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Preparing a translation test for an agency in recruitment process
Thread poster: Ola El Ghamry
Ola El Ghamry
Ola El Ghamry  Identity Verified
France
Local time: 14:09
Arabic to French
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Mar 26

Hello community,
Can you advise on the pricing of 1-preparing and 2-evaluating an assessment test for a translation agency in a large process of recruitment of translators?
Thanks for your help!
 
Zea_Mays
Zea_Mays  Identity Verified
Italy
Local time: 14:09
Member (2009)
English to German
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by hour Mar 27

I never have been asked something similar, but theoretically I would charge by hour. In fact I would refuse the task.
 
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
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Portugal
Local time: 13:09
Member (2007)
English to Portuguese
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. Mar 28

A long time ago one of my clients asked me for some advice on articles to be translated as a test (besides my working languages). I pointed them to “The Economist” and to the “Nouvel Obs” and “Le Monde” as I used to translate some articles for a Portuguese magazine and I found them rather hard to translate…
 


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