Poll: Where do vendor managers go to find freelance translators/interpreters? Thread poster: ProZ.com Staff
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This forum topic is for the discussion of the poll question "Where do vendor managers go to find freelance translators/interpreters?".
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| | | | | Other (no idea!) | Dec 17, 2024 |
I wonder how many vendor managers there are among us so that the answers to this question can have a modicum of validity?
| | | | Luca Adie
Germany
Local time: 00:51
German to English
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When I worked as a PM we already had a rather large database. If we had to look for new translators, we would look up members in the Institute of Linguists or the Institute of Translation and Interpreting.
| | | | | Apparently, not ProZ.com | Dec 17, 2024 |
By the looks of it, they no longer go to ProZ.com, which has been very, very quiet in the past couple of years: few jobs, even fewer conversations in the forums, the same old look since 1999 with a never-ending 'facelift', Plus subscription benefits that were promised but never materialized…
[Edited at 2024-12-17 11:46 GMT]
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When I had my own translation agency a long time ago, I posted an ad on a paper requesting CVs from translators --I got hundreds. Plus, in Spain, you can find sworn translators on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs web.
| | | | Mark Somers
Belgium
Local time: 00:51
Member (2017)
Dutch to English
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Epameinondas Soufleros wrote:
By the looks of it, they no longer go to ProZ.com, which has been very, very quiet in the past couple of years: few jobs, even fewer conversations in the forums, the same old look since 1999 with a never-ending 'facelift', Plus subscription benefits that were promised but never materialized…
[Edited at 2024-12-17 11:46 GMT]
So where do they go, in your opinion?
| | | | | ITI directory / referrals | Dec 20, 2024 |
I have very little data to answer the question authoritatively, but I have been found occasionally via the ITI directory (e.g. a publishing company approached me for a book translation via that route in November) and at other times via referrals from other translators.
I did get one good direct client (and a lot of insulting offers) from my ProZ listing in the past but I haven't been a full member for a few years now.
I've also had a decent response rate from very targe... See more I have very little data to answer the question authoritatively, but I have been found occasionally via the ITI directory (e.g. a publishing company approached me for a book translation via that route in November) and at other times via referrals from other translators.
I did get one good direct client (and a lot of insulting offers) from my ProZ listing in the past but I haven't been a full member for a few years now.
I've also had a decent response rate from very targeted emails to agencies working in my specialism (we don't always agree about rates/conditions but that's another story).
I think most clients will turn first to translators they have used in the past - the vast majority of my work comes from existing clients anyway. ▲ Collapse
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