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Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
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Portugal
Local time: 14:04
Membro (2007)
English to Portuguese
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Other Jun 18

To date, none of my regular clients has ever asked me for a discount. Recently, one of my clients asked me if I’d be willing to edit texts that had already been translated (using DeepL), and we agreed that I would be paid by the hour…

P.S. I must say that in general the texts have been of a good quality (better than I expected), but it requires an eagle eye because of the blunders…

[Edited at 2026-06-18 11:23 GMT]

Maria Laura Curzi
 
Lieven Malaise
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Belgium
Local time: 15:04
Membro (2020)
French to Dutch
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MTPE rate Jun 18

I would provide them with my MTPE word rate, which is a lowered translation rate by definition. After years of gaining MTPE experience and finding out several workarounds I know quite well what rate I can reasonably offer without hurting my business.

Luis M. Sosa
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