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Thread poster: mroed
mroed
mroed
Local time: 21:01
Italian to German
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Mar 31, 2020

I was contacted today by an agency based in Dubai with a well-done online presence. The rating on proz is very good. They offered me to participate in a huge project with a volume of 20 million words, with a weekly turnover. You are not allowed to use a cat tool, no machine translation, you have to work in an online tool. They attach great importance that everything is "humanly translated".
I'm not sure, but I think I heard at some point about a similar job offer that turned out to be scam
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I was contacted today by an agency based in Dubai with a well-done online presence. The rating on proz is very good. They offered me to participate in a huge project with a volume of 20 million words, with a weekly turnover. You are not allowed to use a cat tool, no machine translation, you have to work in an online tool. They attach great importance that everything is "humanly translated".
I'm not sure, but I think I heard at some point about a similar job offer that turned out to be scam. What do you think about it?
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Liviu-Lee Roth
Liviu-Lee Roth
United States
Local time: 16:01
Romanian to English
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it does not seem to be a scam Apr 1, 2020

Try to reach them by phone and confirm the project.
Compare the official website/contact e-mail and compare it with the e-mail address you received; look for for subtle differences.

Stay safe,
lee


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