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Poll: How do you handle client demands for lower tech-driven rates?
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Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
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Portugal
Local time: 13:53
Member (2007)
English to Portuguese
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N/A Sep 1

No need to educate my clients. I reckon they know what my stance would be if they asked me to lower my rates as they have been with me for a long time. That’s probably why it’s never happened. Of course, some have dropped me when I’ve occasionally raised my prices. Recently, two regular clients have started asking for PEMT rather than translation, and both pay by the hour.

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Philip Lees
 
Philip Lees
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Greece
Local time: 15:53
Greek to English
Never Sep 2

I have never encountered such demands. If I did, I would ignore them.

In fact, any client who "demands" anything is likely to become an ex-client. I do not consider demands to be a part of a professional business relationship.

Li-Hsiang Hsu
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Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
 


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