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Poll: Do you buy the books you've translated? Thread poster: ProZ.com Staff
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Usually you get at least one sample (if not 5) for free.
Gudrun
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Maja_K 
Germany
Local time: 16:10
Member (2013)
English to Macedonian
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Gudrun Wolfrath wrote:
Usually you get at least one sample (if not 5) for free.
Gudrun
With Gudrun here - I got one free sample of the book for which I made the translation.
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Me too, I usually get at least one sample for free.
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Marjolein Snippe
Netherlands
Local time: 16:10
Member (2012)
English to Dutch
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I'd love to translate books but haven't translated any yet...
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I did buy several copies of one book - about a region of Denmark and its traditional recipes - as a Christmas present for several members of the family.
I don't often translate books at all. But one sample is plenty!
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oxygen4u
Portugal
Local time: 15:10
English to Portuguese
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The publisher gives me 5 copies.
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Tim Drayton
Cyprus
Local time: 17:10
Turkish to English
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I was going to say that the only book I have ever translated has not been published, although I was given a free copy of the original book in Turkish to work from, then I just remembered that I translated three guide books from German to English that were published in 2001 and I think I was sent a free copy of each one.
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| Are you kidding-- | Jul 24, 2014 |
you usually get three copies for free. I don't need more ethan that, unless you want to give the book to someone as a gift.
Did anyone ask you to translate the book (almost for free) and then buy it?
[Edited at 2014-07-24 09:36 GMT]
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| Should get one free of charge | Jul 24, 2014 |
As a matter of elegance rather than justice, the translator should receive a free copy just like the author.
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| No - I usually get at least one courtesy copy... | Jul 24, 2014 |
... when my name appears on the cover.
When I am a(n obviously uncredited) ghost-translator in part of it, what's the point of buying it?
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Julian Holmes
Japan
Local time: 23:10
Member (2011)
Japanese to English
One usually gets a few leftover copies from the printer. I also show them to new potential customers when I meet them to show them that I'm a real 'published' translator. This beefs up my portfolio and proves to them I'm kosher. 
But since 95%+ of my work is technical translation, this, unfortunately, really does not count for much.
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I used to work on several English-German and Spanish-German dictionaries and always got 2 free copies afterwards.
A long time ago, when I had translated an English-German dictionary on Agriculture I had the somewhat strange idea to buy some copies to give away as promotion to potential clients which I never did.
Later, I just made a copy of the list of authors in the beginning of this book and others I had worked on instead.
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| Other - I always receive a complimentary copy | Jul 24, 2014 |
Whether it's a non-fiction book or articles for a magazine, I always receive a copy and my name is included in the credits.
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I translated one book with my name on the cover (Mexico and the Oil Controversy, Lorenzo Meyer, Univ. Texas Press), and the publisher gave me 2 copies.
I also translated a book for which I received credit in the acknowledgments (The Atlantic Forest of South America, Island Press), but I had to buy that copy. It's a good reference to have on hand.
In addition, I have translated quite a few books for the Pan American Health Organization, my alma mater,which were consider... See more I translated one book with my name on the cover (Mexico and the Oil Controversy, Lorenzo Meyer, Univ. Texas Press), and the publisher gave me 2 copies.
I also translated a book for which I received credit in the acknowledgments (The Atlantic Forest of South America, Island Press), but I had to buy that copy. It's a good reference to have on hand.
In addition, I have translated quite a few books for the Pan American Health Organization, my alma mater,which were considered works for hire and I never received credit. I often had to beg for my copies. I do enjoy keeping them, and in fact I have a whole shelf-ful. ▲ Collapse
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