Poll: Do you write responses to job inquiries from scratch? Thread poster: ProZ.com Staff
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Nikolay Novitskiy 
Russian Federation
Local time: 04:41
Member (2018)
English to Russian
| 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?
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Ventnai
Spain
Local time: 00:41
German to English
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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.
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| 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.
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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.
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| I use templates ... | Apr 28, 2020 |
... but always personalise them.
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Mario Freitas
Brazil
Local time: 20:41
Member (2014)
English to Portuguese
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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.
[Edited at 2020-04-29 04:24 GMT]
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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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