and if so... what was the outcome?

I was approached by a translation company and they asked me to do a translation for them. We agreed on a price and I met their deadline. A cpl of days later, they said they would not pay me as their revisor thought the translation was not up to their standards. They sent me the revision back and I took the time to agree and disagree with everything they changed. Many things were just rephrased and did not show anything wrong with my translation, it was just another way of saying it. It is not a lot what i want to sue them for but it is more a matter of principles. I approached them and suggested we cut the fee in the middle so it was fair for both parties but they refused to do so. Obs: I have a MA in Translating & Interpreting with the languages involved as majors and can provide the Court with good references as well.

Hi, Helena,

You may want to ask this poster privately:

Otherwise, we also had this Post #131969:

Thx, Jacek

I have already been in contact with the Small Claims Crt

Hi John

and thank you very much for your answer.

I know for a fact that here in the UK even though there is no signed contract, or even no written document, a simple verbal agreement is already a commitment. In my case, I do not have a contract but I have more than a verbal agreement, ie, several emails between me and the client talking about the fee to be charged. When I think about it, I remember having to insist many times for the lady to confirm the fee I was charging. She sent me more than one email confirming the fee but without especifying the currency. I wrote back and asked her more than once to put the currency as well. I thought it was strange that I had to write back and insisted upon it so many times. Eventually, I even gave it up and said that it was stupid as she did not seem to be able to read my emails correctly and just kept on making the same mistake. Because of that, I would not be prepared to help and suggested she would look for somebody else. It was then she wrote back with the amount and currency correctly specified as I requested.

I have already used the Small Claims Crt before for other matters, ie, nothing to do with translations or services given. They used to be very slow in setting dates for the hearing but they have improved enormously recently and I've heard that depending on the case, you could even be called for the hearing in less than one month.