ZOO Digital Group looking for freelance translators

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Hi everyone! I found this job offer on LinkedIn and I thought that some of you may be interested. ZOO Digital is looking for freelance translatorsto translate (into several languages) content for movies and TV shows.  Prior subtitling experience is preferred, but not required. You can find the job description here: https://goo.gl/4kNnhU

OANA

I got excited and applied earlier this week and they replied pretty fast.
I said I am going to make a decision by Monday.

The thing that concerns me is that after some research, the company has/had some bad reviews like late paying.
I have limited access on proz, so I can`t check the blue board.

Has anyone also applied? What do you think?

Dmitry

OANA Are they on Blueboard? If they are I can take a look at their rating and post a screenshot here ?

OANA

Dmitry After a good night sleep I remembered I can pay with some browniz points to have access to their record. The reviews are mixed but the latest ones are positive so I think I am going to have to see for myself. Thank you! ?

Dmitry

OANA Great! ?
Personally I didn't like the wording of their job posting. They made translation sound like it some sort of a hobby or a side thing that you can do when you're not busy at your real job. I hate when companies do that. ?

OANA

Dmitry I agree. I decided not to work with them. ?

DmitrySavin

Submit applicatiot, but with no answer... As always...

ClaudiaBefu

I also applied recently, because I thought it would be an exciting think to get into subtitling for TV series. But I was discouraged by the unfavorable reviews from other translators...

Maybe I shouldn't have reacted like this, but I decided to use my free time for writing articles for The Open Mic. ?

Maybe one day I'll give it a try.

Dmitry

ClaudiaBefu Maybe I shouldn't have reacted like this, but I decided to use my free time for writing articles for The Open Mic. ?

That's the time well spent, I think. ?

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ClaudiaBefu

Dmitry Oh, I can't complain! ? I really enjoy the community and all the people I got to meet so far. For now only virtually, but who knows what the future will bring. ?

Dmitry

ClaudiaBefu

ClaudiaBefu For now only virtually, but who knows what the future will bring. ?

Actually, do you want to come over to our talk show as a guest? We're starting the next season of Translators On Air and we're looking for guests.

Would love to have you on our show, if you're interested. ? All you have to do is fill out this form and Elena will guide you thought the rest: https://translatorsonair.com/join/

I think we could have a very interesting discussion about localization and whatnot ?

ClaudiaBefu

Dmitry Ooops, that's what I get for "talking" too much! Let me think about it for a couple of days ?

Dmitry

ClaudiaBefu That's the beauty of our show, we made is super casual and laid back. I'm sure you'll feel at ease and will do great as a guest. Check out the recordings of previous episodes here to get a better idea of what it looks like: https://www.crowdcast.io/translator

eleonorang

ClaudiaBefu @Dmitry That's a great idea! You'd surely have loads of interesting things to tell, Claudia!

Dmitry

eleonorang Eleonora! You're welcome to be our guest too! ?

eleonorang

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Dmitry

eleonorang P.S.: Giphy gifs actually don't work when pasted as URL. ? But you can embed them, by pasting them as an image. Like that:

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ClaudiaBefu

Dmitry God, Dmitry, thank you! Now I finally managed to add one imaged too:

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eleonorang

Dmitry Thanks, Dmitry! Eventually, I figured out what I was doing wrong (i.e. pasting the wrong URL ? )

LooshLuz

I applied for this job, they answered straight away and sent me a pretty easy language test to do. The test got stuck buffering and when it returned it skipped some questions. I failed it but it was not my fault, which looked really bad as it was an easy test. I complained and showed them what had happened with screenshots but they didn't believe me and said I could try again but only in six months.