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Joining Disney+ or OSN or Amazon Prime translation teams like Netflix's
Thread poster: Mohamed Zidan
Mohamed Zidan
Mohamed Zidan  Identity Verified
Egypt
Local time: 10:01
Member (2017)
English to Arabic
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Jul 23, 2019

Hello there,
Nice to e-meet you all
Does anyone know how to join Disney or OSN or Amazon Prime freelance translator teams?! Any clues, contacts, special sites or requirements, preparations would be much appreciated.

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Barbara Baldi
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English to Italian
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Disney and Zoo Jul 24, 2019

Hi there
follow these two companies on linked in and you will have more first hand information. I very seldom work for Zoo as in the past I succeeded Netflix translation test, which is now closed as they have fulfilled the translator’s database. Zoo is an official Netflix provider.
Good luck.
Barbara

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Hasan Yelok
Hasan Yelok
Türkiye
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English to Turkish
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A good question Sep 12, 2019

This is actually a good question. I managed to find the NPVs, because those are not that hard to find, but for Disney+ and Amazon Prime, I haven't been too lucky.

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Teresa Bento
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Portugal
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English to Portuguese
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About Amazon Nov 22, 2019

I've been trying to be a part of Amazon's team of translators, hoping to work in Amazon product descriptions and Amazon Prime. It's been ridiculously time-consuming and bureaucratic. I've passed their test in April, but they haven't sent me any work since then. Also, I get e-mails saying they're hiring, but asking for in-house Brazilian Portuguese translators, which isn't even my variant (I'm Portuguese). It's been months and still no answers! I don't understand why they're so cumbersome with do... See more
I've been trying to be a part of Amazon's team of translators, hoping to work in Amazon product descriptions and Amazon Prime. It's been ridiculously time-consuming and bureaucratic. I've passed their test in April, but they haven't sent me any work since then. Also, I get e-mails saying they're hiring, but asking for in-house Brazilian Portuguese translators, which isn't even my variant (I'm Portuguese). It's been months and still no answers! I don't understand why they're so cumbersome with documents, to be honest... ▲ Collapse
 
Alice Crisan
Alice Crisan  Identity Verified
United Kingdom
Local time: 09:01
English to Romanian
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Amazon offers Nov 23, 2019

Teresa, there is a group on fb with many amazon translators. It’s indeed a lengthy
process, the only problem is in regarding the rates.

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