Poll: Do you write responses to job inquiries from scratch? Inițiatorul discuției: ProZ.com Staff
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This forum topic is for the discussion of the poll question "Do you write responses to job inquiries from scratch?".
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| | | | | Lots of templates | Apr 28, 2020 |
I have lots of templates (and CVs) for different jobs. I just modify one slightly and send it to the outsourcer. Why not?
| | | | Ventnai 
Spania
Local time: 15:37
din germană în engleză
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As most enquirers are usually fishing around for low(er) rates, there is no point in sending anything other than a standard email. On the rare occasion that an enquiry looks promising, I will probably make an effort and write a personalised reply.
| | | | | Yes, some of them | Apr 28, 2020 |
I have a good collection of templates I have been using over the years, but once in a while a potential client has special requirements that I have to respond from scratch.
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| All of them (if I respond at all) | Apr 28, 2020 |
If it looks interesting and if the inquirer at least took the time to address me by name, I write a personalised reply. If not, I don't respond.
| | | | Muriel Vasconcellos
Statele Unite
Local time: 06:37
Membru (2003)
din spaniolă în engleză
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| Some of them | Apr 28, 2020 |
I ignore any of them with low rates, which means most of them. If I'm interested, I will always write a personal response, even if it's similar to what I usually write. Templates worry me because they may not respond to the questions that were asked. With any email, I always double-check to make sure that I'm responding to all the points that were raised.
| | | | Edith van der Have
Ţările de Jos
Local time: 15:37
Membru (2016)
din engleză în olandeză
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| I use templates ... | Apr 28, 2020 |
... but always personalise them.
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Mario Freitas
Brazilia
Local time: 10:37
Membru (2014)
din engleză în portugheză
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| Most of them | Apr 29, 2020 |
But I do have a couple of templates for specific purposes, like ProZ replies, and for clients that ask specific questions about prices, experience, etc.
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| | | | | didn't quite understand the question | Apr 30, 2020 |
If a client asks whether I can do a given translation, how much I will charge, and by when it will be done, then I have to respond to that specific query with a specific answer. There may be things I need to ask or comment on after examining the text. So how could one not write an individualized answer ("from scratch")? There may be something I am missing.
If the client is new to translation and/or to how I work, there will be additional information I need to provide. I suppose ... See more If a client asks whether I can do a given translation, how much I will charge, and by when it will be done, then I have to respond to that specific query with a specific answer. There may be things I need to ask or comment on after examining the text. So how could one not write an individualized answer ("from scratch")? There may be something I am missing.
If the client is new to translation and/or to how I work, there will be additional information I need to provide. I suppose I could create a kind of template to cut and paste in for that part. ▲ Collapse
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