| Pages in topic: < [1 2] | Poll: Do you round up or down on your invoices to avoid amounts with decimals? Thread poster: ProZ.com Staff
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Adam Warren 
France
Local time: 22:41
Member (2005)
French to English
| Only in quoting to direct clients | Aug 10, 2019 |
especially non-business clients. As stated elsewhere, when billing to commercial clients, for clarity, the amount billed should match the amount on the purchase order. Furthermore, it is surely unreasonable to allow a discount on a weighted wordcount, which is already equivalent to a discount on the effort involved?
| | | | Mario Freitas
Brazil
Local time: 17:41
Member (2014)
English to Portuguese
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| Of course not | Aug 11, 2019 |
It's not very professional to do so. Why? To make it look better??
| | | | Paulina R
Local time: 16:41
English to French
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| I guess it's different in Quebec, Canada | Oct 27, 2022 |
I find it curious that in the answers, the majority doesn't round up. Here, in Québec at least (I don't really know about the rest of Canada), when for some reason, the client is charged hourly, translators usually charge a minimum time (usually 30 minutes minimum). They then round up to the nearest 15 minutes. That is done to cover time spent on writing and replying to e-mails, opening and setting up the document for translation, etc.
Although rounding up is not a common practice ... See more I find it curious that in the answers, the majority doesn't round up. Here, in Québec at least (I don't really know about the rest of Canada), when for some reason, the client is charged hourly, translators usually charge a minimum time (usually 30 minutes minimum). They then round up to the nearest 15 minutes. That is done to cover time spent on writing and replying to e-mails, opening and setting up the document for translation, etc.
Although rounding up is not a common practice when the client is charged per word. So I guess in that sense, it's the same.
Does anyone of you round up when charging per hour (for example, creative translations or adaptations)? I mention that type of translation because even when there are a few words, it might take more time than a more "pragmatic" type of translation. ▲ Collapse
| | | | Kay Denney
France
Local time: 22:41
French to English
Paulina R wrote:
Does anyone of you round up when charging per hour (for example, creative translations or adaptations)? I mention that type of translation because even when there are a few words, it might take more time than a more "pragmatic" type of translation.
When I'm doing anything that I won't be billing per word, I'll charge per hour, and my rate for that is a round figure.
I've noticed that clients tend to like flat rates and round figures and thus agree to them very easily, so for work that I want to bill at a higher price than my usual hourly rate, I'll calculate the number of hours estimated, add on a bit more for good measure, and round up.
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