Poll: Do you publicly post your rates to potential clients? Շարքի հրապարակողը: ProZ.com Staff
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Teresa Borges
Պորտուգալիա
Local time: 15:30
Անդամ (2007)
անգլերենից պորտուգալերեն
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I post a minimum rate, just to scare off those that are looking for very low rates.
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My rates have always been public.
I don't believe it is benefitting us, as translators, to keep our rates secret.
And too much negotiation with each individual client is just too time-consuming for me.
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Jan Truper 
Գերմանիա
Local time: 16:30
Անդամ (2016)
անգլերենից գերմաներեն
There are too many variables affecting my rate(s), so I like to negotiate per project, per client or per kind of text.
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Samuel Murray
Նիդեռլանդներ
Local time: 16:30
Անդամ (2006)
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ProZ.com Staff wrote:
Do you publicly post your rates to potential clients?
Yes, even publicly, I have no problem posting my "usual rate".
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Thayenga
Գերմանիա
Local time: 16:30
Անդամ (2009)
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Only the rates for subtitling.
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Mario Freitas
Բրազիլիա
Local time: 12:30
Անդամ (2014)
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In my ProZ profile, potential clients can see my rates. It's a sign of honesty, and the clients can be sure I practice the same rates with any client. Not publishing them conveys the impression that the translator will define their rates after they know who the client is and did some reasearch about them to see how much they can charge. Clients usually don't appreciate this very much, and many people actually do it.
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neilmac
Իսպանիա
Local time: 16:30
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Publicly?
If required, I send my rates, terms and conditions by email, but I use free webmail services like Yahoo and Gmail, which are not very secure, so if you are a bit paranoid (or sensible, whichever you prefer) about these things, you may consider that to be in the public domain.
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But I'm sure it has scared a lot of authors away.
[Edited at 2020-06-30 23:02 GMT]
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Muriel Vasconcellos
Միացյալ Նահանգներ
Local time: 07:30
Անդամ (2003)
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The idea is to avoid being bothered by people who are not prepared to pay them. However, the plan doesn't seem to be working ...
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Especially the minimum charge. I have no problem publishing them but then adapt them according to urgency especially if I have to leave some other work aside to work on the task and deliver it before others, complexity, etc. But even if I do publish them, I do not always charge the same rate. I tend to reduce the rate a bit-but not so much as to make it low- if the deadline is an easy one or if it is from an agency that sends me repeat work.
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