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Posted:
November 28, 2008 7:32 AM

Post #163266—in reply to #162509

John Fossey
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RE: Such jobs should not be permitted on TC

Here's a thought. Someone earlier in this thread made a reference to dumping. Dumping can be defined as exporting a product to another country at a price which is below the price it charges in its home country. It's generally considered an unfair market practice. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumping_(pricing_policy). Its fairly complex, and doesn't necessarily take into account the market conditions of the exporting market. For instance, some Chinese products sold into Canada are now subject to 200% anti-dumping duties, and this is under WTO fair trade rules. Isn't the whole idea here that unfair competition is causing harm to the target market? The translation industry has to be the ultimate international free trade market, with transactions and goods (the translated document) whizzing around the world at the speed of light. Free trade is a good thing insofar as it enlarges markets and boosts the economies of poorer countries, but there are limits when it begins to harm economies. What are those limits as far as translators are concerned?

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November 30, 2008 9:52 AM

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RE: Such jobs should not be permitted on TC

Originally written by John Fossey
Here's a thought. Someone earlier in this thread made a reference to dumping. Dumping can be defined as exporting a product to another country at a price which is below the price it charges in its home country.

No translation agency practice would constitute "dumping" under this definition. First of all, the concept of dumping applies only to products (see the definition), and translation is not a product, it is a service (products and services are frequently regulated by separate legal concepts). Moreover, it is not at all clear that the agency would be exporting to another country at a price which is below the price it charges in its home country; quite likely it would charge more.

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