BLEND LocalizationReviews of getblend.com

In April 2025, I applied for a freelance translation role via LinkedIn. I was asked to complete an unpaid translation test under a tight deadline, with the promise of feedback within a few business days. Despite submitting the test on time, the agency failed to even acknowledge receipt. Over the past 12 months, I have followed up multiple times. Each time, customer support provided generic "we will check and get back to you" responses, but no actual information was ever shared. It has now been a full year without a single meaningful update. This experience demonstrates a complete lack of respect for a professional’s time and effort. I strongly recommend fellow linguists spend their time elsewhere.

Got to work a few months but... Suddenly they remembered to proofread my work and the automated points were miserable. The proofreader said it only had a few mistakes and the system gave it 1.9 out of 6. I had to dispute it and they changed to 5.4. The proofreader of another project made claims that are wrong in Portuguese language (and all of my Portuguese friends have said so) but they still sided with the proofreader. They don't value translators. Run!!

Just terminated my account. I've been registered since early 2017. The biggest issue is that they offer zero protection to freelancers. They are at the mercy of clients who harass us, insult us, threaten us, and, if you refuse anything, Blend rewards you with a low rating. In my case, a client insulted me, tried to blackmail me with low rating, and when I refused, Blend gave me low rating for refusing to yield to client's demands. I am a grown man with 25 years of experience. I will not be insulted by a creepy pornographer. You can be sure Blend will always take the creepy pornographer's side.

It looks like Blend has stolen the money they owed me for the translation work I did for them in the winter of 2021/2022. They were also really sneaky about it, and only informed me on May 8, although my payment was due on April 30 and never materialized.

* Translators are forced to pay a fee to get a fast payment, and even so, PAYMENTS GET DELAYED for more than a week. * Company's new policy is to populate MTPE projects with awful TM content, leading to translators getting twice work for half the price. * More and more translators are forced to use their Workbench infested with glitches & bugs..... a giant waste of time & problems creator for translators. * Company's new policy is to lower rates on long projects (more than 500 words) usually transforming them into MTPE or splitting them into several very tiny ridiculous projects of 10, or 5 or 3 words to pay translators less & less. * Support doesn't have tools nor knowledge nor will to solve any issue at all. Support it's useless to users, they are only to defend UNETHICAL company's new policies. * Awful forum, filled with rants & complaints from translators worried about all these issues unsolved that nobody on staff seems to care. Staff rotation is constant without translators being notified. Moderators only care about banning translators that dare to express their minds. No wonder they were banned on Proz.

I have requested a translation of a 200-word document on April 29 and as of May 5, the translation has not been completed. Very disappointed.

They failed in translating 7 words (Yes 7 words only), yet they do not say sorry. Stay away from thier services.

This company fabricates and exaggerates an awful lot of information. I'm pretty sure they lie about all of the companies that they display on their website as clients. Our company is definitely not a client, never was and never will be. We are trying to file a lawsuit and tried contacting them at the U.S. office they list. The only problem is that they aren't even located in the United States. They are located in Israel. They list a fake address in the United States to further lie to people. This is outrageous.