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At least it is still ridiculous Mar 29, 2021

Vladimir Pochinov wrote:

Received on March 4, 11:31 am GMT

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Hello dear linguist, I am really sorry for the mass email, I have found you on Proz.com

I have a translation project. Around 100 words that must be translated from Russian into English.

Main job details:
JOB TYPE: Translation
LANGUAGE PAIR: Russian into English
DEADLINE: March 4, 1 pm GMT or your best time
RATE PER WORD: 0.03$
SUBJECT: Legal form
SOURCE FILE: pdf

If you are interested in this job and want to take a part in it, please send me your CV and link to your proz account.

Please be ready to sign NDA.
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Well, 100 words in a legal form within 90 minutes at $0.03 per word. You are expected to review and sign their NDA before that. Is $0.03 per source word their rush rate?

[Edited at 2021-03-04 11:51 GMT]


Once they figure out a platform that simplifies and automates NDAs and guarantees instant payout on completion, they'll have armies of alcoholics, drug addicts, and homeless on public wifi lining up to work for their next bottle/fix/shawarma

Get hungry? Translate 100 words
Want beer? Translate 100 words
Done eating and drinking? Log off the library wifi and go sleep in the park.

[Edited at 2021-03-29 09:31 GMT]
 
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