r/anonymousinterpreters

When I picked this major at the ripe age of 17, there was no AI. I didn’t know what to do with my future, all I knew was that I was interested in languages. I loved every second of my education but now with how the job market is, graduation feels like an impending doom rather than a celebratory event.

I’m mostly interested in localization. Ads, brands, socia media, blogs, I just love the mental challenges that come with not only translating a language but an entire culture too. And I would be extremely fulfilled with my occupation if I got to attend conferences, meetings, etc. as an interpreter.

Graduating from my university, which is one of the top 3 in my country, I don’t think I will be unemployed for long. I also have 3 years of teaching experience. But I don’t know if my future job will have anything to do with translation or completely unrelated to what I dreamed I would be doing.

I’m also the first generation to receive higher education so having noone to ask for advice hasn’t been great. Should I just give up and find an entry level job in another area? Is my goal realistic in the current job market?

Would like to hear from the freshly employed/ graduated and seasoned folks alike here

Hola a todos. Soy intérprete y actualmente me encuentro desarrollando mi proyecto de investigación para mi tesis de maestría en Psicología. Trata sobre el desgaste mental en la profesión en nuestra profesión, específicamente en colegas que trabajan en modalidad remota. El objetivo es estudiar el factor subjetivo-individual en la experiencia del desgaste mental en el trabajo.

Les comparto un breve cuestionario psicométrico que forma parte de nuestro estudio. Es libre y anónimo, pero nos ayudaría muchísimo si decides tomarte unos minutos para completarlo con honestidad. Es de gran valor para nuestra investigación poder recoger las experiencias de la mayor cantidad de personas posible, para visibilizar una problemática muy real en nuestra industria, que a menudo pasa desapercibida.

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Today is the 12th and I still haven’t been paid by Jeenie. I just started working for them and refuse to take another call until I get paid. Is this standard practice for them?

So apparently I applied for a position with propio a long, long time ago and a recruiter recently reached out to me to start the interview and onboarding process. I passed. Someone from the onboarding team reached out after a day or two (after I sent an email to the first recruiter notifying him that I am waiting on a response from them) and she helped me with the rest of the onboarding process. I passed the mock test and LPT. They did the background check, it was clean. Then she sent me the contract to sign via adobe. This is where things start to feel off.

The contract is full of vague exhibits that tell me that I am legally liable for things that are disproportionate to my position as an offshore remote interpreter.

There is a conflict in payment schedule statements saying payment is biweekly but it may take propio up to 30 days to process payments.

The most aggravating of all is that it stated if the client deems the service of low quality, propio will NOT pay for that call. They did not state any method of disputing such claims!

So, as any sane person would do, I decided to contact them to ask about the terms I found ambiguous.... And no reply.

The onboarding team member that was helping me through the process has been dead silent ever since I sent my first inquiry, so I waited a few days, sent a follow up and guess what.... No reply again. The adobe sign link she sent for the contract has expired and I still heard nothing from them. I decided to send a final email detailing the inquiries I had and I CC'ed the recruiter, the onboarding team email and her email as a final courtesy on my end showing that I was perfectly ready to start working once we clarified the things I found atrocious in the contract. I do understand that most legal things in such contracts are corporate templates with no account to offshore adjustments, but getting no replies at all when they had already spent money on me for the background check and ​​I had passed all the onboarding tests and requirements feels a little weird?

I’ve been working for propio for a few months, the payment is not good but being able to work and rest whenever I want is really useful. My friend applied yesterday but he has not heard back.

What do you think is the best alternative to Propio in the US?

Hola, actualmente estoy trabajando como intérprete y para la empresa para la que trabajo, me piden usar autoclicker, pero NO ME FUNCIONA, de verdad que ya he intentado de TODO, cambio los milisegundos apra ver cual va mejor, cambio de posición el cursos pa ver dónde agarra mas llamadas, hasta me compré una nueva pc, bueno, no taaaaaan nueva, pero ajá, le agrande el RAM, me puse una conexión nueva y aparte de internet SOLO PARA TRABAJAR y NADOTAAA, me quedo ahi como 1mb3c1l de verdad que hasta 2 horas y es que las llamadas pasan pero uuffff!!!! me FLASH!!!! pasan RAPIDÍSIMO!!!! Hay veces que ni se las ve, si no llevara audífonos y las escuchara, de verdad que algunas, ni las noto, usamos Boostlingo para las aplicaciones de llamadas, alguien sabe qué puedo hacer?? Alguien que tenga MUCHA experiencia y conocimientos que me pueda guiar y ayudar, de verdad es sumamante desesperante y frustrante ver la cantidad de llamadas que se me pasan por las narices, por favor, alguien, quien sea... AYUDAAAAAA!!!! (De PC tengo una i7 de 7ma gen, con 16 de RAM y mi internet es de 70 de velocidad)