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Poll: Do you apply higher rates for urgent/weekend work?
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Marlene Blanshay Canada Local time: 19:13 Member (2009) French to English + ...
yes but it depends
Mar 19, 2010
I don't necessarily charge for weekends unless it is a very large project. I have an 800 words for tuesday, for example- that wouldn't qualify. Working weekends isn't necessarily a problem for me as I don't have kids, don't have to make a lot of extra arrangements. I accept that my work hours aren't 9-5. But a very large project with a tight deadline that means basically sacrificing everything else, yes, I would charge extra.
I do charge extra for same-day jobs and I do charge extr... See more
I don't necessarily charge for weekends unless it is a very large project. I have an 800 words for tuesday, for example- that wouldn't qualify. Working weekends isn't necessarily a problem for me as I don't have kids, don't have to make a lot of extra arrangements. I accept that my work hours aren't 9-5. But a very large project with a tight deadline that means basically sacrificing everything else, yes, I would charge extra.
I do charge extra for same-day jobs and I do charge extra for technical. This applies to both translation and editing. ▲ Collapse
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Muriel Vasconcellos United States Local time: 16:13 Member (2003) Spanish to English + ...
It depends on the volume
Mar 20, 2010
If it's more than 4,000 words, I add a 15% surcharge.
[Edited at 2010-03-20 04:02 GMT]
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Dear Henry Dotterer, is it me or the section is still empty. well its not emty, it has a link directed to this page. are members allowed to make changes there or only Proz staff have access to them?
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