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sokolniki
sokolniki  Identity Verified
États-Unis
Local time: 01:59
anglais vers russe
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Mar 27, 2012

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A start-up translation agency in the US invited freelance interpreters to send applications on its website. Once I sent it, an email confirmation arrived stating at the end:

... "We will review your credentials and if your skillet matches our requirements we will contact you."

Seriously? I will not even try to be funny here and make jokes about frying pans and other kitchen utensils used for interpretation purposes. The author of the ad apparently clicked on the wrong term instead of "skills" during the spell check. But even grammar here is consistent with "skillet" instead of "skills".

However, aside from being hilarious, how SKILLED is the agency? Would you work for them?
 
Kate Chaffer
Kate Chaffer
Italie
Local time: 08:59
Membre (2009)
italien vers anglais
Skillset Mar 27, 2012

I think they wanted to use skillset.

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/skillset

Note the anagram!
 
Valery Shapovalenko
Valery Shapovalenko  Identity Verified
Ukraine
Local time: 09:59
anglais vers russe
+ ...
Modem manual Mar 27, 2012

A translation agency NoName have just posted translation job of tens thousand words at a price USD0.002 - 0.025 ppw, due April 4, stating they want (I quote) "GOOD command of English" (End of Quote).

Seriously, I often read offers for cheap jobs posted by No-LWA agencies here. IMHO, these are scam and should be banned as they're quaking the market.
 


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My skillet is laughing its head off






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