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Poll: Which do you think is most important in a client's eyes? Thread poster: ProZ.com Staff
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This forum topic is for the discussion of the poll question "Which do you think is most important in a client's eyes?".
This poll was originally submitted by BelkisDV. View the poll results »
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| Professionalism | Dec 16, 2021 |
Working with somebody you know isn't going to mess you about, who will deliver good work by the agreed deadline without fuss, and will only raise new issues if they are important.
In other words, the same qualities we would seek in any professional collaboration.
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Mr. Satan (X)
English to Indonesian
Cheap price, apparently. 
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neilmac
Spain
Local time: 13:09
Spanish to English
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It depends on the client. I would like to think it was experience, but on many occasions clients (at least the ones trawling on sites like this) are simply looking for cheapness, i.e. low rates.
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Professionalism, attention to detail, experience... (I'd say that usually these go hand in hand together)
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Tom in London
United Kingdom
Local time: 12:09
Member (2008)
Italian to English
| Which of what? | Dec 16, 2021 |
ProZ.com Staff wrote: This forum topic is for the discussion of the poll question "Which do you think is most important in a client's eyes?". This poll was originally submitted by BelkisDV. View the poll results »
Which of what two things? The question makes no sense.
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Lingua 5B 
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Local time: 13:09
Member (2009)
English to Croatian
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| Click the link. | Dec 16, 2021 |
Tom in London wrote: ProZ.com Staff wrote: This forum topic is for the discussion of the poll question "Which do you think is most important in a client's eyes?". This poll was originally submitted by BelkisDV. View the poll results » Which of what two things? The question makes no sense.
You need to click the link “view poll results” in order to see the full question.
Clear and easy communication is obviously very important, which is demonstrated in this very poll question.
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Nikolay Novitskiy
Russian Federation
Local time: 16:09
Member (2018)
English to Russian
| The most important thing | Dec 16, 2021 |
Retina is the most important thing in the client's eyes, because without it the client won't be able to see at all.
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| Tom! Which are you talking about? | Dec 16, 2021 |
Tom in London wrote: ProZ.com Staff wrote: This forum topic is for the discussion of the poll question "Which do you think is most important in a client's eyes?". This poll was originally submitted by BelkisDV. View the poll results » Which of what two things? The question makes no sense.
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jyuan_us
United States
Local time: 07:09
Member (2005)
English to Chinese
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I think the question is only pertinent to what makes a translator qualified for a job. So, things like "cheapness" don't qualify as valid answers.
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Michael Newton
United States
Local time: 07:09
Japanese to English
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| Client's eyes | Dec 17, 2021 |
Obviously, rock-bottom rates.
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Mr. Satan (X)
English to Indonesian
| Can't we just be done with manually typing post titles, pretty please? | Dec 17, 2021 |
jyuan_us wrote:
I think the question is only pertinent to what makes a translator qualified for a job. So, things like "cheapness" don't qualify as valid answers.
It's a perfectly valid answer if the clients' main qualification is the cheapest translator they can get.
[Edited at 2021-12-17 06:47 GMT]
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Baran Keki
Türkiye
Local time: 14:09
Member
English to Turkish
| For Turkish clients | Dec 17, 2021 |
it's quick turnaround (and cheap rates of course). 30.000 words in 24 hours. Never mind the quality, just get it done! Damn their eyes...
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Samuel Murray
Netherlands
Local time: 13:09
Member (2006)
English to Afrikaans
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Or: consistency (including price, obviously, but also availability, communication and quality). Clients prefer to work with translators that leave one less thing to worry about. The biggest profitability pressure for clients (apart from price) is having to interact with translators unnecessarily and having to deal with unexpected events unnecessarily.
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jyuan_us
United States
Local time: 07:09
Member (2005)
English to Chinese
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| Answers shared for "Other" | Dec 17, 2021 |
These are the answer choices listed under the survey question:
Professional certification
Academic credentials
Experience
Other (please share)
I think some of us here are being off-topic by sharing your points under "Other," because the points shared don't belong with the other answers listed.
Apparently, the question asks about the qualifications of a translator, not about rates and other aspects.
Are you trying to bright... See more These are the answer choices listed under the survey question:
Professional certification
Academic credentials
Experience
Other (please share)
I think some of us here are being off-topic by sharing your points under "Other," because the points shared don't belong with the other answers listed.
Apparently, the question asks about the qualifications of a translator, not about rates and other aspects.
Are you trying to brighten up the thread?
[Edited at 2021-12-17 19:11 GMT] ▲ Collapse
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