Comments | therbee: QUESTION -- translations

therbee

QUESTION -- translations

Feb 05, 2009 19:42

Has anyone had any experience with or know anything about this site:

http://language123.com/

I just wonder if it's worth becoming a member (139$ a year) because that's the only way to be able to submit proposals, estimates, for different translation jobs.

Comments 9

traballenguas February 5 2009, 18:51:55 UTC

I don't know, but I will ask a friend to take a look if you make this post visible to the public. She does a lot of translation work.

therbee February 5 2009, 19:06:37 UTC

ok! done. thanks!

pondhopper February 5 2009, 20:03:18 UTC

I've never heard of them, Heather, but that doesn't mean they're not legitimate. Unless they're professional associations I always shy away from sites that offer work and want you to pay them. But that's me.

traballenguas February 5 2009, 20:56:35 UTC

Yeah, I tend to agree. Any place that asks for money with the promise that you can make money is suspect. I wouldn't join unless you know for sure that it is someplace serious.

There are a ton of places, like http://wordreference.com/ where you can get help without paying anything. Don't pay anything unless you are completely sure.

therbee February 5 2009, 21:21:40 UTC

Me too... I'm very "desconfiada" when it comes to services like these!

rookie131 February 5 2009, 21:12:59 UTC

How about Elance? It is much cheaper and they do have translation jobs (as well as graphic design and other kinds of jobs).

therbee February 5 2009, 21:14:18 UTC

Yes, i'm registered at elance.
But so far no luck...

ktylove February 5 2009, 22:03:56 UTC

It's a tough call. For a while I got a lot of work on elance, now I get nothing - it's too competitive I guess. There are like 30 proposals for every one I respond to. But I did make money there for a while.

I got one (1) good, solid client off proz.com - The cool thing about proz.com is that it offers more than just job offers for their fee, which I think is only €70 or so per year. I enjoy that site, including its forums and glossaries and I have found translators for work I needed - careful though, I got totally scammed on there once.

I got absolutely zero (0) zilch from translatorpub.com, which cost less and I responded to many offers but never got any response. Everyone low balls their offers, too.

This one is more expensive than any of them...so I guess I wouldn't do it unless a friend recommended it from experience and said they got a lot out of it.

PS I'm the friend of traballenguas above.

therbee February 5 2009, 22:30:51 UTC

THanks so much for your input!!
I do know the site proz.com, as I have found help on their forums often... as well as wordreference.com.

I am definitely not convinced about this 123language site... but I *am* going to look into proz.com some more, as I hadn't realized it was possible to find jobs there.

Thanks again!