Time to Raise Translation/Interpretation Rates

Baran Keki wrote:


One of the mysteries I have yet to fathom out since starting freelancing (other than Italian translators living in Italy with their parents and working for 2-3 cents per word) is the glowing BB reviews made by European translators (living in Finland, Germany, France etc.) for Indian agencies. When you check out the profiles of some of those translators you see that they work for no less than 0.10-0.12 EUR per word, but the Indian agency they praised so highly offers no more than 0.05 EUR per word for my language pair. So, is there a double standard at play here? Does that Indian agency really fork out 0.10 per word to that Finnish translator, because he is living in an expensive country and deem a few Chapatis (whoops! that's politically incorrect, right?) enough for me and my language? How does that work? Do those European translators feel philanthropic every now and then, and lower their rates to accommodate the agencies of the third world?

Francesco Toscano wrote:
Always the same stupid cliché...

Novian Cahyadi wrote:

In the Financial section --> Show rate to: Everyone

If it still doesn't show up, wait a few minutes.

Baran Keki wrote:


I have no idea what you're on about.

Baran Keki wrote:
(other than Italian translators living in Italy with their parents and working for 2-3 cents per word)

Barbara Carrara wrote:

If this is the case, Francesco could have cropped your contribution, for clarity.

This said, you may want to edit 'translators' to something that better describes those people (they are called 'bamboccioni'* in Italian). As it stands, in fact, that might be perceived as also including professional translators, living on their own and on their hard-earned money.
Not a cliché per se, I concur, though it's a fact that this form of parasitism exists.


*
'Due to a lack of stable employment, 64.3 percent of young Italian adults aged 18 to 34 still live with their parents. They are known as “Bamboccioni" or "big babies". Recently, Italy's Supreme Court put an end to a judicial saga that had been gripping the country. For the past five years, a 35-year-old part-time musician had been relentlessly suing his father for financial support. But the court ruled against him: in essence, the judges told him "to grow up".'
https://tinyurl.com/356fnkj2

Danielle Crouch wrote:

Thanks! That particular drop-down menu wasn't what fixed it, but I changed the "Show rates in" menu below it and for some reason now it's working. Technology is weird sometimes...

Barbara Carrara wrote:
Not a cliché per se, I concur, though it's a fact that this form of parasitism exists.

Giovanni Guarnieri MITI, MIL wrote:



Maybe you are ignoring the wider picture of Italian culture and society and the Italian employment market? Just wondering...

Barbara Carrara wrote:



Giovanni, I was merely acknowledging a fact.
Here are the data collected by Istat (the national institute for statistics) for 2020,
https://tinyurl.com/4u45txpr

One of the mysteries I have yet to fathom out since starting freelancing (other than Italian translators living in Italy with their parents and working for 2-3 cents per word)

Francesco Toscano wrote:
You keep saying that there is nothing wrong with your statement. I do not understand how you are allowed to make such a 'FUNNY' post. Do you want a round of applause?