Poll: Clients often think fluent AI drafts mean less human work. How do you address rate pressure?
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Oct 11

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Hipyan Nopri
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Charge for Responsibility, Not Keystrokes Oct 11

I voted “Other.”

I position myself as the professional who manages the client’s risk, and I bill AI-assisted review by the hour.

In legal translation, fluent machine output is often more dangerous than clumsy output, because its errors are hidden.

Per-word discounts and tracked changes both suggest I am paid per correction, while flat fees ignore that review time grows with the length of the text and the quality of the draft.

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I voted “Other.”

I position myself as the professional who manages the client’s risk, and I bill AI-assisted review by the hour.

In legal translation, fluent machine output is often more dangerous than clumsy output, because its errors are hidden.

Per-word discounts and tracked changes both suggest I am paid per correction, while flat fees ignore that review time grows with the length of the text and the quality of the draft.

An hourly rate, estimated in advance from a sample, reflects what clients actually pay for: my full responsibility for a document they can safely rely on.
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The hard sell continues? Oct 11

Surely there must be other far more interesting poll topics than AI? This reminds me of the days back when CAT tools and MT dominated all the Proz polls, non-stop.

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Poll: Clients often think fluent AI drafts mean less human work. How do you address rate pressure?






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