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There had to be a simple explanation:

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Yesterday’s Word of the Day at duden.de and very apropos.

In 2004 I translated two huge manuals for a direct client. Payment for the first manual was on time. Payment for the second stalled after they sent me an initial check for $200.00 – a mere fraction of the total. It took eleven months to get my money, and I guess I was lucky I got paid at all.

Two weeks ago the same company contacted me about the translation of a similar manual. About 40% of manual was identical to the the one I worked on in 2004. I handed in my estimate with some consideration for those 40% – but keeping in mind that it still takes time to read and handle that text
even if the CAT tool flags it as a match. In light of the payment issues in 2004, I also asked for prepayment of half of the estimated amount and COD of the other half.

And here is where it connects to “Dumpingpreis”: In their reply, the company told me that they had asked several other translation suppliers with considerably cheaper prices and would I consider lowering my estimate by 20%.

I don’t think so.