. Also, the number of editing/proofreading jobs I take on might be significantly reduced due to some bad experiences I've had recently (e.g. clients requesting proofreading of a text that actually needs to be re-translated).
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| Absolutely not | Dec 28, 2010 |
No - I'm a translator - I translate (and proofread others' translations). I have no plans to change my profession for the foreseeable future.
| | | | Adnan Özdemir
Türkiye
Local time: 12:42
Member (2007)
German to Turkish
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| Yes tambien but, | Dec 28, 2010 |
I translate
I proofread
I interpreting
-----------------------Normal actions
I will be writing my new novel about past cultures and heroes in Anatolia (in my mother tongue)-------------Hobby action maybe future profession?
Who knows?
Anadolu'dan selamlar
Saludos desde Anatolia
[Edited at 2010-12-28 17:00 GMT]
| | | | Thayenga
Germany
Local time: 11:42
Member (2009)
English to German
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[quote]Adnan Özdemir wrote:
I will be writing my new novel about past cultures and heroes in Anatolia (in my mother tongue)-------------Hobby action maybe future profession?
Who knows?
Like Adnan, I will focus on editing my latest novel.
There will - at this point in time - be no additional services, but I will promote the editorial "department" stronger.
Greetings from snowed-in Germany
Thayenga
| | | | | Not new services, but... | Dec 29, 2010 |
I hope to branch out into new subject areas. I have found some nice, well-paying clients in areas that I haven't emphasized in the past. I intend to cultivate them.
And as for the service I will be dropping: slave labor, otherwise known 'proofreading'. Like Crystal, I will be lowering the boom for good. That has been my policy for the last few years, but I recently relented and sorely regretted my decision.
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