Hello, we need people with excellent English for proofreading and editing a small synonym dictionary.
Here in the attachment you can see the test dictionary that contains of 100 words. If you want to apply for this job you need to do this sample as per our guidelines and send us for review.
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GUIDELINES.
In the text.xls you can see “Initial word” (column A) and “Possible synonyms”.
Your task is to review every row and figure out which synonyms PERFECTLY suit and which don’t.
PERFECTLY means that this current synonym can be used in any case, any text, any context – anywhere INSTEAD of the initial word. If it is so – don’t touch it. If synonym doesn’t suit perfectly – delete it (JUST DELETE CURRENT CELL).
Do not delete any rows, do not sort them in any way. Just delete cells or not.
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EXAMPLES: if donor word can be a verb and noun but synonym – only noun – NO
Examples where you would have to delete:
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spent time|hung out – NO (not always will suit)
thing|factor – NO (not always will suit)
apply|use – NO
accustomed|got used to|became accustomed to|familiarized – NO (remove:: got used to|became accustomed to)
attention|concentration|interest|notice|treatment – NO (“ill person requires ATTENTION” — none of synonyms applicable here)
want to do this do|do – NO (absolute bullshit)
talk dirty|phone sex|dirty talk|dirty talking|talking dirty|sexy talk|sexy talking|talking sexy – NO (bullshit (verb-noun etc); erase all)
afternoon|p.m. – NO (bullshit)
allure|attract – NO (verb-noun)
carrier|service – NO (bullshit)
it be|it’s – NO (bullshit)
on your|in your – NO (not always suit at all)
Examples where you would NOT have to delete and just leave as is:
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dog trainers|trainers – OK
dog training|canine training|k9 training|proper dog training – OK
doggystyle|on all fours – OK
walls of the arteries|artery walls – OK
once or twice|few times – OK
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There are 30000 rows in total
In each row there are from 1 to 6 synonyms (mostly 2-3) in addition to the 1 initial word.
