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Tom's Hardware and AfterDawn are looking to expand services in the Nordic countries. We already have a strong presence in our home country, Finland, but we also have localized sites available in Swedish and Norwegian, with a Danish version under construction as well. AfterDawn.com launched Tom's Hardware Finland in August, 2010, and other Nordic countries will follow during the Spring 2011.
We are now looking for people interested in joining our team at AfterDawn.com, and working with translations and content for both AfterDawn and Tom's Hardware in Swedish, Danish and Norwegian.
Your work will include:
- Translating English content (in-depth technology articles that can be 5-40 pages long) to your own native language
- Writing news (i.e. not just translating from source material) in your native language on a regular / daily basis
- Communicating with other members of the staff for coordination (via email, instant messengers and IRC)
What we are looking for in you:
- You’re a native speaker of one of the languages mentioned (no, good Google Translation skills don’t count :-)
- A person with good English language skills (English is the communication language between different AfterDawn teams -- and your news sources, translation materials, etc will all be in English -- but you don't need to produce content in English)
- A strong grasp on PC technology (and related terminology), including motherboards, graphics cards, CPUs and GPUs, mass storage etc.
- Ability to write fluently and grammatically correct in the target language
- Commitment to agreed deadlines, NDAs, content targets etc.
- Ability to work remotely, using ICQ and email as primary means for communicating with other members of the staff
- Basic HTML and image editing knowledge (nothing dramatic here, just the understanding of basic tags, image resizing, etc)
- Prior experience with content management systems is a bonus, but not required (we use a custom CMS anyway)
What will you get in return:
- An opportunity to work with a launch of one of the leading technology sites in the world - in your native language
- Flexibility in arranging your working hours and holidays -- this is not a nine-to-five-job
- … and of course a salary based on your content output and an opportunity to a bonus, based on the performance of the site
That's it really. Questions? Contact us via our feedback form or comment on this article.
To apply, please visit:
http://www.afterdawn.com/general/apply_for_position.cfm
Deadline for applications is Sunday, February 23rd 2011 at 23:59 UTC.

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Come on guys, come to the south
Ghos... uhhmmhm.. Me!
I could always translate, but that's about it I think...
@obiown77
Funny, tried that sentence in Google Translates language detection and it said Swedish
ICQ? I haven't used that for years. Why is that the preferred IM? Wouldn't Skype be a better option?
Anyway on a more serious note, what sort of job security is provided. How about the working hours (on a scale from 'secondary profession' over 'full time job' to 'cancel your reallife' scale) ; and is the minimum, average or maximum wage known?
ps. your custom cms needs more customization! on a pc the login box is sluggish, but on my wp7 it's even worse - it accepts the input, but doesn't save a cookie appearently - at least it keeps being not logged in.
So had to get out of bed and actually type this in on the computer instead
ICQ is still quite popular in some less developed countries like germany and russia - and ofc the usa (probably because aol bought it from mirabilis back before msn was a useful tool). In 98 it had a functionality level equal to msn of 2007 - so it was good, once.
As for skype or any other verbal communication, it has the drawback of no backlogs. Memory makes mistakes, logs don't [all that often]
As for skype or any other verbal communication, it has the drawback of no backlogs. Memory makes mistakes, logs don't [all that often]
Yeah, ICQ used to be my preferred IM as well, but now I use a combination of MSN/Skype. The main reason for choosing MSN over ICQ was that "everyone" seemed to be on MSN and less and less people came online on ICQ.
I always thought ICQ was very good when I used it though, and MSN is pretty bad, so maybe it's the right decision...
As for Skype, you can IM with that too, and that's what I meant. The IM on Skype is actually a lot better than MSN in my opinion.
I've had bad experiences with both msn and icq to be honest. I recently stopped using msn as they once again degraded their client and locked out older ones (like the one on my trophy phone), and I stopped using icq when the 98a client stopped working (the move to an online friends list broke my client as I had twice the max supported number of them). imo irc would be the best option though. It's open to customization and supports everything needed, although the file transfer features are slow.