Poll: Do you think there is monopoly of translation jobs in your language pair? Thread poster: ProZ.com Staff
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| | | | Lieven Malaise
Belgium
Local time: 23:57
Member (2020)
French to Dutch
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This seems to be some bad grammar, but if I understand the question correctly: not at all. So I'm a bit surprised that about 50% of the respondents answered with "yes" at this point. How can an agency, a translator or a direct client have a monopoly on translation jobs ?
| | | | Iulia Parvu 
United Kingdom
Local time: 22:57
Member (2022)
English to Romanian
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What does that even mean and how would that even happen?
| | | | Alex Lichanow
Germany
Local time: 23:57
Member (2020)
English to German
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I do not understand the question.
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No matter how many times I turn this around, I just can't understand this question (apparently asked by Proz staff). Do they care to explain what prompted it? Do they really think there's a monopoly on translation? How? Where?
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I'm guessing they are asking whether the big agencies control the market?
Not in my pairs. But they do have significant power and have certainly pulled down prices for government work.
| | | | Lingua 5B
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Local time: 23:57
Member (2009)
English to Croatian
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Monopoly on or of?
The question is not fully clear, I agree with others, but I can see what it’s trying to ask.
Some colleagues used to provide data about “large agencies”. An agency having a $5k-10k monthly SEO budget could have some monopoly, in theory. However today I am seing more and more clients turning directly to translators.
As for translators, not sure how this monopoly would work.
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If there were a monopoly, Proz.com as a translator platform would be obsolete by now and we'd all (probably only a few of us) be working for it...
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Tom in London
United Kingdom
Local time: 22:57
Member (2008)
Italian to English
ProZ.com Staff wrote: This forum topic is for the discussion of the poll question "Do you think there is monopoly of translation jobs in your language pair?". View the poll results »
That would be fun. I can imagine designing a special translators' version...
| | | | Zea_Mays
Italy
Local time: 23:57
Member (2009)
English to German
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| Agencies from India, China and increasing Egypt - and lousy rates | Feb 21 |
If any, I notice the monopoly of peanuts paid jobs and that many agencies are based in India, China (1 in particular) and an increasing number in Egypt (some with headquarter there and offices in other countries).
Right now there are agency jobs from:
8 from India, 4 from China, 3 from Germany, 3 from France, 2 from Egypt, 1 from Italy, 1 from Czech Republic, 1 from Switzerland, 2 from the US, 1 from the Dominican Republic, 1 from Austria, 1 from Thailand, 1 in the Netherlands, 1 f... See more If any, I notice the monopoly of peanuts paid jobs and that many agencies are based in India, China (1 in particular) and an increasing number in Egypt (some with headquarter there and offices in other countries).
Right now there are agency jobs from:
8 from India, 4 from China, 3 from Germany, 3 from France, 2 from Egypt, 1 from Italy, 1 from Czech Republic, 1 from Switzerland, 2 from the US, 1 from the Dominican Republic, 1 from Austria, 1 from Thailand, 1 in the Netherlands, 1 from Hongkong, 1 from UK, 1 from Greece, 1 from Spain... ▲ Collapse
| | | | Kylie Kirkpatrick
United States
Local time: 17:57
Member (Apr 2024)
American Sign Language to English
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| Monopoly in ASL Interpreting is regional | Feb 21 |
There definitely is a regional monopoly for ASL interpreting especially with the credentialiing. USA has 1, ONLY 1, organization that offers a national credential and they use it to profit on requiring CEUs then offering the courses at a high cost and will penalize interpreters from complaints that came in 4, 5, even 10 yars ago!
How can an organization function knowing at any time they can steal someone's livelihood because a consumer is upset about something that happened 20 years... See more There definitely is a regional monopoly for ASL interpreting especially with the credentialiing. USA has 1, ONLY 1, organization that offers a national credential and they use it to profit on requiring CEUs then offering the courses at a high cost and will penalize interpreters from complaints that came in 4, 5, even 10 yars ago!
How can an organization function knowing at any time they can steal someone's livelihood because a consumer is upset about something that happened 20 years ago? ▲ Collapse
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