tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3706361992803757533.post3111208218771630593..comments2023-12-02T16:18:16.417+01:00Comments on Translation Ethics: The End of Capita: greediness doesn't pay off after allUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3706361992803757533.post-7435808506136831982015-08-08T10:00:05.040+02:002015-08-08T10:00:05.040+02:00Alas, this post is dated 2013, we are now in 2015 ...Alas, this post is dated 2013, we are now in 2015 and Capita Interpreting is still going strong! Rumours of its demise were grossly exaggerated. Capita as a whole is a hugely inefficient company but they are loved by this government and as a result they cannot put a foot wrong. The Cabinet Office that handed over three million pounds to Kids Company, no questions asked, has been even more generous with Capita and will continue to do so. No matter that judges are in despair over the poor service, interpreters who never appear in court, those who cannot interpret their own name, etc. etc. The laugh is on the taxpayer. This "wonderful" idea of outsourcing the entire interpreting service in the UK to some cheapo company situated on the desolate Yorkshire Moors was going to save the taxpayer 18 million a year! It has almost certainly COST the taxpayer double that in missed court appearances etc. But then who cares about the taxpayer?Josephine Baconhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12251911794398998696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3706361992803757533.post-35378440436719099852013-11-27T16:46:30.192+01:002013-11-27T16:46:30.192+01:00Hi, yes. Interpreting and translation company, hu...Hi, yes. Interpreting and translation company, huge chunk of public sector contracts (Home Office, Dept. of Work and Pensions, Probation Services, National Health Services, Local Authorities) in the UK, and I understand also very well placed globally. Agency writes asking me to send copies of my vetting clearance papers, I ignore it, but they ring me up to offer Public Service interpreting work regularly. Agency sends email "sign new T&C or you will be excluded from our register. I do not reply thinking yeah, at last now they will stop ringing me. No, they still try:- I have an urgent request etc, etc. No vetting papers, no signed agreement but still handsomely exploitable. Ain't I lucky? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com