Interpreters & Translators: Stories From People Who've Done

Interpreters & Translators: Stories From People Who've Done It: From education, job opportunities, salary expectations and more. (Careers 101 Kindle Book Series)

As someone who has spent her entire professional life studying language, let me make plain the crucial and immutable ingredient necessary for a successful translating career: you must be passionate about language. This trait dwells within all of the translators and interpreters I know. Itâ€™s a difficult thing to articulate â€” why language fascinates me. Largely it can be distilled to my enjoying the infinite number of rich possibilities and nuances language offers to convey a message. The translating community often marvels at the meticulous nature of language. For example, when corresponding with colleagues in the field, I find we joke about all manner of language details â€” such as how one letter may change a wordâ€™s entire meaning or context. We find that tremendously funny. Itâ€™s probably not funny at all to other people, but we find those small aspects of language fascinating.

Excerpt from the book:

Translating and interpreting require more than simple fluency. To succeed in either role, you need a love for language and nuance, technical excellence and a curiosity for cultural mastery. These professions bring clarity to communication and enhance understanding, whether in a courtroom, working with the government, or helping medical offices, corporations and more. Writer Jaime Guillet explores this fast-growing career through real stories from those in the know. â€œInterpreters and Translators: Stories from People Whoâ€™ve Done Itâ€ traces the rolesâ€™ prominence and challenges through history, explains key differences and qualities that separate the two and maps out how these meticulous decoders make it in the marketplace.

Highlights

The difference between interpreting and translating
How to get started
Where the money is
Personal rewards from the work

Includes

1. History
2. The Profession Today
3. The Businessperson
4. The Translator
5. The Interpreter
6. The Literary Translator
7. Making the Move

About The Author:

Jaime Guillet is a New Orleans-based reporter who has covered industries such as transportation, retail and film, as well as city and state government. She worked as a senior staff writer for the city's premier business publication, "New Orleans City Business," and contributes to several national trade publications. Guillet has won numerous awards from the Louisiana Press Association and the Press Club of New Orleans for her coverage of business and city government, including a first-place award for her investigative series about transparency of public contracts. In addition to the gratification she receives from covering pre- and post-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans, she loves going to the movies, writing so she can feed her animals (including two horses, Cisco and Penny), Tina Fey, and all things comedic, even if she is not (though she tries real hard).
Country USA
Manufacturer 101 Publishing
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2012-10-15
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	101 Publishing
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2012-10-15
Format	Kindle eBook

Interpreters & Translators: Stories From People Who've Done It: From education, job opportunities, salary expectations and more. (Careers 101 Kindle Book Series)

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