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Originally Posted by PPP 
Name one, then name one where an enormous amount of work is done in advance of payment, then the client refuses to pay, then refuses to send any evidence of the problem so the contractor can address and fix the issue.
C'mon, this is not standard practice in anything, except slavery I suppose.
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Construction. You build it wrong, you fix it or get paid nothing.
Auto parts manufacturing. Build it wrong, don't get paid for it.
I can go on and on.
Why is it PSO's fault that the translator is so stupid as to do all this work up front with no pre-payment? If the translator doesn't ask for it, that's his problem not PSO's. It's also not PSO's responsibility to point out every imperfection, which in a translation of this size could potentially be enormous. If PSO says "the Russian translations are screwed up, fix it", then that should be enough. It's the translators job to translate, not PSO's. PSO hired the translator...to translate! "Quality" in this case means that someone properly educated in the language, someone who understands proper sentence structure and grammar, is the translator. Then, that person must take the time to execute the translation properly. If these things cannot be accomplished by the translator who's agreed to the terms, he's the one at fault for that.
PPP, let's not get this heated. I've always respected what I've read from you, and truly this has nothing to do with you or me anyway.
TheDonk