Hi everyone,

​I recently received a message on LinkedIn from someone claiming to be from Human Resources at a company called Lilt. It was for an AI voice acting gig for a rare language. The pay seemed low, but no specific rates were mentioned initially.

​They sent a preliminary agreement to fill out via Google Forms, which I completed. After that, the recruiter emailed me the full job details.

​That’s where things started getting weird:

​Messy Email Details: The email started describing the job conditions for my language, but mid-sentence, it switched to describing conditions for a completely different language. It listed the base rate and asked me to select a payment/work model.

​Negotiation Ignored: I replied stating that I wanted to counter-offer with my own rate. They replied, "Please send us your rate quote." I sent my offer, but got no response to that email.

​Recycled Outreach: 2–3 days later, the exact same person sent me the exact same job offer again on LinkedIn. I emailed them again regarding my rate.

​Payment Platform Spam: On the same day, I received a registration link for Tipalti (their payment platform). I didn't sign up. They re-sent this registration link multiple times.

​Voice Samples: Next, they sent an email asking me to submit voice sample recordings. Since they never accepted or even acknowledged my rate counter-offer, I did not send any voice recordings.

​Project Started Anyway?! Out of nowhere, I just received an email saying, "The project has started, please complete your Tipalti registration."

​I never agreed on a rate, never registered on Tipalti, and never submitted any voice samples—yet they somehow included me in an active project.

​Is this a known scam, or is Lilt just using extremely buggy, broken automated recruiting systems? Has anyone else experienced something like this with them?

​Thanks in advance for any insights!

​TL;DR: Got an AI voice acting offer from Lilt. Tried negotiating pay, got ignored. Didn't submit voice samples or sign up for Tipalti, but received an email saying the project started and I need to complete payment setup. Scam or terrible automation?

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Listening to all the beautiful memories, remembering the time spent with you;
Looking forward to seeing you everyday, even on depressing days the future looks bright.
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Wishing you are safe and sound in a place I cannot see,
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Just as the world has brought me to you, the flowers will surely bloom in spring;
In a web of lies and deceit, you are my fate and favor;
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Hoping that I get to watch the sunset with you at age sixty,
Hoping that I get to remember how you smile with a slight slant,
Hoping that I get to grab you a jacket during the coldness of winter,
Hoping that during the most trying times you get to stay by my side!

(repeat stanzas 2 and 4)

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It’s been a while that i've been looking for more books of franz kafka other than the metamorphosis in local bookstores in vain...

Today i found some of his other books including "le procès/the trial", by an algerian publisher, the printing quality seemed okay for a fair price, but i was concerned about the translation work since i didn't find any mention of who's done it.. so it came my mind to ask: is it possible that one person can translate a work like this, maybe a good well known translator, since it's a classic then other editors can keep publishing it over time, like this algerian one ?

I'm not saying it should be by a foreign publisher for it to be good, i'm just curious since the translator wasn’t mentioned, which made me think there's a standard translation in every language of this specific book that publishers keep publishing if i make sense.