Poll: How much of your income comes from clients based in your source language country(ies)? Лице кое објавува дискусија: ProZ.com Staff
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This forum topic is for the discussion of the poll question "How much of your income comes from clients based in your source language country(ies)?".
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none, base on turnover, probably about 2%
| | | | Alexandranow 
Романија
Local time: 10:16
романски на англиски
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| small amount | Mar 24, 2014 |
Before it was the biggest part, but with a very small pay.....rate. The clients from my country are not willing to pay, some agencies are approaching me with an offer that will never allow me to survive. I refused some for this reason so now I do not have work from months. (the offer was around one (1) euros for 2000 words translated)....??? oh thank you.
The foreign clients used to pay much more, but now I have none.
A dead period.
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It's a no-brainer - they pay twice as much
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Muriel Vasconcellos (X)
Соединети Американски Држави
Local time: 00:16
шпански на англиски
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| Other - it's hard to say | Mar 24, 2014 |
Most of my work is for international organizations. Several of them are based in Washington, D.C. (I live in California), but nowadays the PMs can be anywhere in the world. I'm encountering the same situation with some of the agencies I work for.
As for clients that have found me locally: zero. Nearly all my work has come to me through the Internet.
| | | | neilmac
Шпанија
Local time: 09:16
шпански на англиски
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In fact, I only really have one client outside Spain these days, having sent one packing a couple of years ago.
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Or, over 99% - which I suppose is pretty close.
Because I live in the country of my source language and I 'go to the source' to get my work or the source comes to me.
Feel the source, Luke. 
Corrected typo. Ouch!
[Edited at 2014-03-25 07:43 GMT]
| | | | EvaVer (X)
Local time: 09:16
чешки на француски
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| Most, but... | Mar 24, 2014 |
In Eastern Europe, we translate in all directions - so that most my target languages are also my source languages.
Correction, I was thinking too fast: ALL my target languages are also source languages, and most my source languages are also target languages.
[Edited at 2014-03-24 10:13 GMT]
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Tim Drayton (X)
Кипар
Local time: 10:16
турски на англиски
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Well, I said none, but less than 1% would be a more factually correct answer.
My source language country is Turkey, where the cost of living and earnings expectations are relatively low, and translators work for abominably low fees.
I, on the other hand, live in a country where the cost of living is now higher than in Western Europe, so I can't afford to work for the kind of fees available on the Turkish market, and clients in Turkey can't/won't pay the kind of fees tha... See more Well, I said none, but less than 1% would be a more factually correct answer.
My source language country is Turkey, where the cost of living and earnings expectations are relatively low, and translators work for abominably low fees.
I, on the other hand, live in a country where the cost of living is now higher than in Western Europe, so I can't afford to work for the kind of fees available on the Turkish market, and clients in Turkey can't/won't pay the kind of fees that I need to charge.
There is a small parallel market in Western countries which pays Western-level translation fees for quality work in certain specialist areas, chiefly legal translation, so I have no choice but to focus on this market. ▲ Collapse
| | | | Tim Drayton (X)
Кипар
Local time: 10:16
турски на англиски
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| EU languages | Mar 24, 2014 |
Alexandranow wrote:
Before it was the biggest part, but with a very small pay.....rate. The clients from my country are not willing to pay, some agencies are approaching me with an offer that will never allow me to survive. I refused some for this reason so now I do not have work from months. (the offer was around one (1) euros for 2000 words translated)....??? oh thank you.
The foreign clients used to pay much more, but now I have none.
A dead period.
It doesn't help that Romanian is an official EU language, then? I only ask because I sometimes dream that if Turkish were to become an EU language maybe my language pair would be propelled out of the Cinderella league. From what you are saying, perhaps not.
| | | | | It varies and it depends | Mar 24, 2014 |
Since I'm certified and people wanting their documents accepted by various government bodies and universities must use a certified translator, I get a lot of those kinds of clients. They are local, and many even come to pick up the completed hard copy. I have an agency client overseas, and they send me larger documents for translation. So if you have 5 small translations locally for 1 large translation abroad, the local ones are more. But if the one abroad is many times larger, then that one... See more Since I'm certified and people wanting their documents accepted by various government bodies and universities must use a certified translator, I get a lot of those kinds of clients. They are local, and many even come to pick up the completed hard copy. I have an agency client overseas, and they send me larger documents for translation. So if you have 5 small translations locally for 1 large translation abroad, the local ones are more. But if the one abroad is many times larger, then that one is "more".
It also varies from month to month. ▲ Collapse
| | | | LingoKat
Германија
Local time: 09:16
француски на германски
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I haven't got any German clients. My very best client is located in France, my other main clients are located in Italy, the UK and the US.
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| Most, and as much as possible... | Mar 24, 2014 |
I live in Denmark, with the Scandinavian cost of living, and translate into English.
I need to work for Scandianvian clients as much as possible to make a reasonable living. You can't blame end clients for going to UK agencies for translations into English, when they save money too! Of course, some British agencies provide a great service for clients and translators, and I don't get enough work from Scandinavian clients to fill my time completely.
However, it was bitte... See more I live in Denmark, with the Scandinavian cost of living, and translate into English.
I need to work for Scandianvian clients as much as possible to make a reasonable living. You can't blame end clients for going to UK agencies for translations into English, when they save money too! Of course, some British agencies provide a great service for clients and translators, and I don't get enough work from Scandinavian clients to fill my time completely.
However, it was bitter to see work from end clients I know well coming from the real discount agencies at a fraction of the rate I used to be paid!
I have dropped one real bottom feeder that I liked some years back, but they have expanded too fast and their rates did not compensate when the pound went down against Danish kroner.
However, I have also seen one or two clients moving away from them... ▲ Collapse
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