career in translation

[Ellen Elias-Bursac]

It is worth getting some sort of guidance for legal and medical translation
and interpretation. No point in reinventing the wheel, and there are very
specific guidelines and standards one needs to know about. One way to try
one's hand at legal or medical translation is to find a professional willing
to revise the translation and provide feedback.

On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 6:30 PM, Robert Chandler <kcf19 at dial.pipex.com>wrote:

> Dear Russell and all,
>
> > The professional translators on the list will speak for themselves, but
> my
> > impression is that the paths into professional work are quite varied and
> that
> > they often do not include professional degrees specifically designed to
> > produce translators. I'd like to hear some anecdotal evidence to confirm
> this
> > impression or not.
> Well, I'm in my late fifties, and MAs in literary translation weren't
> around
> 30 years ago, so I am entirely without professional qualifications.  My
> impression - with regard to literary translation - is that publishers, at
> least in the UK, are still not that bothered about qualifications.  I don¹t
> know if it is any different in the USA.
>
> Best Wishes,
>
> Robert
>
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