Hi @maxrlacaze and welcome to the community!
I’ve just moved your post to this thread so you can have a look at what you need to know to get started. There is no glitch in the system, but no tasks are available for the moment for your language pairs. No worries however, new tasks are uploaded all the time, so keep an eye out. 
You can start translating even before becoming verified. You don’t need to pass en exam, this is the old vetting process and it’s not available anymore. Still, you can become a verified translator after translating and receiving good reviews (the general criteria is to receive approximately 6 task reviews, with an average mark of 3.5 or above out of 5). More details in this thread.
Hope this helps. 