Just did a small translation job. I have only done three translations here, so my rank is low. My work was edited by a clearly incompetent translator with a higher rank.
He made the following mistakes:
1. In my translation, I used the informal style - this is a gaming/betting site, formality is inappropriate. The "edits" involved shifting the verb endings and pronouns to the formal style, without even considering the importance of style from a marketing point of view (after all, the client wants to make money, and the type of visitors that use betting sites will only be put off or feel uncomfortable when addressed in a formal tone).
2. The editing translator lacks the knowledge of how to correctly use the formal style - in Bulgarian, formal style pronouns are ALWAYS written with a capital letter and he wrote all instances in lower case.
3. The editing translator made a couple of typos, including writing "Step 2" where the source has "Step 1", "Step 12", where the source has "Step 2" (I had written these CORRECTLY) and writing "защитени сървър", which is actually the plural form of the adjective used with a singular noun. I hope that last bit is a typo because otherwise he'd be clearly too incompetent to work for anyone.

The above examples only serve to illustrate how this site seems to promote incompetent translators.

I have just experimented the same, all the translation, that I have done in first, has been changed! and my rank has been also reduced in the package, the project is not closed but I have lost the possibility to review it-

I'm not exactly new to this site but I must admit that I gave up after a couple of attempts to collaborate because I got frustrated with the quality of some of the work I've seen on it. I keep coming back every so often to see if things have changed and I must say that I'm still not impressed at all. Ultimately, it's expected because this system may reward unexperienced translators. (Not always, of course, but it's possible.) I've been a translator for 20 years. I have certifications as a translator and a degree in Spanish linguistics. Of course, I have my own client base, which means that when I get a notification about a project from this site, I can't always "beat everyone to the punch". This in turn, makes it very hard (if not impossible) to develop a high ranking... So I can see a "less than perfect" translation but I'm powerless because my ranking is not high enough... I could have translated or edited the project, yet because someone was... let's say "less busy", they answered first and completed the work, one day after another until they got to have a very high ranking.

Does it seem unfair to me? Absolutely! Although I receive a steady flow of projects, I could always take on more work. As a professional, I am upset when I see something that is subpar. However, I consider myself lucky because I'm not the client. I'm not the one paying for work that may not exactly be great (and again, many of the translations are indeed professionally done and very accurate).

Overall, I think that like all new ideas, this is one that still requires some tweaking... In the meantime, some of us may decide to stay away from it. Ultimately, it's my choice as a translator to collaborate on this site or not. Personally, I've decided not to. If other new or experienced translators can benefit from sites like this one, good for them...

Forgive me if I may appear out of order but I am absolutely mad about a gold job going out from the French team. Although I have tried to alert support, I got no answer. Unfortunately, anyone involved in this job will be penalised if the client is not happy for the sake of one person. For those of you who speak French, please see the exemple below, for the others, I apologize. Any comments gratefully received.... (Please note that the customer gives you online space to store your photos and that we were given the link, the site is available in French).

Translation sent to the customer
Le téléchargement de votre lot d'images devrait commencer immédiatement Une boîte de dialogue apparaîtra et vous demandera ce que vous voulez faire avec le lot de fichiers zip. Vous pourriez avoir besoin de choisir "Enregistrer sur le disque", puis de spécifier où le fichier zip devrait être sauvegardé sur votre ordinateur (par ex. votre bureau). Si cela ne démarre pas, essayez <4> <5>de télécharger le lot manuellement<6><7>. Télécharger l'album

Suggested translation
Le téléchargement de vos images doit commencer immédiatement. Dans la boîte de dialogue qui s’affiche, spécifiez ce qu’il faut faire avec les fichiers zip. Vous pouvez, par exemple, demander à les enregistrer sur un disque de votre ordinateur à l’aide de l’option « Save to disk » pour indiquer à quel endroit ces fichiers zip doivent être enregistrés (sur votre bureau par exemple). Si le téléchargement ne démarre pas, essayez de télécharger manuellement vos images à l’aide du lien <4> <5><6><7>. Télécharger vos images

Unbelievable....

I find this a very unfair system: there are some translators who modify the text when it is set up as committed, just to earn more points. Specially when the modification is not justified and therefore the quality of the job is reduced and the original translator is badly evaluated by the customer.

I have experienced the same problem with somebody of higher rank who jumped in when it had been translated by three translators and was ready to commit. He just made some uneccesary changes and got all the points.

I have got around 8900 points to encash since last 9 weeks but I cant do so because the system allows me to encash only when my earnings cross 10000 points. It means the $89.00 amount which should have been in my account by now, will be locked in the system till I earn more points. And God knows when new jobs will be posted in my language pair. Does it mean that if no new jobs are posted in my language pair for 01 year, my $89.00 will remain locked? If it is so, then the system is very unfair.

First, your job is Silver job and 2 different translators are required to finish it together. The translation fee is shared by you and the other translator.

As I ever worked as translator too, I can understand the feeling when my translation is revised by someone else. So let's respect our fellow translators as well and be more open minded.

If our translation is wrong and the revision is correct, undoubtedly accept it;
If our translation is not wrong but the revision is a little better, accept it;
If revision is almost same as the existing translation, it may be the preference of each translator, accept it unless you have a reason for your translation;
If the revision is totally wrong or worse, reject it and change your translation back. If you keep finding the same translator changing good to bad, then s/he is too bad to do translation. Just report and let's remove him/her from Translia.

Finally, we Translia don't want to be any other system. We just want to be Translia.

Regards,
Yolanda

I understand you Sireea. I worked alone on a translation and I'm seeing one really unfair person that is taking the money I worked for only because she is R8 and so she can edit the translations I made. The problem is that she doesn't edit anything, she only changes ''!!" with "!" and there are sentences that didn't change, but she took more than 12% of my work doing NOTHING! It should not be possible to do it. If you change a translation because you think that is not right, I can understand, but if you do it only to have the money the others worked for, you are a really unfair person and you should feel the shame on you!!!