Wednesday, July 20th 2022

TechPowerUp is Looking for a Content Proofreader

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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238 Comments on TechPowerUp is Looking for a Content Proofreader

#1
Blaeza
I live to be off topic, so I'll do it.
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#2
DeathtoGnomes
I dont get it Mb and MB both mean Motherboard. :p

I hope whoever does it has a good sense of humor too. :D
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#3
mb194dc
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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#4
mechtech
We speak the Queen’s English in Canada, and sometimes slang US English. ;)
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#5
P4-630
It's not aluminum, it's aluminium ffs.....
:banghead:
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#6
Shrek
Would be nice to know the pay rate.
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#7
Blaeza
ShrekWould be nice to know the pay rate.
Shrek's US English is impeccable. I vote Shrek!
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#8
VSG
Editor, Reviews & News
P4-630It's not aluminum, it's aluminium ffs.....
:banghead:
We actually use aluminium in our reviews btw. It's the preferred IUPAC nominclature after all, despite aluminum being adopted as an alternate recently.
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#9
Shrek
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.
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#10
Dr. Dro
Sounds like a dream job to me! Good luck to all candidates :)
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#12
P4-630
bonehead123You have email :D
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#13
icqcorsair
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
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#14
birdie
mb194dcYou 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.
DeathtoGnomesI dont get it Mb and MB both mean Motherboard. :p

I hope whoever does it has a good sense of humor too. :D
Megabit/Megabyte, I guess. Motherboards are rarely abbreviated to MB. Mobo is a lot more clear and used more often.
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#15
Audioave10
I'm an American who has practiced English for 67 years.........I'm still not good at it. :confused::D
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#16
Blaeza
BlaezaShrek'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!
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#17
R0H1T
DeathtoGnomesI dont get it Mb and MB both mean Motherboard. :p

I hope whoever does it has a good sense of humor too. :D
No it's obviously this guy, someone forgot an (i) in there MiB :shadedshu:
P4-630It's not aluminum, it's aluminium ffs.....
Yes the yanks should leave their English to the rest of us :laugh:
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#18
MIRTAZAPINE
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.
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#19
Rahmat Sofyan
interested, but i'm only good in bahasa ... my english level below average ...

good luck to everyone
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#21
zlobby
Hey, @W1zzard, there are FOSS A.I. solutions for that. Why don't you save some money? :D
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#22
W1zzard
zlobbyHey, @W1zzard, there are FOSS A.I. solutions for that. Why don't you save some money? :D
/doubt

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#23
zlobby
MIRTAZAPINEEnglish is language have so much weird rules and exception.
Oh, buddy...
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#24
ir_cow
@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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#25
R0H1T
Did he finally stop using grammarly then?
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