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Dear Sir/Madam
We are contacting you about a very unique translation opportunity.
We need to have this 7,000-word PowerPoint presentation ready by tomorrow first thing in the morning. Since you're a freelancer, I thought you could do it tonight and sleep after delivery 🙂
The text is not that difficult, and we think $10/1,000 words would be a reasonable rate here.
Please translate it in Word 97, print your translation, sign it and send us the scanned version.
We'll pay by cheque. Don't forget to send us $50 in advance to cover processing fees.
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About the Translation Job Generator
Any freelance translator who has been in business for more than a couple months is probably familiar with job requests such as the one you will find below.
Unrealistic deadlines, ridiculous rate, scandalous payment terms, processes that make non-sense, scam attempts, pathetic negotiation tactics and odd demands… A few of random sentences here are copy/pasted from actual communications, while the other are only slightly exaggerated versions of real e-mails. I also got inspiration from posts shared on translators forums and groups.
What is the purpose of this generator? I’m not sure! But I enjoy running it every once in a while, and I would love to get input from fellow translators. The more the merrier!
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