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Atlas
Joined: 09 Jun 2003
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Location: By-the-Sea PRC
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 Posted: Tue May 25, 2004 9:22 am Post subject: Quid pro quo, Clarice |
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Man if another person asks me to rewrite their thesis or give CPR to some lame high school-level "I like swimming, I want to make money" resume my head will explode. I'm not the local ghost writer.
I mean, if you do it,how much should you doctor these things? Too much is just not realistic of that person, but helping only a little is like grabbing your flotation cushion in the the event of a water landing. Is it better to just get out of it, and if so, how?
time for a full bottle in front of me, or a full frontal lobotomy.. |
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MarcusK
Joined: 19 Apr 2004
Posts: 60
Location: Kadik�y, Istanbul, Turkey
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| Posted: Tue May 25, 2004 3:18 pm Post subject: |
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| Is it better to just get out of it, and if so, how? |
Two choices:
1. Go into the editing business, and tell them you'll work for 100RMB per hour, with a minimum charge of 200RMB (for resumes). For a thesis, charge by the page. You could even have business cards made up that say "Atlas' editing." Either you'll end up making a bit of cash on the side, or they'll see that you're serious and (hopefully) stop bugging you.
2. Just say no, and refer them to someone who does editing. 
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| I mean, if you do it,how much should you doctor these things? |
If by your editing you are helping someone misrepresent himself, then I would say that's going too far, for example if you're rewriting a resume for an English major because he lacks grammatical knowledge of English. If you're just helping make sure the resume is formatted correctly, that's acceptable. |
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zaneth
Joined: 31 Mar 2004
Posts: 545
Location: Between Russia and Germany
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| Posted: Tue May 25, 2004 3:22 pm Post subject: |
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I'd kind of like to have more of that kind of thing coming my way. I enjoy it. Much easier to deal with one person than with a whole class. And makes me feel useful. I'm thinking about trying to get into editing.
I can see how a flood of it would be a pain, though. |
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Atlas
Joined: 09 Jun 2003
Posts: 662
Location: By-the-Sea PRC
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| Posted: Wed May 26, 2004 7:51 am Post subject: |
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Thanks for your replies,
I'd be happy to start an editing business if I wasn't so busy.
I bet it's a good way to make extra money! Especially if one marketed themselves to all the sign makers in town. So many mistakes on Shanghai signs, and menus!
clothing store: Scam Italy (seriously? I suppose that's better than Italian Scam)
in a giant window: let's all help planet
on the top of a skyscraper: X Corperation (unless it's German or something)
Did you ever order pee soup? 
It's easy to find lots of mistakes anywhere you look!
Or you might want to order a pig sandwich with a nice hot cup of Ethiopian Horror Mocha
Starbuck's sign: Try our new Vagtable drink! Tempted to try that one myself.... |
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