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Tell HN: I made a freelance translation site in only 5 months

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Re: Tell HN: I made a freelance translation site in only 5 months

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post #35

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Yeah - seems like a great resource for spammers :(

I thought spam was dead (for power users at least). Good spam filters killed it (gmail and co).

Hmm. I have a feeling that any sysadmin out there would disagree that spam is dead.

Re: Tell HN: I made a freelance translation site in only 5 months

#42
You should offer validation services ..

A wants Engish (E1) to French B translates Engish (E1) to French (F1) website facilitates C translating French (F1) to English (E2) without seeing the original English copy (E1).

It would essentially double the cost though .. hrm. Or maybe part of (F1) would be translated back into English (E2) for validation. Hopefully is a couple sentences are accurate the whole thing is?

I agree with other posters that the Buyer is at the mercy of the Translator. Its like those people with Chinese tattoos that they thing mean "Love & Peace" but they really mean "Supermarket"

Re: Tell HN: I made a freelance translation site in only 5 months

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post #43

Cool site! I like the design. Clean and chic. I would maybe add a rollover or a button-like image to the "Basic translation" and "Freelancer" div/links because it's unclear that you can/should click those...

I was thinking oh you only have english -> french so far. Have those in viewable lists without mousing over.

Re: Tell HN: I made a freelance translation site in only 5 months

#45

Can I be both a Customer and a Translator? Using the same account balance? So, can I translate stuff and then use that to pay for having my own text translated? That would avoid going through PayPal and the fees involved.

I haven't added that feature yet, but will probably do so in the future.

Re: Tell HN: I made a freelance translation site in only 5 months

#48

Funny - why do you expose all emails on your site?

It's so that freelancers can be contacted directly without going through the site. Currently, emails are obfuscated with javascript, but I should really add the option to hide emails (or only expose them for translators).

Re: Tell HN: I made a freelance translation site in only 5 months

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post #15

I love your logo! a. “Orders” and “Jobs” both lead to only a sign-in form. I would expect some short information and more explicit motivation for signing up there. Does it make sense for the “Orders” item to even show up in the menu for unregistered users? b. I would expect the Gravatar hash images to be rather confusing for people who do not know what Gravatar is.

Thanks! It was designed by kotan @99designs: http://99designs.com/people/kotan

About the Orders and Jobs links.. I've been annoyed in the past with the UI completely changing for some sites after logging in (especially the main navigation buttons).

I'll have to think of something to put there :)

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