In a revealing look at the translation industry, statistics show that Keywords, a multinational game service provider, laid off 31 employees last summer to boost profit margins ahead of an acquisition by the equity fund EQT. The company’s freelance translators, though not directly affected by the layoffs, report a continuous decline in their working conditions and compensation. According to unions AVTE and Tramiti, freelancers at Keywords often remain stuck at entry-level rates, earning monthly incomes comparable to those of unskilled beginners despite years of experience. Additionally, Keywords is said to employ a “wholesaler approach,” suggesting freelancers could earn more by accepting lower rates for more projects, yet this method lacks guarantees. The unions also highlight that Keywords’ rates for translations assisted by AI are set at two-thirds of the rate for purely human work, despite AI’s limited practical help in multimedia translation. Efforts by AVTE and Tramiti to engage Keywords in collective bargaining have been met with silence, with no response to their communications as of April 14, 2025.
Lia
@LiaMairei
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1h How it feels to finish with your regular job, just to go back to two freelance ones, both due to today
Exoshalot
@Exoshalot
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11h 1/7 Freelancing is Broken. Let’s Fix It. (A Thread)Freelancing is broken.1. Hidden fees
2. Delayed payments
3. Ghost clients
Anita Rane
@AyeWhatMan
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Apr 12 being a freelancer is often like you and your client are in a situationship – your are left on read many times, you will alway go out of your way more, and you keep freelancing hoping it could turn into a full time
julia ☻ (naive melody)
@altmsfrizzle
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Mar 5 ah yes the freelancing cycle of “i’m never going to get another gig in my life” one day and the next day you’re completely drowning in project deadlines
A_Man_In_Yellow
@A_MAN_IN_YELL0W
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Apr 13 And people genuinely wonder why the average zoomer is miserable as fuck
Then you factor in age gaps, shit like OF, and polyamory and its miracle they havent chimped the fuck out
Ive been single for like a decade now its BRUTAL out there
That Web Debs
@debrasolutions
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Apr 10 Be careful those you outsource your projects tooSome freelancers needs money but are not ready to work for it , they are freaking lazyyyyI outsourced a $900 job to a content writer and the guy used 1 month to do a job of 10 daysNow client don dey vex
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