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Originally Posted by Hatterasguy
Because they don't understand the value of hiring good professionals.
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Agreed.
At the same time, there are many people who hang up a shingle and pretend to be competent.
Buyer beware. When I worked as a translator, and people balked at the page rate, I explained that inexperienced people make mistakes or don't know things.
I gave him a free test:
I told him to get the translation for "forest fire" in French from each person he interviewed.
When he came back with all the same responses (wrong) I showed him why it was wrong: The translation they ALL gave was the slang word for the searing pain men feel when they have an STD.
I showed him the reference for that in a slang dictionary and asked if he really wanted all his foreign clients buying high-dollar mapping software to see this mistake, or not.
He still kept trying to drive down the proice, I told him to go away.
He is bankrupt now, and I don't care.