Hive account@misslasvegas, good thing that I read/hear other views (your opinion too). This is not just about the payment per word "wish" that I stated here that Utopian could motivate its members with to participate. It's "very much unrealistic" to you because agencies like you said used the financial crash as an excuse. It seems that way too now with the fall of Steem or the inflation that's happening. It's just like saying that it's delusional to expect fulfillment from the UNESCO recommendation for the protection of translators and translations.

Money, you said, would not improve quality but are we not posting here in the Steem blockchain for rewards? It's even hypocritical to say that people here don't do the work for money. This is a rewards-based platform and users here participate because of what they can take advantage of.

If you want quality, use Utopian and DaVinci-Witness Project to offer a FREE COURSE on translation through Open University. Make it formal and legal according to the standards that UNESCO suggested. Before you go to content quality, assess what "we" as an organization are offering to our members to make them certified or "approved" LMs and translators.