http://www.translatorscafe.com/cafe/MegaBBS/forum-view.asp?forumid=7 TC Discussion Forums Copyright ANVICA Software Development 2002-2012. All rights reserved. TC RSS Generator 10 Feb 2012 12:37 GMT http://www.translatorscafe.com/cafe/images/SteamingCup40.gif http://www.translatorscafe.com/cafe/MegaBBS/?showall=true /cafe/MegaBBS/forumthread112msg243156.htm#243156 Jacek K.: [QUOTE]Originally written by Audra de Falco on February 10, 2012 11:25 AM Jacek and Maxi- are your clients already people "in the industry" or are they people who need translations for personal reasons? [/QUOTE] Unlike Maxi's, my clients are all corporations, but the level of ... 10 Feb 2012 17:05 GMT /cafe/MegaBBS/forumthread112msg243154.htm#243154 Nanna Mercer: [QUOTE]Originally written by Audra de Falco on February 10, 2012 11:25 AM ...I, along with Jonathan, see nothing wrong with a client coming to me and saying, "look, I need this xxx translated and I have a budget of xxx. Could you take it on?" ...[/QUOTE] I don't think they (Maxi and ... 10 Feb 2012 17:04 GMT /cafe/MegaBBS/forumthread112msg243152.htm#243152 Audra de Falco: The bottom (sad) line is that people just want to make money. We're in the business of doing something for money. The agencies are in the business of doing something for money. This all ties into what Alison said. The way the world is now, what with everything being digitalized/globalized, the ... 10 Feb 2012 16:25 GMT /cafe/MegaBBS/forumthread112msg243151.htm#243151 Stéphanie Denton: [QUOTE]Originally written by Jacek K. on February 10, 2012 11:07 AM ...Except that it's not even the agencies' fault considering the current oversupply of global translators. It's the buyers' market. [/QUOTE] Partially agree. The translation market is saturated. You only have to ... 10 Feb 2012 16:20 GMT /cafe/MegaBBS/forumthread112msg243150.htm#243150 Jacek K.: ...Except that it's not even the agencies' fault considering the current oversupply of global translators. It's the buyers' market. 10 Feb 2012 16:07 GMT /cafe/MegaBBS/forumthread112msg243149.htm#243149 Jacek K.: [QUOTE]Originally written by Jonathan Ellis on February 10, 2012 10:24 AM " People seem to get nostalgic about a lot of things they weren't so crazy about the first time around." [/QUOTE] I have not yet reached the age when I would be nostalgic about something, but maybe some ... 10 Feb 2012 15:49 GMT /cafe/MegaBBS/forumthread112msg243147.htm#243147 Jonathan Ellis: [QUOTE]Originally written by Jacek K. on February 9, 2012 4:09 PM It's good, though, that some of us can quietly continue to operate the way we are used to. :) [/QUOTE] But how many of us really do that. I no longer use a typewriter. I don't post off my translations to clients in envelopes, ... 10 Feb 2012 15:24 GMT /cafe/MegaBBS/forumthread19913msg243145.htm#243145 Leena Sainio-Brett: A resounding no from me, my friend! 10 Feb 2012 15:15 GMT /cafe/MegaBBS/forumthread112msg243144.htm#243144 Jacek K.: [QUOTE]Originally written by Jonathan Ellis on February 10, 2012 9:50 AM And it will change a lot more in the near future. [/QUOTE] Absolutely. No amount of venting or deleting will prevent the near future from arriving. It's good, though, that some of us can quietly continue to operate the way ... 10 Feb 2012 15:09 GMT /cafe/MegaBBS/forumthread112msg243143.htm#243143 Jonathan Ellis: [QUOTE]Originally written by Maxi Schwarz-Bastami on February 9, 2012 3:33 PM Jonathan, I discuss budgets with my clients too. And I just made a compromise with an end client who was not in a good situation. However what we have going on here are excesses. I regularly get contacted by agencies via ... 10 Feb 2012 14:50 GMT