PAYMENT PRACTICES
Trust Payment Practices, an online database for language service companies and translation LSC reliability scores.
It pays to know! It pays to know if you can expect cash flow problems because a client may pay you late for work you delivered on time? It pays to know if an LSC is known to unilaterally reduce its payment to freelancers due to alleged “quality” problems? It pays to know if a new client may disappear after you deliver your translation and fail to pay you?
Trust Payment Practices, an online database for language service companies and translation LSC reliability scores.
It pays to know! It pays to know if you can expect cash flow problems because a client may pay you late for work you delivered on time? It pays to know if an LSC is known to unilaterally reduce its payment to freelancers due to alleged “quality” problems? It pays to know if a new client may disappear after you deliver your translation and fail to pay you?
The Tried, True, and Trusted Source for Translators and Interpreters
Welcome to Payment Practices™, the oldest, most extensive and only objective dataset related to the payment practices of language service companies (LSCs), translation agencies, and other regular buyers of translation services.
A 2018 survey of freelance translators and interpreters found that Payment Practices was their primary source for vetting potential LSC clients.
The Payment Practices™ database contains information on
13,900+
Language Service Companies
10,700+
total payment reports
6,300+
comments on those buyers
The Payment Practices™ Rating System
Language Service Companies are rated based on reports from freelancer translators that include a PPR and TA Score.: Used together, these two scores make it easy for freelance translators and interpreters to decide whether to work for a particular LSC or client.
The PP Reliability Score (PPR Score™)
shows the LSC’s reliability in terms of on-time payments.
Translator Approval (TA Score™) is assigned to each payment report reflecting the freelance translator’s willingness to work with that LSC based on the following factors: rates, effective payment terms, ease of working relationship/communication, and the level of bureaucracy.
Our Reputation
Speaks for Itself.
Here are a few quotes from satisfied subscribers. See the Testimonials page to read what else freelance translators and interpreters like you have to say about Payment Practices.
“I’ve been using Payment Practices since its inception and I strongly believe that this is one of the most valuable services on the net for all involved in the translation industry.”
– Y.M., Russia
“For me, access to the database is the worth the subscription price many times over, as it enables me to decide in a matter of minutes whether to pursue an offer, thus saving time, effort, and potential headache and allowing me to concentrate on the business of translation rather than debt collection.”
– Julianne Rowland, Johnson City, TN
“I would never work with a new agency without checking Payment Practices. If there are no good ratings for them there, then, no way.”
– Rosa D., Barcelona, Spain
“The PP membership fee is the best money I ever spent! Not only has it saved me money, but also the aggravation of having to chase clients. Besides the obvious financial benefits, what I like most about PP is that the comments are all kept very professional, concise and to-the-point.”
– Ingrid van Praag, Houston, TX
“I’ve been using Payment Practices since its inception and I strongly believe that this is one of the most valuable services on the net for all involved in the translation industry.”
– Y.M., Russia
“For me, access to the database is the worth the subscription price many times over, as it enables me to decide in a matter of minutes whether to pursue an offer, thus saving time, effort, and potential headache and allowing me to concentrate on the business of translation rather than debt collection.”
– Julianne Rowland, Johnson City, TN
“I would never work with a new agency without checking Payment Practices. If there are no good ratings for them there, then, no way.”
– Rosa D., Barcelona, Spain
“The PP membership fee is the best money I ever spent! Not only has it saved me money, but also the aggravation of having to chase clients. Besides the obvious financial benefits, what I like most about PP is that the comments are all kept very professional, concise and to-the-point.”
– Ingrid van Praag, Houston, TX
