A recent USA Today report cites translation and interpretation jobs as among the fastest growing occupations. Current hiring trends on Granted.com reflected the growing demand for employees with multilingual skills.
A recent study comparing job trends from 2002 to 2012 cites interpretation and translation work as one of the fastest growing occupations in the U.S. The country’s increasing ethnic diversity has created demand for workers with multilingual skills and was reflected in hiring trends on Granted.com. More »
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Local time: 06:39
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Translation requires very specific skills, quite unique often, comparable to pianists, artists and graphic designers, perhaps. I would not think it were growing so fast. This is good, if the industries are ready to pay relevant salaries, whatever translator's skills are worth -- within the range of the professions requiring graduate education.
[Edited at 2013-09-19 11:46 GMT]
United States
Local time: 05:39
English to Chinese
Good to know that the hiring trends for translation related job are growing. The question is that how translators like ourselves can say NO to low-priced projects - as low as 0.03 cent per word (It is ridiculous!) - so that translators can have good income to make decent living.
Poland
Local time: 12:39
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Sorry, couldn't resist the pun.
[Edited at 2013-09-22 20:48 GMT]
Local time: 18:39
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Hope this underrated industry gets to a new level.
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