How stupid they think we are? Thread poster: Liviu-Lee Roth
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Liviu-Lee Roth
United States
Local time: 18:35
Romanian to English
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Just got this message in my inbox:
Dear Applicant,
I hope this letter finds you in good health and high spirits. We are writing to you today to inform you that your info published on (Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts Interpreter Certification Program Interpreter Roster ) for the position of an Interpreter/translator at Adare Pharmaceuticals has been successfully reviewed by our HR department.
We are pleased to invite you for an interview to disc... See more Just got this message in my inbox:
Dear Applicant,
I hope this letter finds you in good health and high spirits. We are writing to you today to inform you that your info published on (Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts Interpreter Certification Program Interpreter Roster ) for the position of an Interpreter/translator at Adare Pharmaceuticals has been successfully reviewed by our HR department.
We are pleased to invite you for an interview to discuss your qualifications and experience for this role. As an Interpreter/Translator at Adare Pharmaceuticals, you will play a critical role in ensuring that our communication with international partners is accurate and effective. Your primary responsibility will be to translate/Intreprete written and spoken material from one language to another, ensuring that the intended meaning and tone are conveyed accurately.
Pay: $80/hr and $40/hr for training.
Hahaha! They picked my name from the roster of court interpreters and they want me to "translate/Interprete" in the pharmaceutical field!
Stay safe!
Lee ▲ Collapse
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Barbara Carrara 
Italy
Local time: 00:35
Member (2008)
English to Italian
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| The Specialists | Sep 6, 2023 |
Liviu-Lee Roth wrote:
Hahaha! They picked my name from the roster of court interpreters and they want me to "translate/Interprete" in the pharmaceutical field!
And more specifically, 'from one language to another'.
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Barbara Carrara wrote:
And more specifically, 'from one language to another'.
I think it's important to be precise in these cases.
I remember once having to interpret for two people who were speaking the same language.
Each was using the word "protocol", but because of their different academic backgrounds, they were using it to mean two completely different things. So their level of communication was less than optimal.
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Tom in London
United Kingdom
Local time: 23:35
Member (2008)
Italian to English
| How stupid WHAT? | Sep 7, 2023 |
How stupid ** DO** they think we are?
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expressisverbis
Portugal
Local time: 23:35
Member (2015)
English to Portuguese
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| It happens to the best of us | Sep 7, 2023 |
Tom in London wrote:
How stupid ** DO** they think we are?
Since this is a forum for translators, it's up to us to write correctly. I totally agree on that.
However, as you may have noticed, the community is international and although many work with English and this language is the lingua franca, we have our own native language and no one can be 100% fluent, error-free and perfect.
On the other hand, didn't it occur to you that Liviu-Lee may have unintentionally skipped that word and not even noticed it?
It happens to the best of us.
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Liviu-Lee Roth
United States
Local time: 18:35
Romanian to English
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TOPIC STARTER
Tom in London wrote:
How stupid ** DO** they think we are?
Thank you.
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Tom in London
United Kingdom
Local time: 23:35
Member (2008)
Italian to English
| Evidently not | Sep 7, 2023 |
expressisverbis wrote:
On the other hand, didn't it occur to you that Liviu-Lee may have unintentionally skipped that word and not even noticed it?
It happens to the best of us.
He has corrected it.
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expressisverbis
Portugal
Local time: 23:35
Member (2015)
English to Portuguese
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| Very courteous and respectful | Sep 7, 2023 |
Tom in London wrote: expressisverbis wrote:
On the other hand, didn't it occur to you that Liviu-Lee may have unintentionally skipped that word and not even noticed it?
It happens to the best of us. He has corrected it.
Yes, I can see it. He corrected it and without shouting.
Very courteous and respectful.
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Gina W
United States
Local time: 18:35
Member (2003)
French to English
| I just got this email as well | Sep 8, 2023 |
It reminded me just too much of an old, familiar scam...
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Inga Petkelyte
Portugal
Local time: 23:35
Lithuanian to Portuguese
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| They don«t need to think | Sep 8, 2023 |
The world is full of easy believers in everything. Sometimes I translate cyber crimes and wonder: how is that possible??..
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Ronnie J Rigdon
United States
Local time: 18:35
Member (2014)
French to English
I just an email this morning practically word for word (except that they found my info on the ATA directory, so they say). Good thing I decided to dig a little deeper on it.
The moral of the story: if you get a job offer completely out of the blue, always, always investigate.
Cheers!
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Robert Forstag
United States
Local time: 18:35
Spanish to English
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Variations of this scam (all having in common notifying the recipient of being pre-qualified for a high-paying full-time job following a zoom interview) have been around for at least the last 6-7 years. I think the first such "offer" that I received was from someone purporting to be from Zeiss Optical.
As the old saying goes, "If it's too good to be true...."
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LEXpert
United States
Local time: 17:35
Member (2008)
Croatian to English
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| Just put an exclamation point at the end. | Sep 8, 2023 |
Liviu-Lee Roth wrote: Tom in London wrote:
How stupid ** DO** they think we are? Thank you.
Don't be too hard on yourself, Lee. I suggest an even smaller correction:
"How stupid they think we are!"
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| Occupational Hazard | Sep 9, 2023 |
I think Tom's desire to correct English is due to occupational hazard that we all have up to a certain degree. Harmless most of the time.
[Edited at 2023-09-09 06:27 GMT]
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