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Translation business
I think it would be an excellent choice. http://www.discussworldissues.com/im...ons/icon14.gif
Spanish would be worth considering. |
I admire anyone who is able to learn other languages to a point of fluency... I barely know one languaguuegue
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That's convincing, Davout.
Literature. One "T". http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...ilies/wink.gif |
Originally posted by SlowwHand
Literature. One "T". http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...ilies/wink.gif Sorry, but I thought that you inherited this beautiful word under the condition not to amputate the double t. As usual, you prefered to save some ink and paper. http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...tongueanim.gif |
DAVOUT, it's called 'efficiency' ... how do you think we Americans (and the Brits before us) became the commercial powerhouses we are? http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...ilies/wink.gif
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Originally posted by Aivo½so
So do you think that a career as a translator could be a wise choice in today's world? Any experiences? What language(s) should I specialize in in case I decide to switch careers? Wise choice? I dunno. English is becoming the lingua franca of business today, so I'd be cautious about approaching it from a business end. I was in Shanghai a few years back and came across many English speakers. One women spoke with no accent at all! I assumed she'd grown up in the U.S....somewhere in the western half...but she'd never been out of China. http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...milies/eek.gif I do know we use a lot of translators in court here in Los Angeles. But we have lots of immigrants*, and lots of them aren't high powered business people. so they try to get by here on their own languages. http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...lies/frown.gif They need help when dealing with the general population. _________________________ * Fn: IIRC, there are 44 national groups which have the largest collection of people here in L.A. outside of their own home country. http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...es/biggrin.gif |
american literature is translated and appreciated by the french readers, Walter Mosley?
Terry Prachett? Bernard Cornwell? http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...ies/expect.gif |
If you don't like working with people, then being a translator is probably not the best choice. East Asia is the worst. You'll take a lot of abuse because when they coming looking for someone to blame, you'll be the first target.
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Originally posted by Zkribbler
Walter Mosley? Terry Prachett? Bernard Cornwell? http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...ies/expect.gif Novels from Bret Easton Ellis Brian Evenson Jack Womack Truman Capote Frederick Bush J.D. Salinger Philip Roth Richard Powers Tom Spanbauer Suki Kim Rick Moody John Updike Tom Wolff entered my home during the last two years. |
The EU needs a lot of translators in Bruxelles; mastering four languages could make a good argument to apply.
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Ride the China wave. There's a domestic demand for that stuff. I say go for it. If you have the patience to learn, I don't see how you would be unemployed in here. I'm also starting my Chinese studies, but not that level.. Just something very basic. It will increase my value many times over, even though I could only scream 'bring me coffee and cookies, my servant'.
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Originally posted by Pekka
...It will increase my value many times over ... Won't matter. Even infinity times zero is still zero. http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...ilies/cute.gif |
Originally posted by Zkribbler
Won't matter. Even infinity times zero is still zero. http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...ilies/cute.gif You might find some that disagree with that... http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...ilies/idea.gif Time for another 5-page math thread! |
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