ALERT: ongoing poll threatening our profession

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Dear Colleagues,

Sorry for the strange header, but I did not know how to draw your

attention on a poll the preliminary results of which sound catastrophic

for all of us.

The question is : *What is your minimum rate per source word, in EUR?*

Indeed, when I received the e-mail below, I wanted to have a glance at

the poll and, because the results are shown as short one-line messages,

I could (and you can) see that most of them state a terribly low

" minimum rate per source word " , whatever is the language pair.

I may say that, roughly, the mean rate is around Euro 0.03 per source

word !!!!!!!!!

I even found an English > Chinese rate of 0.025 !!!!!!!!!!

I am convinced that the best to do urgently is that each of us answers

this poll, stating our minimum European rate.

Indeed, we all know that this portal is among those which offer the jobs

with the poorest rates, and this poll confirms that most (but not all)

of the translators subscribing to this site are not living in Europe or

US, Canada, etc.

But, this is not a reason for not answering this poll, because if it

goes on like this, it will convince the numerous potential clients who

make job offers on this site (and elsewhere) that these outrageously low

rates are the standard in our profession.

I think we must defend ourselves against such practices !

Here is the poll URL :

http://www.translationdirectory.com/forum/messages/?1162

And below the mail I received.

Have a nice evening

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Dear Translator,

What is your minimum rate per source word, in EUR?

Please kindly reply by making a single-line posting in our forum, specifying

your main language pair and rate in EUR, for example:

English to Hindi 0.03

http://www.TranslationDirectory.com/forum/messages/?1162

Thank you for sharing!

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