What if companies interviewed translators the way they interview coders?

So strange that they test for ancient greek when pharmaceutical labels are half-latin. This also reminds me of my very young attempts to get any shitty job in a store. They’d test your education, logic skills, out of box thinking, for you to sell $50 home electronics to bored visitors. The more degenerate a company (or a market) is, the more sophisticated its interviews are.

Re: What if companies interviewed translators the way they interview coders?

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Post by vanusa » Sat, Feb 05, 2022, 11:26 PM UTC

viebel wrote: post #3

vanusa wrote: post #2

2017

2017 but still relevant in 2022

I was a fine piece, to be sure. The point is, it's customary to append that the title (so people aren't drawn into clicking on the article as if it's something new).

Re: What if companies interviewed translators the way they interview coders?

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Post by trinovantes » Sat, Feb 05, 2022, 11:30 PM UTC

If carpenters were hired like programmers: http://www.jasonbock.net/jb/News/Item/7c334037d1a9437d9fa650...

Re: What if companies interviewed translators the way they interview coders?

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Post by viebel » Sat, Feb 05, 2022, 11:36 PM UTC

vanusa wrote: post #5

viebel wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

2017 but still relevant in 2022

I was a fine piece, to be sure. The point is, it's customary to append that the title (so people aren't drawn into clicking on the article as if it's something new).

Will do next time. Thanks for the tip!