geordie , I feel for you , being a newbee and having to go throught this . You must realize that it's Agency policy to do this to an certain extend at the beginning to get you and your Lady interested into writing each other . Then , as things move on and you and your Lady get along well , those Translator's input's should stop all together . I know some Agency's over do it and this is when Chnlove should jump on their case , because it makes their Business look bad after all . I have an Translator friend from Beijing and Him and Me are good buddy's , so I know how far they should go . I have seen it in my own reply's from the Lady's I started writing to , so it is not news to me . But , what they did to you is way out to left field , you should get your Credit's back and some . We can't run their Business , but we can make it look pretty bad , by going around and bad mouthing them about it , making them loose all newcomer's .
Don't give up because of an bad Agency , there are many that are honest as you and I , maybe you lost the girl's you really liked , but how many more are there , where this will not happen .