Re: [tlug] Raspberry Pi translation team looking for Japanese translator

[Raymond Wan <rwan.kyoto@example.com>]

On 17/2/2019 5:38 PM, Furkan Mustafa wrote:
> On 2019-02-17 18:11, Curt Sampson wrote:
> > On 2019-02-17 16:24 +0900 (Sun), Furkan Mustafa wrote:
> > > Hmm.. To me, it looks like they ask for free work.
> > > I don't get why such a profession would be unpaid.
> > Dude, it's pretty normal for charities to solicit unpaid volunteer
> > work. You may be the kind of person who says "I will never give to
> > charity and I don't understand why anybody would," but a lot of us out
> > here, especially open source users and advocates, don't think that way.
...
> Seriously, while criticizing some parts, I'm mostly okay with their
> business model. I'm only not okay in general asking for volunteer work.
> Except when it's really charity, where everybody is volunteering.
> A relatively low payment (minimum wage) would be okay IMO considering
> the case.


If you have something personal against Raspberry Pi, that's 
up to you, but I don't see why you'd be against "asking for 
volunteer work".  They're just asking...

If you aren't happy with it, then don't volunteer.  :-) 
Someone else who is interested in it will raise their hand 
instead.

Raspberry Pi is actually a small example.  Much larger 
companies are asking for volunteers nowadays.  (IMHO, much 
more than 10 or 20 years ago.)  And they hide it using terms 
like "internship".  That is something I don't get...  (And 
yes, while there are paid internships, there are also unpaid 
ones, as well.  When it appears on one's CV, a prospective 
employer rarely asks whether or not it was paid work.)

Ray