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This is a session to scheduled to meet colleagues who will be attending the ProZ.com 2014 international conference in Pisa, Italy, on June 28-29, 2014.
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it is a more polite and kind manner of saying that if you give little time, you will have a surcharge. :)
15:34 Jun 6, 2014
Barbara Carrara: 934537
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And why THEY never seem understand that the less time we have, the more the translation process will suffer?
15:34 Jun 6, 2014
Peter Motte: 30753
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I don't have to. Baking a bread takes time, whether you have lots of time or not.
15:35 Jun 6, 2014
Lucia Leszinsky: 855539
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so, basically, you charge the same price no matter the time given?
15:35 Jun 6, 2014
Barbara Carrara: 934537
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David: only (very) few clients understand the reasoning behind a surcharge. Even weekends are now considered as any other week days
15:35 Jun 6, 2014
Peter Motte: 30753
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You cannot lower your prices if you get more them. You can only pull up your prices if you have to do a rush job, because in that case you hae to work late rhours an dextra hours.
15:36 Jun 6, 2014
Peter Motte: 30753
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I meant: "You cannot lower your prices if you get more time".
15:36 Jun 6, 2014
Henry Dotterer: 1
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for me if the client gives me a lot of time, I can distribute the job during the week or the month, avoiding to superimpose over other jobs or activities I have
15:36 Jun 6, 2014
Peter Motte: 30753
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But you still need the same amount of tiem.
15:37 Jun 6, 2014
Peter Motte: 30753
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So, basically you're saying you're always billing for late hours/extra hours?
15:37 Jun 6, 2014
Barbara Carrara: 934537
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I did a job recently with other two translators. The time we had was 1 month and a half to complete a job that would normally require four...
15:38 Jun 6, 2014
Peter Motte: 30753
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four... ???
15:38 Jun 6, 2014
Barbara Carrara: 934537
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four months!
15:38 Jun 6, 2014
Peter Motte: 30753
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But is that a reason to lower your prices?
15:38 Jun 6, 2014
Manuela Ribecai: 1214732
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I understand César, but agree with Peter
15:38 Jun 6, 2014
Peter Motte: 30753
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David is out?
15:38 Jun 6, 2014
Peter Motte: 30753
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Or César...
15:38 Jun 6, 2014
Henry Dotterer: 1
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no
15:38 Jun 6, 2014
Henry Dotterer: 1
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I am here
15:39 Jun 6, 2014
Peter Motte: 30753
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Ah, I see, you're back. I must have hit a key.
15:39 Jun 6, 2014
Henry Dotterer: 1
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I am not lowering, only surcharging when there is little time
15:39 Jun 6, 2014
Henry Dotterer: 1
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:)
15:39 Jun 6, 2014
Barbara Carrara: 934537
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Because this is Italy, and because publishers pay very little here, there isn't much leeway. Take it or leave it.