| Pages in topic: < [1 2 3] > | Only FAKE translators email their CV... Thread poster: Tomás Cano Binder, BA, CT
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| Can't say that I will lose any sleep over this, but... | Jul 30, 2023 |
I am also not "welcome" on the website.
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English to Indonesian
| Professionalism | Jul 31, 2023 |
Metin Demirel wrote:
With all due respect, whoever is managing this website, he is an idiot.
I know I'm the least qualified person around to say this. But I always feel the translation industry is seriously lacking professionalism. While I appreciate the efforts to create a database of known scammers to help as many people as they can, that website is the prime example of tasteless writing.
(inb4 anyone citing a post I previously made as a retaliation to the above blanket statement)
[Edited at 2023-07-31 03:16 GMT]
| | | | Baran Keki 
Türkiye
Local time: 11:01
Member
English to Turkish
| They can shove their website... | Jul 31, 2023 |
My CV got stolen about three years ago and was used to apply to hundreds, if not thousands, of translation agencies all over the world. I was informed of this by my old boss through a Whatsapp message in the middle of the night as hers, in a bizarre twist of fate, was one of the agencies to which my old CV found its way, and she threatened to sue me again (well, not exactly again, because I sued her first after she fired me).
But the bizzarrest part of it all was that I got exposed ... See more My CV got stolen about three years ago and was used to apply to hundreds, if not thousands, of translation agencies all over the world. I was informed of this by my old boss through a Whatsapp message in the middle of the night as hers, in a bizarre twist of fate, was one of the agencies to which my old CV found its way, and she threatened to sue me again (well, not exactly again, because I sued her first after she fired me).
But the bizzarrest part of it all was that I got exposed as a 'Palestinian scammer' on that brilliant website, and I have to live with this throughout my career I guess. ▲ Collapse
| | | | | Website best ignored | Jul 31, 2023 |
Baran Keki wrote:
My CV got stolen about three years ago and was used to apply to hundreds, if not thousands, of translation agencies all over the world. I was informed of this by my old boss through a Whatsapp message in the middle of the night as hers, in a bizarre twist of fate, was one of the agencies to which my old CV found its way, and she threatened to sue me again (well, not exactly again, because I sued her first after she fired me).
But the bizzarrest part of it all was that I got exposed as a 'Palestinian scammer' on that brilliant website, and I have to live with this throughout my career I guess.
Who runs that website?
They don't say who they are, yet they feel they can be judge-and-jury about who is or is not a scammer?
Plus the site is designed by a child.
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| Victims column | Jul 31, 2023 |
Baran Keki wrote:
But the bizzarrest part of it all was that I got exposed as a 'Palestinian scammer' on that brilliant website, and I have to live with this throughout my career I guess.
I can only find your name in the green
VICTIM(S) OF THE SCAM
SCAMMER'S CV OR DATA STOLEN FROM
column to the right. That means you are the victim, not the Palestinian scammer.
| | | | Baran Keki
Türkiye
Local time: 11:01
Member
English to Turkish
| Apologies then | Jul 31, 2023 |
Thomas T. Frost wrote: I can only find your name in the green VICTIM(S) OF THE SCAM
SCAMMER'S CV OR DATA STOLEN FROM
column to the right. That means you are the victim, not the Palestinian scammer.
At the time I saw my email listed among the scammers, they may have corrected their error afterwards.. if that's the case (I have no way of knowing as I can't access their website, but I do trust Thomas) they can take their website out of their a... I do apologize for the pain and misplaced allegation.
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Baran Keki wrote:
At the time I saw my email listed among the scammers, they may have corrected their error afterwards.. if that's the case (I have no way of knowing as I can't access their website, but I do trust Thomas) they can take their website out of their a... I do apologize for the pain and misplaced allegation.
It's still good for you to see the evidence.
Did you try to access the site with the Tor browser? I mostly use the browser to bypass geoblocking, typically by US websites so terrified of the GDPR that they prefer to block the EU. You can tell the browser to give the website an IP address from any country you want, e.g. the US. So the blocking website now thinks I am browsing from within the US and happily shows me the banned content.
[Edited at 2023-07-31 10:53 GMT]
| | | | Baran Keki
Türkiye
Local time: 11:01
Member
English to Turkish
I received this email at the time, thinking that I was exposed as a 'Palestinian scammer'
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Gabriela Raț
Romania
Local time: 11:01
Member (2020)
German to Romanian
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| If not CVs, then what? | Jul 31, 2023 |
Tomás Cano Binder, BA, CT wrote:
Dear colleagues and nevertheless friends,
On a daily basis, our little translation office receives roughly a dozen of fake CVs. I see that virtually no legitimate translator sends their CV by email anymore. It is all scammers!
Let's assume that there is a translator who would like to start a collaboration with your agency. What do you think would be the best way for them to get in touch? I looked at your website, and noticed that there is no dedicated ”Careers” section. I can only assume, that given the fact that you are a small agency, you are the one contacting potential collaborators, whenever you need them. But what if someone wants to send an unsolicited application? The only viable alternative would seem to be sending a CV.
I think it is safe to say that unlike your boutique agency, there are many other agencies (large or small) that allow freelancers to express their interest in a collaboration. Many of them still ask for a CV, and some of them require it sent by email. Virtually all of my agency clients have asked for my CV at some point in the application process.
I am asking out of genuine curiosity: if the emailed CV is dead, then what is the alternative?
[Edited at 2023-07-31 18:00 GMT]
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Metin Demirel wrote: With all due respect, whoever is managing this website, he is an idiot.
I take it that you do not respect a colleague who is concerned about protecting us and therefore also you against scammers. You may criticize the way how he tries to protect himself and his site against attacks from them scammers, but you are not allowed to call him an idiot. May I ask what your humble and useful contribution is in that matter? His name should be well known to all site users who follow this problem for a long time and I believe he has good reasons to hide his name now.
| | | | S_G_C
Romania
Local time: 11:01
English to Romanian
Tomás Cano Binder, BA, CT wrote:
I see that virtually no legitimate translator sends their CV by email anymore. It is all scammers!
This offends me.
My full and real name can be found on Google and I still send my CV by email, whether voluntarily or upon request.
I am NOT a scammer and I truly hope no serious agency out there believes otherwise.
[Edited at 2023-07-31 18:57 GMT]
| | | | Samuel Murray
Netherlands
Local time: 10:01
Member (2006)
English to Afrikaans
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Tomás Cano Binder, BA, CT wrote:
Here an example:
Notice how the scammer deliberately makes mistakes, to ensure that the only people who reply to him are truly gullible and thus worth spending time and effort on.
By the way, is the purpose of your post to encourage us not to send our CVs to translation agencies, Tomás? An agency's PM isn't going to open the attached CV unless the email itself has convinced them of the translator's worth, so it should be safe to send a CV, if you're confident that the body of your email won't scare off the recipient.
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Tom in London
United Kingdom
Local time: 09:01
Member (2008)
Italian to English
| Not Palestine | Aug 1, 2023 |
Baran Keki wrote:
'Palestinian scammer'
I suspect the scammer is not in Palestine and has nothing to do with Palestine. Although they may be someone who doesn't like Palestinians. For some reason.......
| | | | Samuel Murray
Netherlands
Local time: 10:01
Member (2006)
English to Afrikaans
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Tom in London wrote:
I suspect the scammer is not in Palestine and has nothing to do with Palestine.
What makes you suspect this, Tom?
| | | | Zea_Mays
Italy
Local time: 10:01
Member (2009)
English to German
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| Do you seek permanent employment? | Aug 1, 2023 |
Gabriela Raț wrote:
I am asking out of genuine curiosity: if the emailed CV is dead, then what is the alternative?
[Edited at 2023-07-31 18:00 GMT]
A colleague replied to this question before it was asked:
Thayenga wrote:
An entrepreneur has a business brochure - which should be send only upon an explicit request.
CVs are actually just needed for employment or tenders.
As a freelancer, you don't need to send a CV.
You have a business website instead, you have an informative profile on professional platforms like Proz and/or LinkedIn.
You'll describe your experience and the fields you work in and how long you are doing this. You'll state your rates (btw., low rates do not look professional).
You'll provide reference letters, for example from agencies you collaborated with, stating your strengths (of course these letters are just to be sent to appropriate parties).
Etc.
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