I totally agree with you Steve. I'm hired half time in France by an American
company based in Everett (WA), and we hold call conference on a daily basis,
there's absolutely no problem with that. We're just asked to wake up later.
It is no big deal to me. :o))
When you work in the translation business, the first rule is to get your
documents preferably translated by native speakers living in their own
country (not "corrupt" by the language of the country they live in). You
have to contact people living in Japan, Russia, Norway, Brazil, etc. The Web
is the best way to do it. A translator who does not reply straight away is a
translator out of the database...
Mathieu
From: Steve Rickaby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Daniel Doornbos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
CC: framers@FrameUsers.com
Subject: RE: Translators and Word vs FM
Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2007 18:01:33 +0000
At 09:37 -0800 4/1/07, Daniel Doornbos wrote:
>I agree with Mathieu that translators in Europe tend to be substantially
less expensive. But if you live in the US, it's hard to get them on the
phone when you want to discuss an issue. And many want payment in Euros,
which, for my accounting department, is a major problem.
We're not translators, but I feel I should stick up for the European end of
things:
. Any European company that is interested in working for US clients should
be able to quote in US dollars. If they can't or won't, don't work with
them. We can, and do.
. If the phone doesn't work for you, use e-mail: it's a useful tool for
crossing time zones. If a contractor doesn't respond to e-mail as quickly
as you'd like, stop using them.
. The difference in tome-zones can be made to work to your advantage: we
come on-stream half a working day before the East seaboard and a whole
working day before the West seaboard and we're working away while you're
asleep. This constitutes a sort of double-shift system ;-)
Our US clients are happy, and we're happy working for them. The Internet
shrinks the world: everyone benefits.
--
Steve Rickaby
WordMongers Ltd http://www.wordmongers.com
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