OT : RE: Translators and Word vs FM

[mathieu jacquet]

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 <srickaby at wordmongers.demon.co.uk>
>To: "Daniel Doornbos" <danield at promise.com>
>CC: framers at 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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