Sample Online Task Description

Assignment:
Translate Key Web Pages From English to Spanish

organization sponsoring this opportunity:
Virtual Volunteering Project
http://www.serviceleader.org/vv/
National organization, based in Austin, Texas

opportunity description
The VV Project pages are visited by a small but increasing number of Spanish speakers. We need someone to translate our home page and other key pages into Spanish.

hours opportunity will take to complete
10 hours

weeks volunteer will have to complete this opportunity
1 - 3 months

will this job involve work directly with clients rather than or in addition to staff or other volunteers?
no

volunteer skills\equipment needed
(a computer and regular access to the Internet are always a must):
Excellent written skills and command of Spanish, .html, attention to detail and commitment to deadlines.

This opportunity is totally virtual (volunteer doesn't have to be onsite at the org)

This opportunity has no expiration date (this opportunity is always available unless currently filled.

If you are interested in this opportunity, you will need to e-mail us with:

(you have submitted some of this information -- e-mail, phone number, skills--earlier to us, but it is helpful to have this in your e-mail of interest as well, to expedite the matching of volunteers to assignments)

Feel free to add any additional information into this e-mail, to demonstrate your interest and commitment to this assignment, and previous experience relating to this assignment.

You may be required to canswer additional questions, go through an online or phone orientation, or submit samples of your work before you are given this virtual assignment.

We cannot guarantee that you will receive this online assignment; matching potential volunteers to tasks is at the discretion of the organization. Also, some assignments may be "full" by the time you contact the organization. In case you do not get an online assignment in which you expressed interest, check back to this site for another assignment, or, view this information on how to find virtual opportunities.

PLEASE do not start on this or any virtual opportunity until you have communicated with the organization and received permission to do so.


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