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Marwa Seleem
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English to Arabic
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Mar 11, 2020

The hunger games!!

If you saw the movie, you may relate to what is happening in the translation and localization field.

Some of the translators may do anything for just taking the project, like providing very low rates or other attitudes and actions.

Yes, it is a very competitive domain, but you can do it ethically and without harming yourself and others!

Sadly, I see weird attitudes especially in KudoZ just to gain points and adjust the rank,<... See more
The hunger games!!

If you saw the movie, you may relate to what is happening in the translation and localization field.

Some of the translators may do anything for just taking the project, like providing very low rates or other attitudes and actions.

Yes, it is a very competitive domain, but you can do it ethically and without harming yourself and others!

Sadly, I see weird attitudes especially in KudoZ just to gain points and adjust the rank,
But ranking without real knowledge matching with this rank means nothing.

At the end of the day, your real quality and performance will speak up either for you or not! ▲ Collapse


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