Is your freelance business affected by America First Trade Policy? Thread poster: Haluk Aka, Chartered Linguist (MCIL)
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Hi All, Today, in response to a seasons greetings that I sent earlier, a client PM wrote "we currently cannot use translators outside of the country"; the country being United States. That made me think and reflect on past year... and I think in comparison to 2018 and years before, I had much fewer assignments from the United States in 2019. Is this incidental? Do you think US agencies are outsourcing fewer jobs to professionals from abroad?
[Edited at 2019-12-28 16:35 GMT]... See more Hi All, Today, in response to a seasons greetings that I sent earlier, a client PM wrote "we currently cannot use translators outside of the country"; the country being United States. That made me think and reflect on past year... and I think in comparison to 2018 and years before, I had much fewer assignments from the United States in 2019. Is this incidental? Do you think US agencies are outsourcing fewer jobs to professionals from abroad?
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[Edited at 2019-12-28 17:59 GMT] ▲ Collapse | | | I don't think so, but... | Dec 28, 2019 |
The bulk of my work comes from Europe and I continue to receive projects from the USA as sporadically as ever. On the other side, having no clear idea of what a post-Brexit UK will look like (who does?), I wonder if my British clients will continue with a ‘business as usual’ attitude or will adopt a different approach…. | | | I don't think so | Jan 6, 2020 |
I haven't had that much work from US clients in any year, I don't think. | | | John Fossey Canada Local time: 07:31 Member (2008) French to English + ... Don't think so | Jan 6, 2020 |
I have a number of US clients that give me orders sporadically. I have occasionally had those sort of restrictions, but usually because the job related to the military or national security, which I don't think had anything to do with "America First". | |
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Kevin Fulton United States Local time: 07:31 German to English Probably has to with with payment methods ... | Jan 6, 2020 |
... rather than political policy. Making foreign payments in the US is a major hassle. Most agencies pay either via check or "Automated Clearing House" (ACH), since they're too small to maintain international accounts. Although my business account is through JP Morgan Chase, I cannot make a foreign transfer without going through a lot of rigamarole. | | | John Fossey Canada Local time: 07:31 Member (2008) French to English + ... Payments from US clients | Jan 6, 2020 |
Kevin Fulton wrote: ... rather than political policy. Making foreign payments in the US is a major hassle. Most agencies pay either via check or "Automated Clearing House" (ACH), since they're too small to maintain international accounts. Although my business account is through JP Morgan Chase, I cannot make a foreign transfer without going through a lot of rigamarole. FYI, TransferWise makes it pretty simple. My TransferWise account is connected to a US-based Chase Manhattan ACH account number. US clients just pay to that account via ACH and the funds appear in my TransferWise account. | | | I doubt that it is banking related | Jan 6, 2020 |
Kevin Fulton wrote: ... rather than political policy. Making foreign payments in the US is a major hassle. Most agencies pay either via check or "Automated Clearing House" (ACH), since they're too small to maintain international accounts. Although my business account is through JP Morgan Chase, I cannot make a foreign transfer without going through a lot of rigamarole. I doubt that it is banking-related because PayPal simplifies international payments greatly. Also, as John mentioned above, there are other options such as Transferwise and Payoneer (which also provides a local bank account number for ACH payments). | | | Dan Lucas United Kingdom Local time: 11:31 Member (2014) Japanese to English Confidentiality? | Jan 7, 2020 |
Haluk Aka, Chartered Linguist (MCIL) wrote: Is this incidental? Do you think US agencies are outsourcing fewer jobs to professionals from abroad? I think it's probably coincidental, and I suspect confidentiality is the real issue lurking in the background. I have clients who will only send certain sensitive jobs to translators in the US or the UK, because they are concerned that the information will leak if sent to somewhere like China. Maybe this "not using freelancers outside of the US" is the logical end form of that? I strongly believe that we will see increasingly stringent security requirements for documents going forward. Regards, Dan | |
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Michael Newton United States Local time: 07:31 Japanese to English + ... America First | Jan 7, 2020 |
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