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Specifying rates with repetition breakdown - feedback needed
Thread poster: Monika Gregan/Boenisch
Michael Beijer
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Puzzled Jul 20, 2012

Hello Gitte,

I don't quite understand. You said:

Gitte Hovedskov Hansen wrote:

I presume that you are using a CAT tool, as the whole idea of a charging scale is futile if you don't. Then you should go with Jeff's outline, how else would you know what fuzzy matches there are in the texts?



You say that if the TS is using a CAT tool, they should use Jeff's outline. However, Jeff's outline is basically not an outline, all it amounts to is saying 'no discounts'.

Repetitions + 100% matches: 100%
75%–99%: 100%
No match–74%: 100%


Michael
 
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@ Michael Jul 20, 2012

Sorry if I waffled.

What I meant was that I presumed Monika was asking because she was using a CAT tool and had been asked to submit fees for various fuzzy matches. Unless she does in fact use a CAT tool, charging according to a sliding scale corresponding to different fuzzy matches would make no sense, as she would not have the benefit of drawing on a TM, i.e. she would still have to translate every single segment... See more
Sorry if I waffled.

What I meant was that I presumed Monika was asking because she was using a CAT tool and had been asked to submit fees for various fuzzy matches. Unless she does in fact use a CAT tool, charging according to a sliding scale corresponding to different fuzzy matches would make no sense, as she would not have the benefit of drawing on a TM, i.e. she would still have to translate every single segment as a 'no match' segment. In this last case, I would agree with Jeff, that Monika should not offer any discounts based on fuzzy matches. ▲ Collapse
 
Michael Beijer
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@Gitte Jul 20, 2012

No problemo. I understand now now.

Please don't get me wrong. I'm no fan of fuzzy discounts either, it's just that in certain cases they are kind of unavoidable, unless you can convince your client to pay you the full whack of course;)

Michael
 
Monika Gregan/Boenisch
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Thank you Jul 21, 2012

Thanks to all of your comments and detailed insight .

PS. to Gitte, yes I am starting out in using Trados Studio 2011....

Kind regards
Monika
 
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