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Our experience with 'potential jobs' and 'sample' test translations
Thread poster: Sumit Sarkar
Sumit Sarkar
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Jun 20, 2016

Dear proz friends
What is your experience with 'potential' job postings? Does it most often really materialise into real jobs? Or is it simply a method of developing detabase?
Again some agencies ask for 'sample' translations. Is it really worth entertaining such requests?
My experience tells me not to entertain these practices. Is it not good time that proz community put some precondition on such practices such that service providers' interest is taken care of?
Pls shar... See more
Dear proz friends
What is your experience with 'potential' job postings? Does it most often really materialise into real jobs? Or is it simply a method of developing detabase?
Again some agencies ask for 'sample' translations. Is it really worth entertaining such requests?
My experience tells me not to entertain these practices. Is it not good time that proz community put some precondition on such practices such that service providers' interest is taken care of?
Pls share your experience.
Thanking you
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