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Is That Translator Asking for a Review?

March 18, 2009
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Is That Translator Asking for a Review?

We do not offer public reviews of our translators. Ever. It won’t happen. Yes, we do like you (those of you who are good and meet your deadlines). No. No reviews on Proz.com or Translatorscafe.com or Craigslist or anywhere else that is publicly available. Why? Imagine a bad translator (who is not aware of...
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Published in the New York Times

March 16, 2009
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Published in the New York Times

This morning, my new professional blog was published and linked in the New York Times. We’ve been posting stories of the economic crisis from some of our translators and other contractors. The morning, Freakonomics decided it was a story worth reporting. We’ll try to post more stories later this week. And I do hope...
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The World Economy, Part Two

March 13, 2009
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The World Economy, Part Two

More notes from outside of the US on the economic crisis. ITALY (Milan): “My sister’s boyfriend, who graduated in IT last year, finally found a job 4 months ago. Unfortunately, despite what they initially promised him, they’ve already reduced his contract from one year to 6 months. Also, the Northern part of Italy has...
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Doing Business with Apogee Communications

March 12, 2009
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Doing Business with Apogee Communications

I’m creating this post largely as a reference to point contractors to when various business issues come up. For anyone else, this will largely be a rather dull post. CONGRATULATIONS First of all, congratulations for working with Apogee Communications! Apogee is a quality-first company working in the videogame industry. We offer a range of...
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Jobs at Apogee

March 12, 2009
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A lot of people ask how to start working for Apogee Communications. It’s simple. Be very, very good at what you do. TRANSLATORS We’re always looking for translators. What we want are almost always English fluent, native speakers of other languages. We strongly prefer that you currently live where your native language is spoken....
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The World Economy, Part One

March 11, 2009
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The World Economy, Part One

I’ve spent years traveling the world, living in one country or another for long periods. I’ve been wondering, just how big an impact the current economic crisis has on real people everywhere. Since I’m in daily contact with people around the world running Apogee Communications, I thought I’d ask them. Here are some of...
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Greetings

March 11, 2009
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Hello. My name is Edwin Steussy, and I run Apogee Communications.
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