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Thread poster: Jeppe Hofman
Jeppe Hofman
Jeppe Hofman  Identity Verified
United Kingdom
Local time: 17:30
English to Danish
May 10, 2013

Hi fellow translators,

I was wondering if any of you have ever received a collaboration offer similar to the one below or think that the mentioned offer seems a bit suspicious (I received mine through TranslationDirectory.com) from a gmail address:


Dear xxxxxxxx,

Tony has sent the following message to you from your profile page at TranslationDirectory.com

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Dear xxxxx
I ho... See more
Hi fellow translators,

I was wondering if any of you have ever received a collaboration offer similar to the one below or think that the mentioned offer seems a bit suspicious (I received mine through TranslationDirectory.com) from a gmail address:


Dear xxxxxxxx,

Tony has sent the following message to you from your profile page at TranslationDirectory.com

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Dear xxxxx
I hope you are well ,
I am a project manager in Translation company , I hope to deal with you for fruitful cooperation in many translation jobs . If you are available , let me know as soon as possible.
Could you tell me, your language pair, Time zone , rate, Cat tools and output per day , week and hour.
We are looking for your response
Best regards
Tony


Doesn't it seem a bit funny that he doesn't mention the translation company's name?

Would be very interested in hearing your opinions...

Thanks

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Josephine Cassar
Josephine Cassar  Identity Verified
Malta
Local time: 18:30
Member (2012)
English to Maltese
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without mentioning the translation company's name May 10, 2013

Why, of course, I would too. Since there is no name, I can only assume that the best place for it would be the trash bin. Good thing you were suspicious and put it here so such tricks are revealed to all unsuspecting newbies, I count myself among them but not to that extent now.
 
Giovanna Alessandra Meloni
Giovanna Alessandra Meloni  Identity Verified
Italy
Local time: 18:30
Spanish to Italian
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I received the same message May 10, 2013

and I ignored it

[Edited at 2013-05-11 09:12 GMT]
 
Enrico Zoffoli
Enrico Zoffoli  Identity Verified
Italy
Local time: 18:30
Member (2013)
German to Italian
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same here May 11, 2013

Giovanna Alessandra Meloni wrote:

and I ignored it

[Edited at 2013-05-11 09:12 GMT]


 
Jeppe Hofman
Jeppe Hofman  Identity Verified
United Kingdom
Local time: 17:30
English to Danish
TOPIC STARTER
Thanks a lot May 11, 2013

I figured there was something fishy about it. I replied enquiringly to the name of his company, which I have yet to receive an answer for. However I can only agree with you guys - delete!

Thank you for your opinions and have a great weekend everybody
 


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