Yesterday I was reading the blog of a translator whose view of translation agencies was rather unfavorable. Among the general complaints expressed was that agencies under pay, or take a long time to pay, and in essence give little ‘love and respect’ to the language specialists they work with.

While I hope this view is not generally held among translators and other language specialists, I suppose I can only know the true feelings and beliefs of translators by asking. So translators … what have your experiences been? Do you have success stories in working with agencies, horror stories, or some of both?