Marecki on 16/4/2006 at 00:22
David has given me thumbs up on this, so here goes. A magazine publisher publishing CS/IT periodicals in several European countries, for whom I have been contracting as a translator, is looking for proofreaders of articles from the fields of CS and IT, primarily software development- or Linux-related, translated into English. I asked and the country of residence doesn't matter much to them (all the work is handed over and returned via e-mail and contracts can be sent by post if convenient), so I figured perhaps some of you might be interested. No, I don't get paid for headhunting for them :)
Myself I can only encourage you to at least try. For the amount of time one has to spend on a text the pay is really good, so even though I wouldn't make this my primary source of income it's not a bad side source. As for reliability, I've been cooperating with them for almost 2 years and haven't had any problems so far; BTW. it is of course all legal, on paper, taxes paid and so on.
If you're interested, let me know by PM/e-mail or on IRC and I'll let you know more details about the company and get you in touch with the person who asked me to spread the word.
OnionBob on 16/4/2006 at 00:53
Quote Posted by Marecki
David has given me thumbs up on this, so here goes. A magazine publisher publishing CS/IT periodicals in several European countries, for whom I have been contracting as a translator, is looking for proofreaders of articles from the fields of CS and IT, primarily software development- or Linux-related, translated into English. I asked and the country of residence doesn't matter much to them (all the work is handed over and returned via e-mail and contracts can be sent by post if convenient), so I figured perhaps some of you might be interested. No, I don't get paid for headhunting for them :)
Myself I can only encourage you to at least try. For the amount of time one has to spend on a text the pay is really good, so even though I wouldn't make this my primary source of income it's not a bad side source. As for reliability, I've been cooperating with them for almost 2 years and haven't had any problems so far; BTW. it is of course all legal, on paper, taxes paid and so on.
If you're interested, let me know by PM/e-mail or on IRC and I'll let you know more details about the company and get you in touch with the person who asked me to spread the word.
I could do that, if it doesn't require field specific knowledge of IT. I'm starting a PhD in English in a few months and am currently doing a masters so my credentials are good. Only thing is, I'm not sure I'm allowed to do paid work while I'm living on this grant, so I'd need to check.
Omega on 16/4/2006 at 14:46
I think I might want some more info on that too, so next time you're in IRC I'll give you a poke.
Marecki on 16/4/2006 at 21:10
Nice to have got so much feedback... I don't know how many people they need at the moment, but the person I have given you address of should be able to take care of the details. By the way, you've probably figured this out yourselves, but just in case - please don't pass that information further.
As for everyone else who might be interested but hasn't got a response yet, please wait a bit - I need to know whether they need anyone more. I'll write more after I've got that information.
