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Order for MTPE from 3 different agencies, same volume, same subject
Thread poster: Iryna Oziumenko
Iryna Oziumenko
Iryna Oziumenko  Identity Verified
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Dec 3, 2020

Hi,

I received orders for MTPE (English-Russian) of general news, Twitter messages, etc. from three different agencies, and it is a bit odd that the subject and volume are the same. Has anyone received such emails? Do you have any thoughts, is it ok or am I too cautious?
 
Elena Feriani
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Machine learning Dec 3, 2020

Hi Irene,
I was offered in the past a similar task. Some companies training MT engines have large dataset of tweets and news that they divide into batches of similar volumes. So there is nothing suspicious in my opinion. Just a boring job
 
Iryna Oziumenko
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I feel relieved:) Dec 3, 2020

Elena Feriani wrote:

Hi Irene,
I was offered in the past a similar task. Some companies training MT engines have large dataset of tweets and news that they divide into batches of similar volumes. So there is nothing suspicious in my opinion. Just a boring job


Hi Elena,

Thank you for reply and sharing that information!

Elena Feriani
 
Peter Motte
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All of them trying to get the job done Dec 3, 2020

Irene Ozyumenko wrote:

Hi,

I received orders for MTPE (English-Russian) of general news, Twitter messages, etc. from three different agencies, and it is a bit odd that the subject and volume are the same. Has anyone received such emails? Do you have any thoughts, is it ok or am I too cautious?


All of them have probably been contacted by the same end client, and now try to get it done.

Iryna Oziumenko
Elena Feriani
Kevin Fulton
Recep Kurt
Adieu
 
Adieu
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Bids for something? Jan 7, 2021

Different agencies bidding on batches of MT training, propaganda work, or news aggregation for analysts or intelligence agencies
 


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Order for MTPE from 3 different agencies, same volume, same subject







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