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To the attention of translators: Do not work for FLow languages, The do not pay!
I have been working for Flow Languages since 2019. They paied at first but stoped paying in November 2020. They do not pick up the phone and do not answer emails.
This is a shameless company without any respect for translators.
Ter attentie van vertalers: werk niet voor Flow-languages, ze betalen niet!
Ik werk sinds 2019 voor Flow Languages. Ze betaalden aanvankelijk maar stopten met betalen in november 2020. Ze nemen de telefoon niet op en beantwoorden geen e-mails.
Dit is een schaamteloos bedrijf zonder enig respect voor vertalers.
Ekaterina Blom
translator
translation
I am a freelance translator and delivered a translation job (English/Portuguese) in May 2019 and since then I have been asking and waiting for a payment which was received partially. I gave them all the time and opportunities. Messages are not replied and when replied, their promises are never met. Now I come to public complain about this company. This was really a negative experience.
Non-paying translation agency
I would not recommend to any freelance translator to work with Flow Languages. They simply don't pay for the jobs! I completed job assignments back in October, 2014 and since then I am trying to get in touch with Cecillia Macchione, who I was told is in charge of payments and invoices, and find out I am still not fully paid and why. But whenever I call Flow Languages I am told she is either not in the office, or in the meeting, or on holiday, etc. I am asked by Paul or Vickie to leave my contact details and promised that I would be contacted but it never happened. I sent numerous emails requesting explanation but no replies whatsoever. Never thought that I could be conned. Again if you are a freelance translator DO NOT WORK WITH THEM, including their associate agency--http://wwidebusiness.com/!
Watch out for this company and scam Cecilia Macchione! Never do business with her in photography or translation! Simply not to be trusted!
Interesting reading the comments here… You accepted jobs without undertaking research. You did no credit checks. You ignored proz.com ratings for this company. And you lost money because of it. You only have yourselves to blame.
The Dutch company and the UK company have no affiliation. If you bothered to research it, you would see it’s not possible. Likewise, My Language Connection has no affiliation with Flow languages, Worldwide Business or MC Holdings Ltd. The director of MLC had a sales job at WWB at one point, but that’s it. Notwithstanding, even if there was a link, there’s absolutely nothing you can do about it.
I suggest people stop whining online and spend your time improving your research / credit control skills.
I have bad experiences with the Dutch company Flow Languages. They don't pay...
I experienced the same situation with Dutch company Flow Languages. I have not seen their good intention till today. So be careful taking jobs from this company (https://www.flowlanguages.nl/) unless you don't want to be paid. They owe to me $1, 800 over than 1 years..
Please see my email and contact me. Thanks!
Please see my email and contact me. Thanks !
Hi, I'm in the same boat, looks like. I did quite a lot of work for them over 3 months (Feb-April 2021) before I realised I might have trouble getting paid. Still haven't received any payment.
Despite a fraudulent history, Flowlanguages UK's Victoria Nicol could get a loan of 10.000 gbp to start up the business. She claims to have 3 full time staff members and that she 'engages with a sub-contracting network that employs 400 linguists'. https://www.scotsman.com/business/30m-boost-for-scots-entrepreneurs-from-british-business-bank-loans-scheme-1-5016897.
What network does she mean? Upwork.com ? I strongly believe these figures are exaggerated for the public. Nice side note is that many of the reviews of My Language Connection on Trustpilot look as if they are fake, which they probably are. Victroria Nicol and Cecilla Need/Macchione, both from Worldwide Business never explained why the company went bankrupt. They just started new companies and left all the translators with a lot of quiestions and empty pockets. They don't have any moral compass.
Although the Dutch company Flow Languages, flowlanguages.nl has been banned from several platforms, because it is associated with the British one. To my idea this is an error, but ..hey.. who can you trust in this jungle?
No, I do not think so. Flow Languages UK has changed it's name on feb 2015. From that date it was MC Holdings Limited, publicly operating as translation agency Worldwide Business.
And in the uk as: www.mylanguageconnection.co.uk
I would like to know if this "so called" Flow Languages has to do with Flow Languages in The Netherlands. Further information would be much appreciated.
Hi Mary, I have seen this Dutch company also. But No, the British Flow Languages has stopped activities after the name change in feb 2015 to MC Holdings Limited. So they got nothing going on with each other. The fraudulent Uk company first named Flow Languages, operating in public as translation agency Worldwide Business. Since their non paying-fraud, they have changed their name to Strategic Translations, and they are now called My Language Connection. https://www.mylanguageconnection.com/
Thank you for your comments. They really helped me on my decision to work or not for the told mylanguageconnection.com which is resolutely a scam.
Well a graphic designer here, chasing payment too outstanding from 30 April and trying to get a PO for another job. Not massive amounts owed but they would make a difference to me and obviously I have done the work. I am concerned I will not get paid although payment has been trouble free previously. They do seem to have a record for not paying which is concerning...
I have asked for this to be removed as delay in payment was not an issue. As far as I know, there are no issues with this agency, whatever may have happened in the past.
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