Did anybody else get this offer from "Big Brother" agency? Initiator des Themas: Ines Radionovas-Lagoutte, PhD
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Dear colleagues,
I was speechless to read the latest job offer that reached my inbox:
"[The job] is in a tool where it records how long the linguist is working on a project for and issues a PO based on that. So you cannot report time spent, the PO will be issued on exactly what is reported in the tool for translation and revision and just to note the tool does not allow you to paste in large sentences or segments and can lock you out after clicking off of the tab for to... See more Dear colleagues,
I was speechless to read the latest job offer that reached my inbox:
"[The job] is in a tool where it records how long the linguist is working on a project for and issues a PO based on that. So you cannot report time spent, the PO will be issued on exactly what is reported in the tool for translation and revision and just to note the tool does not allow you to paste in large sentences or segments and can lock you out after clicking off of the tab for too long."
Did anybody else get this and wondered what else they are going to invent to enslave translators? ▲ Collapse
| | | | Tom in London
Vereinigtes Königreich
Local time: 09:48
Mitglied (2008)
Italienisch > Englisch
No - but whoever wrote it doesn't know how to use commas correctly. I would never work for someone who doesn't even know how to punctuate - apart from the other horrible grammatical mistakes/infelicities they've also committed here.
[Edited at 2022-11-11 10:03 GMT]
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OMG! So, they are removing the “free” from freelancer. This is treating us like a child or even worse like a jail-based program…
| | | | Denis Fesik
Local time: 12:48
Englisch > Russisch
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| They tried to make me use a lighter version | Nov 11, 2022 |
My former employer would send me jobs that were supposed to be done in an online tool, and I guess it had some time tracking feature for the management. I hated that tool because of its limited functionality and some other things, so what I'd do was download the .xliff file, work on it in a normal CAT tool, and then upload it back. Who cares how I do the job if I do it well and on time.
That Big Brother thing is disturbing. I once had to translate a website for a company that made s... See more My former employer would send me jobs that were supposed to be done in an online tool, and I guess it had some time tracking feature for the management. I hated that tool because of its limited functionality and some other things, so what I'd do was download the .xliff file, work on it in a normal CAT tool, and then upload it back. Who cares how I do the job if I do it well and on time.
That Big Brother thing is disturbing. I once had to translate a website for a company that made solutions for monitoring the performance of office employees, and those things would be installed everywhere and track your every move and every moment of your idleness. Sounds even worse than what people say is going on in China, except that a lot of the things they say about China are either wrong or exaggerated according to some other sources.
Anyway, I wouldn't accept such an offer and I'm happy that I can afford some lazy hours when I'm supposed to be working and then wake up a bit earlier the next day to clear the backlog, or that I can work faster than expected and then do whatever I want until the deadline hits (I hope none of my managers will read this though)
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Matthias Brombach 
Deutschland
Local time: 10:48
Mitglied (2007)
Niederländisch > Deutsch
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| Why bad at all? | Nov 11, 2022 |
I understand that they pay for the time needed (and recorded) for the job, even when you go and get a coffee or have to perform heavy research on the internet or elsewhere (e.g. in libraries) to complete the job. This is something I have been waiting for since I joined this industry: e.g. 50 words = two hours of work = two hours paid (full hours, of course)!
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| | | | Liviu-Lee Roth
Vereinigte Staaten
Local time: 04:48
Rumänisch > Englisch
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| This tool has been used for ages to count | Nov 12, 2022 |
the "billable hours" for attorneys.
Nothing new. I don't think it can be applied to freelance translators, as Maria Teresa pointed out.
Don't worry,
Lee
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Tom in London wrote:
No - but whoever wrote it doesn't know how to use commas correctly. I would never work for someone who doesn't even know how to punctuate - apart from the other horrible grammatical mistakes/infelicities they've also committed here.
But maybe it's a project manager who's been communicating with you, someone who does so in several other languages too. A few errors can be perfectly acceptable. But feel free not to want to work with them. 
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