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Poll: Do you find some of your clients have overly-complicated terms for work and payment?
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Christine Andersen
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Denmark
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Same here! Feb 1, 2018

Anton Konashenok wrote:

I'll join the chorus of my esteemed colleagues. Quoting a plaque seen somewhere many years ago:

THE CUSTOMER IS ALWAYS RIGHT,
but it's up to us to decide if you ARE one


Especially now I have my pension to fall back on and have a life beyond translating, I send a short, polite mail to any whose terms I find too complicated, rates too low or whatever, and explain why I am not prepared to work with them.

Of course, I also mention that I have enough clients who pay my rates and keep things simple...
 
Sophie Dzhygir
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France
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+1 Feb 1, 2018

Diana Obermeyer wrote:

... some agencies do. I don't work for them.


 
Mario Freitas
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Brazil
Local time: 20:28
Member (2014)
English to Portuguese
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No Feb 2, 2018

Anton Konashenok wrote:

I'll join the chorus of my esteemed colleagues. Quoting a plaque seen somewhere many years ago:

THE CUSTOMER IS ALWAYS RIGHT,
but it's up to us to decide if you ARE one


Excellent!
 
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