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Thread poster: Yongmei Liu
Yongmei Liu
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Jun 9, 2005

as opposed to a general, linguitical field of study:

Could someone point me to some online articles or discussions about translation agencies or users increasingly requiring that translators have a bachelor's degree in say computer, law, medicine, business, finance, etc due to the complexity of the subject matters? Examples of online job ads will be good, too.

Thanks a lot.

Yongmei
 
achisholm
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Yes Jun 9, 2005

A reply from an agency might give you more detail, but I seem to remember earlier this year that the EU were tendering for patent translation contracts, and it seems that one of the conditions was that the translators hold technical degrees in subjects relevant to the material they would be working with (and could provide proof).

Not very much help, but you may wish to have a glance at some of the EU sites.
 
avsie (X)
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This is one example... Jun 9, 2005

One example of a job where a diploma in medicine (for that matter) is required: http://www.proz.com/job/36995

It's not really uncommon, I see it quite often.

Marie-Claude
 
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Talking about EU sites Jun 9, 2005

You could also look at candidates' prequalifications for an in-house job in Luxembourg (European Courts). You can't sit a competition if you don't have a law degree (and if it's a PhD, better).
 
Yongmei Liu
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Thanks a lot, colleagues! Jun 9, 2005

I was able to find a few examples on my own, too.

Parrot wrote:

You could also look at candidates' prequalifications for an in-house job in Luxembourg (European Courts). You can't sit a competition if you don't have a law degree (and if it's a PhD, better).
 


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