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Claudio Machado Junior
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Brazilija
Local time: 14:26
Član (2014)
angleščina - portugalščina
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Accepting anything paid Sep 18, 2025

Well, I'm accepting any paid project these days, as September has been a terrible month. I don't know if any colleague has a different perspective, but it seems that our industry is changing (collapsing, maybe?) really fast.

Jorge Payan
Maria Laura Curzi
 
WolfgangS
WolfgangS
Francija
Local time: 19:26
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Why not Sep 18, 2025

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If the my hourly rates are accepted

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Maria Laura Curzi
CasaPhil
 
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
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Portugalska
Local time: 18:26
Član (2007)
angleščina - portugalščina
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Another why not... Sep 18, 2025

So far, no one has ever offered to pay me by the hour for translation, but I wouldn't say no or cheat (saying that it took more hours than it really did). There is just one caveat: I’m the one who determines how long it takes me to translate a project, not the agency...

WolfgangS
CasaPhil
Maria Laura Curzi
Luis M. Sosa
Philip Lees
 
CasaPhil
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Španija
Local time: 19:26
Član
angleščina - francoščina
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Yes Sep 18, 2025

A new agency customer from this summer wants me to charge translations jobs by the hour, as well as editing and dreaded MTPE.
As my hourly rate has always been in line with my word rate (commensurate hourly earnings), being paid by the hour makes no difference to my bottom line. Before them, I had always charged translation of editable source texts per source word.

Apart from that, today I got an offer from a global agency that ticked my profile in the proz.com Directory: 16k ... See more
A new agency customer from this summer wants me to charge translations jobs by the hour, as well as editing and dreaded MTPE.
As my hourly rate has always been in line with my word rate (commensurate hourly earnings), being paid by the hour makes no difference to my bottom line. Before them, I had always charged translation of editable source texts per source word.

Apart from that, today I got an offer from a global agency that ticked my profile in the proz.com Directory: 16k "weighted", which in practice means any word count (discount grid unknown), to "review" in 4 days. For USD0.01/word. That's USD160 for the gig.

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Oscar Núñez Alfaro
 
CasaPhil
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Španija
Local time: 19:26
Član
angleščina - francoščina
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Oscar Núñez Alfaro
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Kostarika
Local time: 11:26
Član (Oct 2026)
angleščina - španščina
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It is very similar to be paid by word. Sep 19, 2025

If it is a general translation or PEMT project, I could charge it by the hour or by word. On the other hand, if it is about specialized or narrative texts, I would prefer to charge by the hour. I could spend too much time searching for terms, phrases, or idioms that fit on the translation very well.
 


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