TechPowerUp is Looking for a Content Proofreader

W1zzard · Jul 20, 2022

TechPowerUp is looking for a content proofreader with a strong command of U.S. English. This is a remote, part-time position, the job entails proofreading our written content, like reviews. The position is paid and open worldwide, expect 1-2 hours of work per day, Mon-Fri. Besides excellent language skills, it's a big plus if you understand the topics we're writing about. No need to get all the technical details, but it will help a lot if you know the difference between Mb and MB, NVMe and SATA, and can catch other similar mistakes, in addition to spelling and grammar. We're looking to fill this position by August.

Interested? Write to w1zzard@techpowerup.com. If you can, do tell us a bit about yourself, like age, location, time constraints, etc.

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BlaezaLite · Jul 20, 2022

I live to be off topic, so I'll do it.

DeathtoGnomes · Jul 20, 2022

I dont get it Mb and MB both mean Motherboard.

I hope whoever does it has a good sense of humor too.

mb194dc · Jul 20, 2022

You won't accept UK English? What's a few extra u's (and probably the odd other character) between friends anyway?

All the technical stuff is the same and we did invent the computer after all

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mechtech · Jul 20, 2022

We speak the Queen’s English in Canada, and sometimes slang US English.

P4-630 · Jul 20, 2022

It's not aluminum, it's aluminium ffs.....
:banghead:

Shrek · Jul 20, 2022

Would be nice to know the pay rate.

BlaezaLite · Jul 20, 2022

Shrek said:
Would be nice to know the pay rate.

Shrek's US English is impeccable. I vote Shrek!

VSG · Jul 20, 2022

P4-630 said:
It's not aluminum, it's aluminium ffs.....

We actually use aluminium in our reviews btw. It's the preferred IUPAC nominclature after all, despite aluminum being adopted as an alternate recently.

Shrek · Jul 20, 2022

Spanner is the one that caused confusion when I first visited the States, and I am very careful to refer to an eraser as an eraser.

Dr. Dro · Jul 20, 2022

Sounds like a dream job to me! Good luck to all candidates

bonehead123 · Jul 20, 2022

@W1zzard

You have email

P4-630 · Jul 20, 2022

bonehead123 said:
You have email

icqcorsair · Jul 20, 2022

Well, in addition to this dispute between US English and UK English, they may be interested in the "International English" of those who write natively in Portuguese, and have knowledge, in addition to English, of Spanish and Chinese. Who knows...kkkk

birdie · Jul 20, 2022

mb194dc said:
You won't accept UK English? What's a few extra u's (and probably the odd other character) between friends anyway?

All the technical stuff is the same and we did invent the computer after all .

I'd be glad to get more British English here as well. I continue to write "theatre" and "behaviour" instead of "theater" and "behavior". There's some nice aesthetics to British English.

DeathtoGnomes said:
I dont get it Mb and MB both mean Motherboard.

I hope whoever does it has a good sense of humor too.

Megabit/Megabyte, I guess. Motherboards are rarely abbreviated to MB. Mobo is a lot more clear and used more often.

Audioave10 · Jul 20, 2022

I'm an American who has practiced English for 67 years.........I'm still not good at it. :confused:

BlaezaLite · Jul 20, 2022

Blaeza said:
Shrek's US English is impeccable. I vote Shrek!

No, he wrote me a lovely way to convince my Mrs to let me have a new fan or whatever and it looked like it got pulled from a dictionary! Shrek deserves the post!

R0H1T · Jul 20, 2022

DeathtoGnomes said:
I dont get it Mb and MB both mean Motherboard.

I hope whoever does it has a good sense of humor too.

No it's obviously this guy, someone forgot an (i) in there MiB :shadedshu:

P4-630 said:
It's not aluminum, it's aluminium ffs.....

Yes the yanks should leave their English to the rest of us :laugh:

MIRTAZAPINE · Jul 20, 2022

I am kind of interested in this as I would have time soon. Though I am not sure if my English is at such a high level. I can't quite explain how grammar works aside from it feel right. English is language have so much weird rules and exception. I remember going through a writing course and I have to select the correct structure with different variations.

Rahmat Sofyan · Jul 20, 2022

interested, but i'm only good in bahasa ... my english level below average ...

good luck to everyone

BlaezaLite · Jul 20, 2022

I still say Shrek!

zlobby · Jul 20, 2022

Hey, @W1zzard, there are FOSS A.I. solutions for that. Why don't you save some money?

W1zzard · Jul 20, 2022

zlobby said:
Hey, @W1zzard, there are FOSS A.I. solutions for that. Why don't you save some money?

/doubt

http://imgur.com/APVSDIE

zlobby · Jul 20, 2022

MIRTAZAPINE said:
English is language have so much weird rules and exception.

Oh, buddy...

ir_cow · Jul 20, 2022

@Toothless Apply!

Related to being a tech editor. DO NOT just run it through Grammarly. It will fuck up the text even more. Fine for checking, but not blindly copy / paste. I worked with a editor at a different place (will not name) who just copy / pasted the whole review into grammarly and called it good. Yeah I always had to go back and edit the editor...

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TechPowerUp is Looking for a Content Proofreader

W1zzard

Administrator

BlaezaLite

DeathtoGnomes

mb194dc

mechtech

P4-630

Shrek

BlaezaLite

VSG

Editor, Reviews & News

Shrek

Dr. Dro

bonehead123

P4-630

icqcorsair

New Member

birdie

Audioave10

BlaezaLite

R0H1T

MIRTAZAPINE

Rahmat Sofyan

BlaezaLite

zlobby

W1zzard

Administrator

zlobby

ir_cow

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