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Getting established is it important to bid quickly? Many follow "first come first serve" and most only search for lowest price Many agencies look for "first come first serve"
without thinking that everybody couldn't be online
all the time. And one more thing I have found
here that most of agencies only search f
Harishankar Shahi May 16, 2016
Scams Scammers impersonating agency and asking for money "to verify translators identity" Same Email Here I have also received same Employment Information
and Employment Agreement from a name Emily
Phillips, really the scammer placed things very
nicely. I have a doubt on the amount of
p
Harishankar Shahi Aug 20, 2015
Money matters Translation rate per page Quote with calculation of aproximate word count and your per word rate You can use a calculation, with aprox. word count
of that page and your per word rate, then you can
easily find out the rate. Else you can try hourly
rate, means how many hour you can work
Harishankar Shahi Jul 30, 2015
Business issues Attention Outsourcers: "best" rate Not good translator but they are searching for cheap laborer [quote]Samuel Murray wrote: They're afraid that
if they propose a rate first, it would be higher
than the one that you'd have been willing to
accept (-: [/quote] Exactly that is
Harishankar Shahi Jun 27, 2015
Business issues Attention Outsourcers: "best" rate Its cheap rate [quote]Susan Welsh wrote: For an outsourcer to
ask potential translators to give their "best"
rate is like hanging out a big, red flag
inscribed: WE ARE BOTTOM-FEEDERS, LOOKING FOR
Harishankar Shahi Jun 26, 2015
Scams Strange behaviour of a Canadian translator If document is confidential only then make police complaint. Did you have CV of him or link of proz.com
profile? If have you can double check with any
alternative ways. Sometime, people may be in any
problem or in any medical emergencies, so they
Harishankar Shahi Jun 9, 2015
Money matters Receiving money via PayPal: good thing or bad thing? Most hated thing is who pay the charges of Pay Pal. Specially in concern of India, Pay Pal deduction
hurts, I am always trying to say my clients that
please pay extra in Invoice, so I hate it... I
used only, when have no choice.
Harishankar Shahi May 5, 2015
Off topic Earthquake in Nepal, is everyone alright? Yes and quake waves felt in the border areas of Uttar Pradesh of India My many friends and brother is safe. I have also
visited Nepal after disaster really a worst in
Pokhra and Jumla.
Harishankar Shahi Apr 28, 2015
Business issues Non Native Foreign Translation Agencies have wrong thinking for Sanskrit. Agree that some goods are also there, but only some. Agree with you that we have to be cautious about
this. But foreign agencies also have to learn that
direct dealing is far better than this agency
practice.
Harishankar Shahi Apr 27, 2015
Business issues Non Native Foreign Translation Agencies have wrong thinking for Sanskrit. I am really shock with their attitude about translation. Akash Ji, Really we have to be on our path, but
they offering these absurd rates, it means some
people also accepting it. And these agencies are
talking arrogantly and shamelessly with
Harishankar Shahi Apr 26, 2015
Business issues Non Native Foreign Translation Agencies have wrong thinking for Sanskrit. I am not accepting any absurd pricing I am never entertaining such rates, but I am
surprised with their thinking about translation.
Offer like .30 paisa, 75 Rs per page of 500 words
is very common in English to Hindi, how they
Harishankar Shahi Apr 26, 2015
Business issues Non Native Foreign Translation Agencies have wrong thinking for Sanskrit. When some agencies are posting their job for
Sanskrit to English language pair, they think that
this language is in very common in India and many
people are working with this in Linguistic
Harishankar Shahi Apr 25, 2015


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