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Why can't I get work?
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Piotr Bienkowski
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Polsko
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Člen (2005)
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Text ads Jan 10, 2010

You can also buy and additional text ad from proz.com for your translation specialty. For US$ 20 it will be displayed 400 times, each time when a directory search matching your specialty is performed. [Site staff, please correct me, if I am wrong].

It means and extra investment when you're cash-strapped, but it might just as well be worth it.

Regards,

Piotr
 
Laurent KRAULAND (X)
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Francie
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200% agreed... Jan 10, 2010

Giles Watson wrote:

I take it that by "BS" you mean "Bad Strategy" on the part of those translators who can't cut the mustard.

Anyway, Steve is just starting out and he's got plenty to think about from this thread!

The main thing is to know precisely what you can and can't do, package the former as attractively as possible and hold out for top dollar. You won't be able to do that if you just wait around for the bottom feeders to post your ideal job at some appallingly low rate.

Giles


The thing that matters is the top dollar, euro, whatever and the way to reach it - involving time, patience, endurance, etc. and a certain form of indifference towards the Backwaters of Scylla.

[Edited at 2010-01-10 07:47 GMT]
 
Giovanni Guarnieri MITI, MIL
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Velká Británie
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angličtina -> italština
funny... Jan 10, 2010

Giles Watson wrote:




The rest is BS.



I take it that by "BS" you mean "Bad Strategy" on the part of those translators who can't cut the mustard.



ah, ah, Giles... no, it's "cacca di toro"... but I think you were joking... lol
 
Kevin Lossner
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Portugalsko
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BrowniZ Jan 10, 2010

Piotr Bienkowski wrote:
You can also buy and additional text ad from proz.com for your translation specialty. For US$ 20 it will be displayed 400 times...
It means and extra investment when you're cash-strapped, but it might just as well be worth it.


Last time I looked, Piotr, you can also "pay" with BrowniZ points. Some of us have accumulated a bunch that we wouldn't otherwise use, so this is one way to get rid of them and maybe achieve a useful result. I did this once for chemistry, though I can't say whether it made any difference. I didn't have much capacity at the time, and I did it more out of curiosity and a desire to see how the system worked.

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Edited to add:

Yes, it still works with BrowniZ. I just checked.

[Edited at 2010-01-10 15:22 GMT]
 
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