Friday, November 11, 2011
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Mox is a young but well educated translator. Two PhDs, six languages...
and he hardly earns the minimum wage.
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Traducciones técnicas - My professional site
Vita Brevis (Spanish). Publishing house whom I collaborate with.
"Puente de León" :) It's been already a year since the infamous letter!
ReplyDeleteCalvo, you are my hero. I love how you remain indomitable in all situations.
Hi, just today ditched a customer because of their continuous demands to grant a discount (based on the well-known "market situation" argument …) I told them that the decent money for decent work principle still works.
ReplyDeleteI think that "Puente de León" *demanded* a discount, they didn't even use the word "request"... ;)
ReplyDeleteThe "market situation" argument does not hold any water as my "market situation" has been improving without the help of any large felines.
ReplyDeleteThere was a Lion
ReplyDeleteThe Lion had a Bridge
That lead right to the island
Through which it could be reached.
The lion had a lot of friends
Who filled his life with glee
Until he started charging them
For crossing over sea.
There is a lonely island
Across a lonely bridge
Where lives the lonely lion
Unwilling to be reached.
The translation industry has been growing at a rate of 11% for the last 5 years (despite the world wide recession). The old market situation argument is just an opportunistic business trying to make a bigger margin. That is coming from the owner of an agency ;)
ReplyDeleteI've kept paying our team the same rates as we value our long term, consistent suppliers and to be successful you need collaboration in both directions.
No problem. My rates just went up 10%
ReplyDeleteOops... I just realized the hidden pun with the agency's name. Really good!
ReplyDelete(Non-Spanish speakers: look the words up in Google translate).