The Job Hunt: Dog Walkers, Voice Actors, and Wuxia Novel Translators
Who wants to spend their Beijing days locked up in a boring, dead-end job, with horrible colleagues you'd rather never see again? As our beloved reader, you should know that you don't have to submit yourself to such an unbearable life of sadness. Instead, take a look below at the best of our job Classifieds.
Dog Walker with Spare Leash
What was once regarded as a lowly means of employment for struggling artists in New York City is, to many, a heckin' great way to spend the day: outside with doggos! It's a part-time position (I feel like that should be obvious) walking and caring for the pets of both Chinese and English-speaking clients in Beijing. All they ask is that you speak English and/or Chinese (unclear whether or not you need to be full-blown bilingual), that you have experience with animals, and that you plan to stick around for at least the next 6 months. Their website is bizarrely legit for a company specializing in doing what we previously would pay our 8-year-old neighbor to do for us. But that bodes well, for you and for the puppers.
Voice-Over Actor for Some Guy Named Shawn
Live your dream, become a star – a star of nothing, in particular, but a star none the less. The casually named "Shawn," just Shawn, seems to just be a dude with the right connections to get you paid for voice recordings. His projects include commercials, promos, feature films, "docos" (which we assume is cool-speak for documentaries), audiobooks, and movies and animations. This position is freelance. Hit up Shawn. He seems cool, man.
French Team Lead at iSoftStone
iSoftStone (NYSE: ISS), a leading IT outsourcing service provider, is looking for a French Team Leader. Team Leaders "oversee the project and supervise daily operations in order to ensure good results." This is a job that could easily translate abroad if and when you tire of Beijing. Responsibilities include workflow management, database maintenance and analysis, reporting to project managers and assisting HR in recruitment. They're looking for a native French-speaker with English skills, a bachelor's degree and two years of experience.
Wuxia Novel Translator (Chinese to English)
Be at the forefront of cultural integration by translating classic (and contemporary) Wuxia novels from Chinese into English. For lovers of the written word, history, and fantasy, this is an excellent chance to leave your mark on the literary world and bring two sides of the earth closer together. The work is part-time, freelance, and can be done remotely. Applicants should at least have a deep appreciation for Chinese wuxia and fantasy writing, if not previous experience translating them into English. English must be your mother tongue, but you need only be "proficient" in Chinese (but good luck reading, understanding, and translating this stuff without fluency.)
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