Poll: My biggest client is
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EvaVer (X)
EvaVer (X)  Identity Verified
Local time: 19:23
Czech to French
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International Apr 30, 2017

just now, but this can change with one big project - there are at least 6 clients that can potentially rise to the top.

 
Muriel Vasconcellos
Muriel Vasconcellos  Identity Verified
United States
Local time: 11:23
Member (2003)
Spanish to English
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Other - international in my own country Apr 30, 2017

My biggest clients are all international organizations. Most of them are based in the U.S., though they are 3 hours ahead of me.

 
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida  Identity Verified
Portugal
Local time: 18:23
Member (2007)
English to Portuguese
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International Apr 30, 2017

Like Muriel, my biggest clients are all international organizations. In general, my Portuguese clients are very occasional (I have a reputation of being expensive…), with one exception: I deal directly with the Portuguese branch of an American specialty interventional therapies company, but I invoice the head office in Germany…

 
Michael Harris
Michael Harris  Identity Verified
Germany
Local time: 19:23
Member (2006)
German to English
Other Apr 30, 2017

I do not have a "bigest client". I always make sure that everything is well spread so that when the one drops, it can be caught by one of the others.
But other than that, all of my customers are based in Europe.


 
Julian Holmes
Julian Holmes  Identity Verified
Japan
Local time: 03:23
Member (2011)
Japanese to English
Other Apr 30, 2017

All of them are local since I can go and visit them in the (highly unlikely) event that they don't pay.

I am in negotiations with a few companies based overseas but they are dangling the proverbial carrot so I'm really in two minds as to if I am going to bite and take the bait. FYI, it's always the overseas customers who approach me with the lure of 'potential' projects. At least the customers here contact me with real, actual work.

[Edited at 2017-04-30 11:05 GMT]


 
DZiW (X)
DZiW (X)
Ukraine
English to Russian
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DIRECT foreign clients locally Apr 30, 2017

They are mostly local offices of foreign companies and their representatives or referrals.

 
neilmac
neilmac
Spain
Local time: 19:23
Spanish to English
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Local Apr 30, 2017

But has gone global. The company started out in Spain roughly 20 years ago and now has offices in several countries in Latin America and Europe, and clients in more than 65 around the world.

 
Platon Danilov
Platon Danilov  Identity Verified
Ukraine
Local time: 20:23
English to Russian
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No local clients at all Apr 30, 2017

I purposefully avoid local clients as they underpay translators compared to the international market.

 
Wilsonn Perez Reyes
Wilsonn Perez Reyes  Identity Verified
El Salvador
Local time: 12:23
Member (2007)
English to Spanish
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No local clients Apr 30, 2017

No local clients from my beautiful country. Nadie es profeta en su tierra = Nobody is a prophet in his/their own land.

[Edited at 2017-04-30 21:04 GMT]


 
Edwige Thomas
Edwige Thomas
France
Local time: 19:23
Member (2014)
English to French
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Local, what else? Apr 30, 2017

Given the taxes and insurance I have to pay in Germany, I don't see how I could survive if my biggest client were outside Europe, or even in France for example. Most agencies outside Germany/Northern Europe offer ridiculous rates.

[Edited at 2017-04-30 20:59 GMT]

[Edited at 2017-04-30 21:00 GMT]


 
Wilsonn Perez Reyes
Wilsonn Perez Reyes  Identity Verified
El Salvador
Local time: 12:23
Member (2007)
English to Spanish
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First-world countries Apr 30, 2017

tomtom88 wrote:

Given the taxes and insurance I have to pay in Germany, I don't see how I could survive if my biggest client were outside Europe, or even in France for example. Most agencies outside Germany/Northern Europe offer ridiculous rates.

[Edited at 2017-04-30 20:59 GMT]

[Edited at 2017-04-30 21:00 GMT]


That is the price you have to pay for living in a first-world country.


 
Wilsonn Perez Reyes
Wilsonn Perez Reyes  Identity Verified
El Salvador
Local time: 12:23
Member (2007)
English to Spanish
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Third-world countries Apr 30, 2017

Platon Danilov wrote:

I purposefully avoid local clients as they underpay translators compared to the international market.


This is the advantage of living in a third-world country.


 
Mario Freitas
Mario Freitas  Identity Verified
Brazil
Local time: 15:23
Member (2014)
English to Portuguese
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Very few local clients May 1, 2017

Platon Danilov wrote:
I purposefully avoid local clients as they underpay translators compared to the international market.


Same here. Until the local clients show some respect for the profession, they'll have to do without me.


 
Angie Garbarino
Angie Garbarino  Identity Verified
Local time: 19:23
Member (2003)
French to Italian
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International: France May 2, 2017

My biggest client is French..

 


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