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Poll: What do you detest most about freelancing?
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Rahaf ziad
Rahaf ziad  Identity Verified
Syria
Local time: 05:02
Arabic to English
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Unjust rates Feb 4, 2018

Agencies do not bother to pay more than 0.025 per word for my language combination. They even look for those who accept 0.015.
I dont understand why Arabic in particular receives such low rates!
 
Mario Freitas
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Brazil
Local time: 23:02
Member (2014)
English to Portuguese
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Other Feb 7, 2018

Other, because in most cases listed as options, I'll simply refuse the job.
But there is one thing that pisses me off. That's when a regular client sends me a poorly scanned pdf, images or mobile pictures of documents to translate. In most cases, I refuse them as well, but for regular clients, I must do them. And it takes three times as long, usually for a low pay.
 
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