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don't bother - PeeS

Posted: Feb 23, 2014

with that german transcriptionist job on the board. I tried to bluff my way through the test and did not fool them. Next, I will give the french test a shot.

German/French - OMG~ POSER! - Fading fast

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well it does say -NATIVE- speaking, clearly. sm - anon

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Common sense in use, I'm on the fence about why they are not posting in Germany or France direct, over why you bothered to waste your time.

Think about it - plenty of people from India, or the like, try to post here in English and we can easily spot them on 5th grade grammar and punctuation, let alone style. Probably how you look to them?

Agree - see msg

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Geez, we're complaining about people who don't have English as a first language trying to do U.S. transcription.

Even if you speak,understand and write the language quite well, there are so many nuances and colloquial issues, that I wouldn't even want to attempt it.

Case in point: I was QA'ing an ILP account, and the U.S. dictator said, "I think patient should have at least a year of physical therapy under his belt before we..." The ILP had no clue. I guess smart enough to know something wasn't right, but the MT had to send it to QA because it made no sense to him or her.

cold, fellow MTs - rules

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don't condemn a person for taking a chance. I sense a very rigid sensibility here. Follow the instructions. Do not deviate. Free your mind and your fingers will follow.

obviously by all the above posts - minds are indeed open and seeing every - which way but one so - AND

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OP is saying 'don't bother' - I stated why I didn't think twice in the first place and my personal reaction to the ad she speaks of.

Not condemning anyone - Just explaining

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We're just explaining that it's not realistic to think you can effectively transcribe if that language isn't your first language--unless you were pretty much brought up as both as a child in a full-time environment. Well, then I guess you have 2 first languages and you can pick one.

But otherwise, no.

Je suis nee en France - HS

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Vraiment?

PeeS--too funny. Good for you. You should have gotten it! - 0.003 Euro?

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Military wife back in the 70s and stationed in Germany...they would not even employ anyone who was not from their country. Maybe we should be speaking Spanish, Hindi, Urdu, German, French, or Chinese and we'd have a better chance for a job.

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