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Off topic: OMG. I think I just got my first ever job through ProZ!!! Thread poster: Christopher Schröder
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| Hmmm, are you going to start ... | Mar 13, 2021 |
Chris S wrote: Who needs a Mervyn anyway?
... a "Mervolution"? You would be two* then, I assume.
* guess, who would be the second person.
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| I am telling you | Mar 13, 2021 |
Chris S wrote:
I’ve been hanging around here in one way or another for at least 15 years, including one as a paying member, the rest as a freeloader, and despite stellar KudoZ rankings my exorbitant pricing structure has meant I’ve never had a job off ProZ before.
It’s come out of the blue from a random agency in an unlikely country. They didn’t haggle on the price, they have extended the deadline to suit my schedule, they are happy with delivery in Word, and they haven’t sent me anything to fill in or sign.
Sounds a bit too good to be true by all accounts, but they seem professional and like all German businesses it’s run by a bunch of doctors, and everyone knows you should always trust a doctor.
They presumably found me on here, as I don’t have a website or do any marketing, and it’s unlikely my fame will have drifted on the wind all the way to sunny Hamburg or Munich or wherever.
But I don’t dare ask them. I’m too ashamed. What if they didn’t find me on here and I asked and then they lost all respect for me as a professional?
Does that say something about me or something about this site?
it's the music thread. What else?!
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Adieu 
Ukrainian to English
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| 2 Basic Rules of Translating for New Clientz | Mar 27, 2021 |
1) Don't trust anyone who hasn't paid you yet
2) DEFINITELY don't trust anyone who actually pays up front
Fun times we live in.
...is there actually some trustworthy non-reversible classic payments method? Or should we just start moving to bitcoin or other crypto?
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Adieu wrote:
1) Don't trust anyone who hasn't paid you yet
2) DEFINITELY don't trust anyone who actually pays up front
ProZ should sell this as a fridge magnet.
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| Inflated opinions | Mar 29, 2021 |
Matthias Brombach wrote:
Chris S?
Christine S has never paid a bill in her life. But she does accept deposits.
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| I've just got ... | Mar 29, 2021 |
Chris S wrote: Adieu wrote:
1) Don't trust anyone who hasn't paid you yet
2) DEFINITELY don't trust anyone who actually pays up front
ProZ should sell this as a fridge magnet.
... a fridge magnet by them, and for free! Who else?
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| Back on topic: the cheque cleared! | Mar 29, 2021 |
I have the money in my bank, only ten days after I billed them.
See, there really are still some decent agencies out there ready to surprise you with unexpected levels of professionalism and respect and an unnerving willingness to agree unquestioningly to high prices, generous deadlines, CAT-free deliveries and prompt payment terms.
Although I'm a little disappointed not to find a chocolate on my pillow.
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| It would give me hope also for my business scheme ... | Mar 29, 2021 |
Chris S wrote: ... and an unnerving willingness to agree unquestioningly to high prices, generous deadlines, ...
... when you edited your post and would add another "o" to the second "to" above.
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Dan Lucas
United Kingdom
Local time: 17:52
Member (2014)
Japanese to English
| No need for pessimism | Mar 29, 2021 |
Chris S wrote:
Although I'm a little disappointed not to find a chocolate on my pillow.
I have it on good authority that they hand-deliver them, for that personal touch.
Even as we speak, the project manager is piloting a sleek helicopter westward over the mountains and the plains of Europe, with a single chocolate (gift-wrapped) nestled coyly in the passenger seat beside her.
ETA about 19:30.
You might want to clear the lawn.
And bring the washing in.
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