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Just signed up as a translator.

1) There is no confirmation email. However, since you do not require a choice of a password when signing up, this is doubly problematic.

2) You place translator emails in the clear, even when not signed in to the site.

3) There is no way to delete an account.

4) You need to be clearer about your fees. State explicitly that there are no fees for withdrawal if there are none.

5) The best solution for a a verified translation would be to allow translators to post a review rate, and allow clients to choose their reviewer(s). This will not be a free service for any but the most needy of translators. Eventually, this could be integrated into the translation ordering wizard.

6) You forgot a language: Latin, which is critical for legal translation.

7) More important than age is education, but above all, you should require translators to post their mother tongue. It is also virtually required to state one's field(s) of specialization.

8) The site design is smashing, although the translator sort and filtering is weak (see note above).


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