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Teaching English: NOT a translation or interpreting job
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liberation
liberation  Identity Verified
Chinese to English
Feb 7, 2004

I note the unfortunate inclusion of a call for resumes for the position of "English Teacher" by Tianyuan Institute in the list of Translation/Interpreting jobs (Jan 29).

I suggest that such jobs NOT be listed on this site, because:

*** Teaching English is not a translation/interpreting job

*** Proz.com best fulfills its mission when it focuses on the needs and concerns of professional translators/interpreters

*** Such announcements for English... See more
I note the unfortunate inclusion of a call for resumes for the position of "English Teacher" by Tianyuan Institute in the list of Translation/Interpreting jobs (Jan 29).

I suggest that such jobs NOT be listed on this site, because:

*** Teaching English is not a translation/interpreting job

*** Proz.com best fulfills its mission when it focuses on the needs and concerns of professional translators/interpreters

*** Such announcements for English teachers to work in China are a dime-a-dozen and can easily be found elsewhere

Bruce Humes
Shenzhen, China ▲ Collapse
 
Kevin Yang
Kevin Yang  Identity Verified
Local time: 08:13
Member (2003)
English to Chinese
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Welcome back to ProZ.com! Feb 7, 2004

Bruce Humes wrote:

I suggest that such jobs NOT be listed on this site, because:

*** Teaching English is not a translation/interpreting job

*** Proz.com best fulfills its mission when it focuses on the needs and concerns of professional translators/interpreters

*** Such announcements for English teachers to work in China are a dime-a-dozen and can easily be found elsewhere

Bruce Humes
Shenzhen, China


Hey, Bruce,

Great to hear from you! I noticed that you specifically wrote "Shenzhen, China" at the end your message. So I can assume you are back to Shenzhen now. I like that city a lot myself. Welcome back to ProZ.com, too!

I did not see that job posting myself. I totally agree with you that ProZ.com is not a place for searching English teachers. I guess the person who posted it believes that one who can translate English must be able to teach English. I am not sure about that. If they just want a native English speaker to practice conversational English with the students, that might be less critical.

Kevin

[Edited at 2004-02-07 08:57]
 
Denyce Seow
Denyce Seow  Identity Verified
Singapore
Local time: 23:13
Member (2004)
Chinese to English
Same job posted on Yahoo Feb 7, 2004

Well, the same job was posted on Yahoo Groups too!!

I applied for the translation project and I was even asked to do a sample translation. Personally, I was quite pleased with my work but I didn't hear anything from the other party after I submitted my sample translation. Now, I am beginning to wonder if it is a call for translation work or English teachers.
 


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