| Pages in topic: [1 2] > | Which language pair and specialty are the "hottest"? Thread poster: LoyalTrans
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LoyalTrans
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I am sure that this topic must have been touched upon for a lot of times, but just haven't found the right thread yet.
Could prozian veterans share your experiences (again)?
| | | | Tim Drayton 
Cyprus
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| Hard for a freelancer to answer | Nov 6, 2007 |
This is a very interesting question. I don't think any freelancer has the sort of overview of the whole market that would be required to answer this question. This is probably something that only large agencies are in a position to comment on, and I doubt if they would be willing to share this knowledge.
Speaking from personal experience, I can only say that the Turkish-English pair has become much "hotter" than it was, say, five years ago.
| | | | Latin_Hellas (X)
United States
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| Just an impression | Nov 6, 2007 |
As Tim mentions, from an individual perspective and in such a highly fragmented market, it is difficult to know with certainty, but my impression is that law is always hot, maybe nowadays related to telecommunications, for example, and the language pairs the main European ones and English.
But if by "hottest" you mean the fastest growing, then maybe Chinese is up there and I expect it will continue to play an increasingly important role in international relations over the next ... See more As Tim mentions, from an individual perspective and in such a highly fragmented market, it is difficult to know with certainty, but my impression is that law is always hot, maybe nowadays related to telecommunications, for example, and the language pairs the main European ones and English.
But if by "hottest" you mean the fastest growing, then maybe Chinese is up there and I expect it will continue to play an increasingly important role in international relations over the next ten years or so and beyond. ▲ Collapse
| | | | wonita (X)
China
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| The amount of work is always the same | Nov 6, 2007 |
Robert Cai wrote: I am sure that this topic must have been touched upon for a lot of times, but just haven't found the right thread yet. Could prozian veterans share your experiences (again)?
According to the market ecomomy, the demand and the offer tend to reach a balance. English-Chinese translation jobs are more often posted on the site than German-Chinese jobs, therefore more translators have qualified themselves for this language pair.
Do a directory search on the site, the language pair with the most registered translators is the hottest language pair.
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Zamira B.
United Kingdom
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| non-veteran's view | Nov 6, 2007 |
I agree with bale002 re legal translations, I would add also various technical manuals and marketing materials. At least this is my impression from Kudoz asked and jobs posted here on Proz.
And I would think your language pairs are in great demand.
[Edited at 2007-11-06 09:18]
| | | | Zamira B.
United Kingdom
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Member (2006)
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Bin Tiede wrote:
Do a directory search on the site, the language pair with the most registered translators is the hottest language pair.
Or oversupplied.
| | | | | To judge only from the Proz translation contests ... | Nov 6, 2007 |
Based only on the number of entries to Proz's translation contests, it seems that the most popular (hottest?) language pair is Spanish/English/Spanish. I doubt whether that actually represents which language pair is in most demand worldwide, but it seems to be the pair that's hottest here.
Regards,
Jenny.
| | | | Fan Gao
Australia
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| Think you've got it! | Nov 6, 2007 |
Hi Robert,
Don't know about speciality, but I reckon you have one of the hottest languages pairs currently and like bale002 said, it'll just continue to grow over the next decade. There's "hottest" in supply and "hottest" in demand of course, but I'm sure you're more interested in the "hottest" in demand:)
I've noticed some recent threads started by very young people still in education looking for the same information with the intention of a direction to go in, but of c... See more Hi Robert,
Don't know about speciality, but I reckon you have one of the hottest languages pairs currently and like bale002 said, it'll just continue to grow over the next decade. There's "hottest" in supply and "hottest" in demand of course, but I'm sure you're more interested in the "hottest" in demand:)
I've noticed some recent threads started by very young people still in education looking for the same information with the intention of a direction to go in, but of course it helps if you have some connection or interest in that target before you start down a new path....not that I'm assuming you're thinking of taking up a new language, but maybe looking to specialise in something new????
I'm really positive about the future of the Chinese translation market and I think over the next 10 years it's going to really explode. I also think that either finding a specialist niche or being an excellent all-rounder are both just as good and it really comes down to personal preference, whether you want to work in one or two specific areas or deal with a wide variety of projects....personally I prefer the latter for the variety. From the work we get, it's quite hard to tell which area is most in demand although legal and technological work probably comes quite high on the list.
I guess knowing the answer to this million dollar question is something everyone would love to know, but then again....what's hot today may not be so hot in the long term:) ▲ Collapse
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Steven Capsuto
United States
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| World events can shape this issue | Nov 6, 2007 |
Tim Drayton wrote:
I can only say that the Turkish-English pair has become much "hotter" than it was, say, five years ago.
If Turkey is ever successful in its attempt to join the European Union, Turkish would become an official E.U. language and there would surely be an explosion of demand for Turkish translators (particularly ones who can translate into Turkish).
[Edited at 2007-11-06 15:24]
| | | | Tim Drayton
Cyprus
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Steven Capsuto wrote: Tim Drayton wrote:
I can only say that the Turkish-English pair has become much "hotter" than it was, say, five years ago. If Turkey is ever successful in its attempt to join the European Union, Turkish would become an official E.U. language and there would surely be an explosion of demand for Turkish translators (particularly ones who can translate into Turkish). [Edited at 2007-11-06 15:24]
The strange thing is that an explosion in demand is taking place already (business driven rather than EU bureaucracy driven) and it makes me wonder if some kind of decision hasn't already been made in a smoke-filled room.
| | | | Irene N
United States
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| En-RU-En oil&gas | Nov 6, 2007 |
Is always in search of able bodies on both sides of the ocean. I'd certainly call it the hottest area in my pair, and one must be either really bad at it:-) not to find a client, or totally unwilling to go into it even for Tut's tomb treasure. I suspect that software development and related stuff must be next in line.
| | | | LoyalTrans
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| Depends on various factors | Nov 15, 2007 |
In the US, Monterey Institute just added Arabic to its translation/interpreting programs due to demand (for obvious reasons.)
[Edited at 2007-11-15 21:03]
| | | | | I'd say EN>Irish legal/business ;) | Nov 22, 2007 |
Steven Capsuto wrote:
If Turkey is ever successful in its attempt to join the European Union, Turkish would become an official E.U. language and there would surely be an explosion of demand for Turkish translators (particularly ones who can translate into Turkish).
[Edited at 2007-11-06 15:24]
That is EXACTLY what is happening with Irish Gaelic right now.
Unfortunately, native speakers are highly reluctant to go into translation, yet they get v. cross if their requested texts are not available in Irish.
However, EN>GA translation courses are really only kicking into action now and not back in 2003 when the Official Languages Act came into effect here in Ireland.
[Edited at 2007-11-22 17:27]
| | | | redred
China
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Bin Tiede wrote: Robert Cai wrote: I am sure that this topic must have been touched upon for a lot of times, but just haven't found the right thread yet. Could prozian veterans share your experiences (again)? According to the market ecomomy, the demand and the offer tend to reach a balance. English-Chinese translation jobs are more often posted on the site than German-Chinese jobs, therefore more translators have qualified themselves for this language pair.
But the supply of E-C is far exceeded the German-Chinese accordingly, the pair of Spanish and Chinese is better.
[Edited at 2007-11-29 04:52]
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