[quote]Samuel Murray wrote:
Requesting a free test translation doesn't benefit the scammer. The scammer can't convert the test translation into money. The scammer wants money. He wants to sell you something useless or practically useless for a high mark-up.
I agree an unpaid test translation does not have to be a scam, but it can be if in fact it is a real job for the relevant agency. Also, you are paying: not in cash but in your time.
Asking translators to purchase a subscription to a translation tool... that does come close to it, though. Especially if the translation tool can only be bought via that client or via an agent of that client. Something about a large cat and a way of crossing a river.
And they come away with it (and grow fat on it)...
Both cases probably may not be called scams, but they don't feel right. But this is another discussion.
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