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I hired this vendor Thread poster: Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
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I’ve just noticed a new feature on certain profiles (not on mine, thank goodness) saying “I hired this vendor”. Personally, I dislike the term “vendor” (it makes me think of traders in the street). As Proz.com is an online community for freelance translators and interpreters, wouldn’t it be more appropriate to say “I hired this freelancer”? What do you think?
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| 'Freelancer' doesn't cover it | Sep 16, 2022 |
Not all of us are freelancers in the strict sense of the word. For example, I do business as a one-person limited company, which implies a different legal standing and taxation regime.
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expressisverbis
Portugal
Local time: 11:15
Member (2015)
English to Portuguese
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| Language service provider? | Sep 16, 2022 |
LSPs can be both individuals or agencies/companies that provide language services to another party.
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Me too, I am not a freelancer in the strict sense of the word, but I'd rather be called a freelancer than a vendor...
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| Even worse... | Sep 17, 2022 |
resource! Freelancer is incomplete, true, but a lot better than vendor.
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I’m not a fan of Dear Linguist emails, but linguist would work well here.
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| A translator by any other name... | Sep 17, 2022 |
One thing I've always disliked being called is "supplier", although I can't quite put my finger on the reason. I think it's the vagueness I dislike (it could apply to so many professions), and it always makes me think of goods being delivered in a van.
What is the problem with the word "translator" in this business? I've never understood that. We vend, we contract and we supply... anything except translate. (I was going to suggest it as an alternative to "vendor/freelancer" f... See more One thing I've always disliked being called is "supplier", although I can't quite put my finger on the reason. I think it's the vagueness I dislike (it could apply to so many professions), and it always makes me think of goods being delivered in a van.
What is the problem with the word "translator" in this business? I've never understood that. We vend, we contract and we supply... anything except translate. (I was going to suggest it as an alternative to "vendor/freelancer" for this new feature, but that would exclude interpreters, editors etc. who don't translate, so LSP looks like a better suggestion.)
At the other end of the spectrum, I can think of an agency that calls translators "talents". That I find obsequious, and I won't get into the debate about whether it's true in all cases... ▲ Collapse
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Elena Feriani
Italy
Local time: 12:15
Member
French to Italian
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| Visitor view | Sep 17, 2022 |
Teresa Borges wrote:
I’ve just noticed a new feature on certain profiles (not on mine, thank goodness)
Hi Teresa,
My guess is that you can't see the button on your own profile, but other users can. I forced "visitor view" on my page, and it appeared.
Have a nice weekend.
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I have been hoping that somehow this feature wouldn’t show up on my profile, but no, you’re quite right, unfortunately it’s there…
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Peter Shortall wrote:
I can think of an agency that calls translators "talents". That I find obsequious, and I won't get into the debate about whether it's true in all cases...
Unfortunately, it's not only the occasional agency that likes to call translators "talents":
https://www.proz.com/lists/21272
JL
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| Does anyone here know ... | Sep 17, 2022 |
... what will happen if I click on someone's "I hired this vendor" button?
JL
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Elena Feriani wrote:
Hi Teresa,
My guess is that you can't see the button on your own profile, but other users can. I forced "visitor view" on my page, and it appeared.
Have a nice weekend.
Same here. I forced "visitor view" on my profile and voilà, it showed up.
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| How it works | Sep 17, 2022 |
Jennifer Levey wrote:
... what will happen if I click on someone's "I hired this vendor" button?
JL
Yes. I already tried it. A box pops up stating "You are about to publish you hired this vendor some time", CONFIRM or CANCEL?
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Walter Landesman wrote: Jennifer Levey wrote:
... what will happen if I click on someone's "I hired this vendor" button?
JL Yes. I already tried it. A box pops up stating "You are about to publish you hired this vendor some time", CONFIRM or CANCEL?
Hmmmm....
Mental note to self: Always click 'CANCEL'!
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Michael Newton 
United States
Local time: 06:15
Japanese to English
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| hired this vendor | Sep 18, 2022 |
What about calling clients "vendees"?
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