1) almost all clients hire a translation agency who then farms then work out to freelance translators; payment is on a per-source-word basis. 2) the agency enc

1) almost all clients hire a translation agency who then farms then work out to freelance translators; payment is on a per-source-word basis. 2) the agency encourages translation tools, so long as the final content is okay (proofread by the translator), because they can then pay less (based on the assumption that it should take you less time). I’ve see rates drop in half because of it. 3) the client doesn’t know who did the translation and doesn’t care - with the exception of literary pieces where the translator might be credited on the book. (Those cases typically won’t go through an agency)