Comments on: Always check the background of potential new clients (or scammers) http://blog.albatrossolutions.com/translation-business/background-check All about TEnT, CAT tools, translation memory, translation resources, Italian localization, etc. Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:51:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Roberto Savelli http://blog.albatrossolutions.com/translation-business/background-check/comment-page-1#comment-280 Roberto Savelli Thu, 19 Feb 2009 19:53:16 +0000 http://blog.albatrossolutions.com/?p=134#comment-280 Hi Riccardo, thanks for the useful link! (I took the liberty to fix the hyperlink, I'm sure you won't mind). I think the Blue Board is a good starting point if you do not want to subscribe to any services and get a general idea about a potential client. For more in-depth information about the client's payment practices, Riccardo's post linked above provides... "full coverage"! Hi Riccardo, thanks for the useful link! (I took the liberty to fix the hyperlink, I’m sure you won’t mind).

I think the Blue Board is a good starting point if you do not want to subscribe to any services and get a general idea about a potential client. For more in-depth information about the client’s payment practices, Riccardo’s post linked above provides… “full coverage”!

]]> By: Riccardo http://blog.albatrossolutions.com/translation-business/background-check/comment-page-1#comment-278 Riccardo Thu, 19 Feb 2009 19:13:46 +0000 http://blog.albatrossolutions.com/?p=134#comment-278 I always check potential customers on the Blue Board, but also (and, in fact, especially), on the Payment Practices List and on the TCR list. You can find a more complete list of other similar services in <a href="http://aboutranslation.blogspot.com/2008/02/agency-rating-lists.html" rel="nofollow">Agency rating lists</a rel="nofollow"> from my blog. I always check potential customers on the Blue Board, but also (and, in fact, especially), on the Payment Practices List and on the TCR list.

You can find a more complete list of other similar services in Agency rating lists from my blog.

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