When Dawn Taylor, 37, a Ph.D. candidate at Pennsylvania State University, started her part-time translation business in February 2013, she earned $15,000 that year.

This year, because business is good, she expects to make $45,000 – for part-time work.

Taylor’s job helps prove what the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics predicted in 2012 – jobs for translators will grow by 2022.

“These professions support commerce and diplomacy in an increasingly globalized world,” said Donald DePalma, the founder of Common Sense Advisory, a Cambridge, Mass., research group that charts business for translators.

“We are in a world economy where companies operate internationally,” he said. “This is an industry that operates behind the scenes. Most people don’t recognize its value until they need the services.”

The global market for language services is worth $38 billion, a 6.5 percent increase over last year, Common Sense’s work shows. The work is rising by a similar rate in the United States. More.

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