Poll: Have you ever recommended another translator for a job you could not accept? Autor de la hebra: ProZ.com Staff
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This forum topic is for the discussion of the poll question "Have you ever recommended another translator for a job you could not accept?".
This poll was originally submitted by Norman Buhagiar
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This poll was originally submitted by Norman Buhagiar
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Brandis (X) Local time: 05:19 inglés al alemán + ... The other translator I recommend | Aug 28, 2006 |
must be good, else I lose my good client. There are risks. Best Brandis | | |
Had to laugh out loud when I saw this new poll. I had just gotten an email for a job I couldn't accept (wrong language pair) and came to ProZ to get the URL of the profile page of the person I wanted to recommend. | | |
Parrot España Local time: 05:19 español al inglés + ... More than 10 | Aug 28, 2006 |
I do it as a matter of system and the person recommended is usually an area specialist. | |
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Alicia Casal Argentina Local time: 00:19 inglés al español + ...
I know many Argentine translators that are absolutely recommendable. Alicia | | |
I usually recommend two or three colleagues when I am asked to act as an interpreter in conferences, seminars and so on. I do this because I am sure of their professional skills and performance. | | |
Ala Rabie Egipto Local time: 06:19 japonés al árabe + ...
I only recommend other translators for very specific projects requiring local accent that I do not master. Otherwise, I get really nervous about referring my own clients to other people--a double-edged knife to me; there is a possibility that I might lose my clients for good if the other translator provided them lower rates! They might even assume that the quality of her/his translation in MY fields and pairs must be decent enough that I dared to recommend her/him. I pr... See more I only recommend other translators for very specific projects requiring local accent that I do not master. Otherwise, I get really nervous about referring my own clients to other people--a double-edged knife to me; there is a possibility that I might lose my clients for good if the other translator provided them lower rates! They might even assume that the quality of her/his translation in MY fields and pairs must be decent enough that I dared to recommend her/him. I prefer to overwork myself in order to please my clients and keep my status as their go-to person as long as possible. ~Ala alamnesis.com - Expect beyond perfection with the power of Semiology.
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Irene N Estados Unidos Local time: 22:19 inglés al ruso + ...
enshrine wrote: They might even assume that the quality of her/his translation in MY fields and pairs must be decent enough that I dared to recommend her/him. ?? I do all the time, but from the pool of people who do not undercut each other - we work together a lot, we are friends and colleagues, and we are above petty theft.
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Ala Rabie Egipto Local time: 06:19 japonés al árabe + ... Friendtranslators / translatogangs :D | Aug 29, 2006 |
IreneN wrote: ![](https://cfcdn.proz.com/images/bb/smiles/icon_eek.gif) ?? I do all the time, but from the pool of people who do not undercut each other - we work together a lot, we are friends and colleagues, and we are above petty theft. That would be an entirely different thing, Irene![](https://cfcdn.proz.com/images/bb/smiles/icon_smile.gif) ~Ala alamnesis.com - Expect beyond perfection with the power of Semiology. | | |
Jack Doughty Reino Unido Local time: 04:19 ruso al inglés + ... In Memoriam Several times, mostly through getting into an unintended situation | Aug 29, 2006 |
I accepted a free offer from Yellow Pages for a brief entry in their local directory. It turned out that they just put me down as a translator, without saying which languages. So I often get calls from people wanting translations I can't do. But I am a member of a local ITI translators' group, so I can recommend translators from my list of them. The only other occasions have been to farm out parts of jobs I thought were too big for me (with the client's approval, of course).
[Edi... See more I accepted a free offer from Yellow Pages for a brief entry in their local directory. It turned out that they just put me down as a translator, without saying which languages. So I often get calls from people wanting translations I can't do. But I am a member of a local ITI translators' group, so I can recommend translators from my list of them. The only other occasions have been to farm out parts of jobs I thought were too big for me (with the client's approval, of course).
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