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Gracor Assessment score!!! ناشر الموضوع: Mohamed Zidan
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Mohamed Zidan 
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Dear esteemed Proz members,
Does anyone have a clue about this Gracor Assessment score as during my humble 9+ years in the career I've never heard of it and now all of a sudden this company http://www.lazar.com/index.php/en/ is posting jobs, 17:19 Feb 2021, in various language pairs including mine, EngArb, requiring to have obtained it?
Also, the same company's only other job posting... See more Dear esteemed Proz members,
Does anyone have a clue about this Gracor Assessment score as during my humble 9+ years in the career I've never heard of it and now all of a sudden this company http://www.lazar.com/index.php/en/ is posting jobs, 17:19 Feb 2021, in various language pairs including mine, EngArb, requiring to have obtained it?
Also, the same company's only other job postings few days ago, 15:16 Feb 2021, is requiring to be ATLA certified! What is ATLA in the world of translation to be a requirement, knowing that it's not THE AMERICAN LITERARY TRANSLATORS ASSOCIATION?
Have I been living under a rock and these are well-known or is it something else, if you know what I mean?
Regards
M.Z ▲ Collapse
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Katrin Braams
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I wondered about these two job postings as well. I have been in business for more than 16 years and have never heard of these institutions/requirements.
This was an EN>DE job posting.
[Edited at 2021-02-19 07:53 GMT]
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Samuel Murray
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| The same puzzle! | Feb 19, 2021 |
Yesterday, I have landed on this same website URL but could not reach beyond that!
I tried to search for any probable exam li... See more
Yesterday, I have landed on this same website URL but could not reach beyond that!
I tried to search for any probable exam links or any international certifications but in vain...
I am really confused and perplexed! ▲ Collapse
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I also saw the EN>DE posting, but since it screamed at me in capital letters not to respond if I did not have this thingy, I did not bother to investigate any further.
[Edited at 2021-02-19 09:14 GMT]
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Just out of curiosity, I’ve emailed them asking for information about the language assessments. I’ll keep you posted…
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Mohamed Zidan
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بادئ الموضوع | Misleading marketing practices... | Feb 19, 2021 |
@all
Hello back,
I think that the three entities are owned by the same person or group or whatever, and this is merely an attempt to market their courses or certification programs by trying to lure/fool us, translators, into thinking that it's something to seek to obtain like those of Certified Translation Professional (CTP) in couple of years ago tried to do!
So, a warning to all, it's just another company trying to cell courses and certificates from my humble point of ... See more @all
Hello back,
I think that the three entities are owned by the same person or group or whatever, and this is merely an attempt to market their courses or certification programs by trying to lure/fool us, translators, into thinking that it's something to seek to obtain like those of Certified Translation Professional (CTP) in couple of years ago tried to do!
So, a warning to all, it's just another company trying to cell courses and certificates from my humble point of view.
Thanks for all your kind participations and point of views.
Have a nice day ahead.
Regards
M.Z
https://www.proz.com/forum/professional_development/151340-has_anyone_heard_of_ctpcertified_translation_professional_program_by_global_translation_institute-page2.html
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| ALTA Certified Translators | Feb 19, 2021 |
Last week the same company was recruiting "ALTA Certified Turkish Translators". Both ALTA and GRACOR are LSPs in US that provide certification as well. These may be attempts at getting certification business from translators, but they are deceptive.
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I had the same curiosity! This group is really helpful:) I will forward this discussion to management to undertake the appropriate measures against this company so we don't get fooled again with these "certifications".
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Kevin Fulton
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ALTA is an LSP that also does language proficiency testing
https://www.altalang.com/language-testing/
It is a reputable company headquartered in Atlanta Georgia USA. I used to do a lot of work for them, but the past few years I've usually been too busy to take many jobs from them.
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| Alta + Gracor | Feb 19, 2021 |
It’s kind of a bizarre requirement to ask for a certification most of us haven’t a clue about who those people are. I have been translating full time since 1986 and I’ve never heard of them…
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Gracor has just answered my email: Certificates given are for general ILR translation proficiency tests. We would offer a translation test EnglishPortuguese. Translation tests are $ 120.00.
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Junhui Park
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| I think they are trying to advertise that business. | Feb 19, 2021 |
I guess they just made that business and are trying to advertise. When I get that score, they will say the job is already assigned. Nobody else would care about that score.
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IrinaN
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I looked the offer up after reading this forum.
They just don't want to spend any time, money or resources on choosing their vendors. Not only twisted but stupid minds. Like any certifications or diplomas can ensure quality by default... Must have some new genius for a manager, likely young and ambitious out-of-the-box thinker. More power to you, baby!
I wonder what they pay in return ... See more
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Michael Newton
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Currently there is an agency in California that is trolling for Russian and Japanese jobs that requires the GRACOR. They also require a separate test, three written references, copies of your college diplomas (but not your first-born!). I am familiar with this agency. After you jump all the hurdles, they "offer" you five cents US a word.
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