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Why do some agencies want free tests?
Thread poster: John Fossey
Baran Keki
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English to Turkish
For as long as they are assessed fairly Apr 6, 2018

I don't think many of you native English speakers would have such a problem, but unfortunately those of us the native speakers of less in demand languages such as Turkish run into this problem from time to time...
In my case, test pieces are usually assessed by freelance Turkish translators who work for the agency and, more often than not, they tend to dislike the idea of a newcomer/rival who has the potential to vie for already scarce translation jobs in their language pair. Needless to
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I don't think many of you native English speakers would have such a problem, but unfortunately those of us the native speakers of less in demand languages such as Turkish run into this problem from time to time...
In my case, test pieces are usually assessed by freelance Turkish translators who work for the agency and, more often than not, they tend to dislike the idea of a newcomer/rival who has the potential to vie for already scarce translation jobs in their language pair. Needless to say that this attitude reflects on their judgment. I have seen such maliciously assessed, erroneously 'corrected' test pieces over the years that I have become wary of taking tests.
I don't mind taking free tests for as long as they are assessed fairly by an independent third party who is not affiliated with or has any financial interest in the translation agency. But unfortunately this is only a pipe dream.
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