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Gabriele

• September 27, 2017 05:25

I sometimes quote for translation jobs and of course I have to charge your fee on top of my rate to the client - but I do believe your fee is a little extortionate, considering the client gets nothing for it.

It seems not much less than traditional agencies charge and clients get personal service and should/would expect to have their text proofread by a second linguist.

My question would be, why choose PPH over a traditional agency if you wanted a good translation... unless you are just looking for cheap, but the Google Translate is free.

Just food for thought...

Gabriele

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  Permanently deleted user

  • September 29, 2017 12:40

  Many thanks for your suggestion. I will pass it on to our product team.

  Please let me know if I can help you with anything else.

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  Sapioit

  • September 27, 2017 14:23

  Globalization. With this site, you can work with well-paying clients, even if you're from a country where the pay is small.
  
  For example, $50 for someone from USA might be cheap for the services you're offering, but the same $50 might bring food on the table for a month, for someone from Africa or India (at least some parts of it).

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  Gabriele

  • September 27, 2017 14:26

  Your comment does not seem to be relevant to my post?

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  Sapioit

  • September 28, 2017 13:50
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  But it is. You asked why they took such a big fee, and said that a traditional agency would be a better choice in the case you gave, and I gave you another case, in which this platform was a better choice than the conventional/tradicional agency.

  I'm not saying this platform is much better, I'm just saying there are SOME cases in which it's better, and some in which it's worse. It's up to you if and how you make use of each platform's strengths and weaknesses.
  
  And whether or not you use this platform is entirely up to you. There are other platforms for freelancing, if you feel those meet your needs better.

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  Gabriele

  • September 28, 2017 14:00

  I am talking about the mark up this platform charges, which is quite considerable, it would be irrelevant whether the traditional agency was in India or elsewhere - still, a good agency checks through the translation and provides a professional service to the client - PPH just take the fee and does nothing for it, oh, apart from the short payment term.

   

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  Mohammed

  • September 29, 2017 22:19

  20% to 25% seller fee plus 10% buyer service fee, I don't know which one to add to the bill...

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  Gabriele

  • September 30, 2017 06:45

  I am assuming you have your own rates and fees, and know what hourly, daily or monthly income you are aiming to achieve with that. You have to calculate with what will arrive in your bank account, and set your fees accordingly.

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  Sapioit

  • October 01, 2017 14:43
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  And in billing for tax and other legal issues, use the money you receive from the site, sending an invoice to the website for the services provided (most freelancing websites with a positive reputation have a physical (on Earth) address or more for people to mail the invoices to).
  
  Note that this might not be the case in the country you're activating in, since the rules may differ from country to country. 

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