Matthias Brombach wrote:
You don't need to exist from it. For 5 cents you could make a nice extra earning when you don't depend on freelance translating. Extra money for a nice cruise trip with your partner, who earns the main income, extra money when you live on the social securing systems countries like Finland and Germany offers, and 5 cents when translating as a European or US citizen at the wonderful beaches of Thailand with much fewer living costs than at home, and when you can return back home from there to your parents when more serious issues occur. 5-cent jobs still have their buyer and will still have, and even when it is just temporarily before you go ahead for a true profession.
[Bearbeitet am 2022-12-18 10:34 GMT]
This is very true, unfortunately. I think it's problematic that part-time freelancers can charge or translate at a price below anything acceptable. It are also probably those people who work mainly for low-cost agencies. A full-time translator who wants and has to earn a decent income just couldn't work at those ridiculous prices.