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any experiences working for babelfish.com?
Thread poster: Susana Galilea
Susana Galilea
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United States
Local time: 03:15
English to Spanish
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Jan 27, 2003

I am considering signing up as a translator on the roster for babelfish.com. Any good or bad experiences by any of you? Thanks in advance for any input.

[ This Message was edited by:on2003-01-27 23:11]
 
Mary Watson
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Local time: 04:15
German to English
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Babelfish Feb 11, 2003

I replied to an ad for them for a Spanish to English position a few months ago. They asked me to do a test translation for them for a video game guide. Against my better judgment, I did this test, even though it was pretty long. I received a reply saying that I had failed the test. I asked for a copy of my results and was told my test had been farmed out and they couldn\'t get it back. I pursued this a number of times and each time got a nasty reply that I had already been told that the tes... See more
I replied to an ad for them for a Spanish to English position a few months ago. They asked me to do a test translation for them for a video game guide. Against my better judgment, I did this test, even though it was pretty long. I received a reply saying that I had failed the test. I asked for a copy of my results and was told my test had been farmed out and they couldn\'t get it back. I pursued this a number of times and each time got a nasty reply that I had already been told that the test result was unavailable. ▲ Collapse
 


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