career in translation

[Michele A. Berdy]

My anecdotal evidence (and recommendations): Like Robert, I'm pretty much 
self-taught for more or less the same reasons. I started by editing 
translations into English done by Russians (at APN), which was a good 
apprenticeship. And then I began to translate, over the years inventing my 
own guidelines and rules. Much later, when there were more theoretical and 
practical books and studies, I discovered that I had been reinventing the 
wheel.



I don't think I'd recommend my path these days. There are good programs 
(excellent schools in Russia!) and great study materials and theoretical 
works. In two years you can learn in a structured way what I taught myself 
in an unstructured way over a much longer period of time. And the market, if 
you will, is different now, with many more competent, trained, and 
experienced translators. I don't think formal training will necessarily make 
you a better translator, but I think that it will make you a competent 
translator faster.

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