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Poll: How do you handle clients who ask you to sign an exclusive "No AI allowed" clause? Thread poster: ProZ.com Staff
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neilmac
Spain
Local time: 16:52
Spanish to English
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My clients (legacy, non-agency) don't usually care about the methods I use, as long as I deliver the goods.
PS: I've been using TM and MT tools for ages, but I don't think they qualify as AI... or maybe they do now?
[Edited at 2026-06-05 19:52 GMT]
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Gregor Trebec
Slovenia
Local time: 16:52
English to Slovenian
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I never had a client that offered me a clause like this. I say it depends a lot on the rate they would pay me. As Italians would say: "Pochi soldi, pocha musica."
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Luca Adie
Germany
Local time: 16:52
German to English
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All of the agencies I've signed a contract with have a clause like this. No problem - you sign it if you agree and you do the work. As far as I can tell, all larger agencies have this - I can't remember signing a contract with the smaller, "boutique" agencies.
My direct clients don't bother.
[Edited at 2026-06-05 11:36 GMT]
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That's what I did when one of my clients required it...
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One of my marketing points - if anyone asks - is that I use real, human intelligence!
It may be collected in a Translation Memory and not all mine, but it IS all human.
No, I'm not infallible, but I do my best.
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ADIE Translations wrote:
All of the agencies I've signed a contract with have a clause like this. No problem - you sign it if you agree and you do the work. As far as I can tell, all larger agencies have this - I can't remember signing a contract with the smaller, "boutique" agencies.
My direct clients don't bother.
[Edited at 2026-06-05 11:36 GMT]
These same agencies you are talking about use AI.
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Rabie El Magdouli wrote:
These same agencies you are talking about use AI.
Some agencies I work with certainly use AI. They are usually open about this. They may still require me not to use AI, which is absolutely fine by me.
I don't mind whether or not they use AI (as long as they are open about it) and I appreciate the fact that they are aware that AI translations will need a human translator before it can be delivered.
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| None of their business | Jun 6 |
For the record, no client has ever asked me to do this, but if one did, my answer would be that I am contracting to deliver a high-quality translation, and how I accomplish that is my business, not theirs.
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Marjolein Snippe wrote:
Rabie El Magdouli wrote:
These same agencies you are talking about use AI.
Some agencies I work with certainly use AI. They are usually open about this. They may still require me not to use AI, which is absolutely fine by me.
I don't mind whether or not they use AI (as long as they are open about it) and I appreciate the fact that they are aware that AI translations will need a human translator before it can be delivered.
Respectfully, this assertion does not align with the practices observed at the agencies with which I have collaborated. These organizations frequently commission 'revision' tasks for texts purportedly translated by human professionals. However, comparative analyses consistently reveal that these source texts were generated via machine translation or artificial intelligence. Contemporary translation agencies operate heavily on profit-maximization models, minimizing operational costs at the expense of translation integrity. This systemic shift, previously observed with the integration of Computer-Assisted Translation (CAT) tools and machine translation, has now culminated in the widespread adoption of AI as the dominant industry driver.
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| I would be mildly offended | Jun 9 |
I’ve never been asked. My surviving customers are all financial sector so they would assume the highest levels of integrity and security anyway.
Why the hell would I use AI when I have a brain of my own?
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The Shredder wrote:
Why the hell would I use AI when I have a brain of my own?
Why the hell would you use a computer when you can think for yourself?
Why the hell would you use a keyboard when you can write with a pen or pencil?
Why the hell would you use email when you can deliver your translations in hard copy by hand?
Enquiring minds want to know.
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Daryo
Local time: 15:52
Serbian to English
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| Apples and oranges? | Jun 10 |
Philip Lees wrote:
The Shredder wrote:
Why the hell would I use AI when I have a brain of my own?
Why the hell would you use a computer when you can think for yourself?
Why the hell would you use a keyboard when you can write with a pen or pencil?
Why the hell would you use email when you can deliver your translations in hard copy by hand?
Enquiring minds want to know.
Why the hell would you use email when you can deliver your translations in hard copy by hand?
Why deliver your translations in hard copy by hand? Because they have to pay cash on delivery - no ifs, no buts, no maybes? That was my Standard Operating Procedure when I started ... (And a number of people would wish it still is - as it would make life rather difficult for scammers?)
Why the hell would you use a keyboard when you can write with a pen or pencil?
Write with a pen or pencil? Still do occasionally - just for practice. Also because I'm not permanently tethered to a computer?
Why the hell would you use a computer when you can think for yourself?
Wait a second - this one is based on a false premise!
Are you saying that a computer can think???
A computer can 'think' about as much as total psychopath can learn how to pretend to be empathic ...
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Philip Lees wrote:
The Shredder wrote:
Why the hell would I use AI when I have a brain of my own?
Why the hell would you use a computer when you can think for yourself?
Why the hell would you use a keyboard when you can write with a pen or pencil?
Why the hell would you use email when you can deliver your translations in hard copy by hand?
Enquiring minds want to know.
Did AI come up with that response? It doesn’t even make sense.
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The Shredder wrote:
Did AI come up with that response? It doesn’t even make sense.
Ah, an ad hominem attack. A sure sign that somebody knows they've lost the argument.
But you're right: it didn't make sense. That was the point.
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