Low translation rates: why working for peanuts is BAD for you

I often come across great posts written by fellow translators on the subject of low translation rates. Here's a couple of more recent examples for you. The first one is a story shared by Marie Bortnov, a Nl>En medical translator. The second one was published last week by Dmitry Kornyukhov, also known as the Best Russian Translator, on his blog. These two posts made me think of my own reasons to start breaking out of the bulk translations market earlier this year and in this post I want to share them with you.   I won't write about the obvious fact that...