[General] I wonder if you're interested in doing....

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Silverobama

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My friend Kevin asked me to do him a favor, helping him to find a femal native speaker of English who is willing to dub for things (films, perhaps). And then, I asked my American friend Carol this question "I wonder if you're interested in doing a will-be-paid dubbing work".

Is my italic sentence natural?

The job is a one will be paid for, not a voluntary job.
 
How about "doing dubbing work for income"?
 
I suggest some paid dubbing work. "Will-be-paid" doesn't work for me at all.
 
I might say, "Would you be interested in doing some dubbing work?"

Then we take it from there. Here's a possible conversation. (See below.)

Silver: Would you be interested in doing some dubbing work?
Tarheel: I'd love to!
Silver: Don't you want to know how much it pays?
Tarheel: I'd be happy just to get my foot in the door.

:cool:
 
Perhaps:

It will be a paying job, not a voluntary one.

(Apparently, she has been working for free up to this point. ;-) )
 
Perhaps:

It will be a paying job, not a voluntary one.

(Apparently, she has been working for free up to this point. ;-) )

That would have to be the second sentence after "I wonder whether you are interested in doing dubbing work?", but why not?
 
My friend Kevin asked me to do him a favor, helping him to find a female native English speaker [STRIKE]of English[/STRIKE] who is willing to dub [STRIKE]for[/STRIKE] some things (films, perhaps). [STRIKE]And then,[/STRIKE] I [STRIKE]asked[/STRIKE] said to my American friend Carol [STRIKE]this question[/STRIKE] "I wonder if [STRIKE]you're[/STRIKE] you would be interested in doing [STRIKE]a[/STRIKE] some [STRIKE]will-be-[/STRIKE] paid dubbing work".

Is my italic sentence natural?

The job is a one that will be paid, [STRIKE]for,[/STRIKE] not a voluntary job.

Please note my corrections above.

I have noticed that you frequently write an introductory sentence, then start the next with "And then, ...". That doesn't really work. You can use "and then" in the middle of a sentence or, if you must, start a new sentence with "Then, ..." but don't use both at the start of a sentence.

As the others have said, it's just "paid work" or "unpaid work". Note that "work" is uncountable but "job" is countable.

You used "asked" but then didn't quote a question. Your sentence starting "I wonder if" isn't a question. You could have written "I asked Carol "Would you be interested in ...?"
 
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