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Re: Certified Translator, stuck in Venezuela, looking for remote freelance work

#31
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How did you get stuck?

with Maduro being a dictator and the economy being so incredibly rough (like, money worth nothing & people dying from starvation rough), even people who were born there likely feel stuck right now

It's disappointing (to me, at least) that you're being downvoted. Maduro is bad. Worse than Chavez bad. And, yes, mass starvation in Venezuela is very real.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/12/17/world/america...

Re: Certified Translator, stuck in Venezuela, looking for remote freelance work

#32
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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why not exchange bitcoins for stuff, like an actual currency and not just a method of transfer?

Are the transaction fees still ridiculous and is it any faster? I thought it's generally too expensive or slow for most normal transactions

No, at the moment the fees are quite low.

Maybe you could trust the person asking for crypto instead of showing an anti-crypto bias?

Re: Certified Translator, stuck in Venezuela, looking for remote freelance work

#33
Hey there, another venezuelan here.

if you want to help this person PLEASE dont send any money without asking for verification first, I have seen so many people lately using this "please help me im venezuelan and i am in need" to scam money, there has been at least 5 sucessfull scams on r/btc, r/bitcoin and other online forums.

Also Please note that:

1- it's harder to change BTC for VEF than change USD for VEF

2- this domain it's registered at godaddys servers, meaning that what the OP claims here: "Venezuelans cannot accept USD without a bank account. You can use paypal but its hard to exchange from paypal USD to the venezuelan currency (Bolivares)" is half incorrect and does not really applies to him, he had to use either paypal or an international debit/credit card to pay for this domain.

Re: Certified Translator, stuck in Venezuela, looking for remote freelance work

#35

Have you considered accepting Nano instead of BTC? Nano is perfect for this since there are zero transaction fees. Also, transactions are instant with Nano. A lot of people in the Nano subreddit are trying to get Venezuelans to start accepting and using Nano. You should definitely post in the Nano subreddit if you start accepting payments via Nano. More info at Nano.org and reddit.com/r/nanocurrency

Build a profile on Peertal & happy to send you LTC payments on the platform for translating our website. https://youtu.be/tkyH3JRxndc

Re: Certified Translator, stuck in Venezuela, looking for remote freelance work

#36
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Hey there, another venezuelan here. if you want to help this person PLEASE dont send any money without asking for verification first, I have seen so many people lately using this "please help me im venezuelan and i am in need" to scam money, there has been at least 5 sucessfull scams on r/btc, r/bitcoin and other online forums. Also Please note that: 1- it's harder to change BTC for VEF than change USD for VEF 2- thi…

op is not the Venezuelan behind the service, explained here[0].

[0]https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17512031

Re: Certified Translator, stuck in Venezuela, looking for remote freelance work

#37
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In case anyone is not aware of the current situation of Venezuela. Here is a recent explanation: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17408792

The EU has sanctions on Venezuela and the US keeps piling on sanctions and newspaper reports say Trump is contemplating an invasion. Obviously these external pressures will have a negative effect on the Venezuelan economy.

One reason for so much pressure is oil prices are rising and external forces want things changed before that happens. Thus the talk of US invasion.

This is in contrast to the US-backed military overthrow of the Honduran government, which has been slaughtering its political opposition. In fact, these are many of the immigrants on the US border being discussed. The western governments back the military and post-coup governments on that case, which has been much more bloody.

Re: Certified Translator, stuck in Venezuela, looking for remote freelance work

#38
post #32
post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Are the transaction fees still ridiculous and is it any faster? I thought it's generally too expensive or slow for most normal transactions

No, at the moment the fees are quite low. Maybe you could trust the person asking for crypto instead of showing an anti-crypto bias?

Coin Metrics says the transaction fee stands at $7.67 which is astronomical. ETH is a bit lower at $1.39 but that is still far far higher than most payment instruments.

Re: Certified Translator, stuck in Venezuela, looking for remote freelance work

#39
post #33

Hey there, another venezuelan here. if you want to help this person PLEASE dont send any money without asking for verification first, I have seen so many people lately using this "please help me im venezuelan and i am in need" to scam money, there has been at least 5 sucessfull scams on r/btc, r/bitcoin and other online forums. Also Please note that: 1- it's harder to change BTC for VEF than change USD for VEF 2- thi…

op is not the Venezuelan behind the service, explained here[0]. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17512031

that makes it even more suspicious.

The venezuelan in question, could just use any other freelancing site or a service like fiverr just like any other venezuelan or person from another country.

There is countless way to get paid even if you are Venezuelan living in venezuela, you can normally have a paypal account and use tons of others services like neteller, paxum, payoneer, etc, etc.

I am just warning everyone to be carefull if they feel the need to help the person behind this site in a different way, the site looks like a really smart idea but please be sure that its legit :)

Re: Certified Translator, stuck in Venezuela, looking for remote freelance work

#40

Love the idea. But I'm curious... Is ~$12/page actually the going rate for translating english to/from spanish? As $6,300 USD/BTC * 0.002 BTC = $12.6 USD

Apparently it's something like $0.21/word https://slator.com/deal-wins/usd-0-21-per-word-americas-tran...

Another website said $0.11.

250 / $12.6 = $0.5/word which is roughly 1/2 to 1/4 the going rate.

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