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Getting Established as an Outsourcer/ vendor
Thread poster: Zayyad Mai
Zayyad Mai
Zayyad Mai
Nigeria
Local time: 08:07
Hausa to Fulani
+ ...
Mar 9, 2023

Hello,

I have been a translator for 4 years plus now. I have realized that most vendor coordinators do not come out of Africa even for African languages. I would like to know how to go into the outsourcing and vendor coordinator space. Most African languages are under represented and dare I say majority of the vendors or PM's end up getting confused, for example I had a file project sent to me 3000 words. The pm said it was Fula but by mare looking I knew it wasn't. Google search la... See more
Hello,

I have been a translator for 4 years plus now. I have realized that most vendor coordinators do not come out of Africa even for African languages. I would like to know how to go into the outsourcing and vendor coordinator space. Most African languages are under represented and dare I say majority of the vendors or PM's end up getting confused, for example I had a file project sent to me 3000 words. The pm said it was Fula but by mare looking I knew it wasn't. Google search later clarified it as a language in Rwanda. These are the challenges. ▲ Collapse
 


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