Apply to become a member of our elite linguist community. This involves an un-paid small standardized linguistic assessment, agreeing to our compliance, and other potential tests to ensure your expertise.
Our selection process is demand-based. Some applications are evaluated in a matter of minutes, others may take years to get processed. It is entirely based on what kind of demand we are experiencing in your language pair. Please do not contact us to check on your test status. If you have not heard back from us it’s in the queue waiting to be processed.
Once you are accepted into the community you will be able to complete your registration in Bureau Works and find jobs compatible with your expertise in your main dashboard. Please note that the early stages are the hardest. As you do not have a track record to start with, it may take some time to see your first jobs available. Jobs are also placed on a first come first serve basis so make sure to check your Home Dashboard multiple times a day. We do not send out email alerts with job opportunities because we believe in de-cluttering inboxes. Be present in BWX. As much as you can. It’s the only way to grow.
Bureau Works rates every single segment you produce. Whether through a human review or dozens of automated quality data points we are evaluating everything. Your early stages are critical because if you deliver translations that generate negative repercussions you will become ineligible to receive future jobs. Once you have an established track record with us, our assessments are more diluted against your broad track-record and you will experience more leniency. But the beginning is tough!
Our auto-pilot AI takes into account many variables when placing translation jobs. The two most important ones are 100% under your control. Quality and cost. If you are not seeing as many jobs as you would like available, play around with your rate. As a general policy, we do not negotiate rates with linguists. But it is a marketplace and the more competitive you are, the better your chances in getting more job opportunities.
