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Poll: Do you have formal training in languages or translation? | Do I need one?

Daryo — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 10:32:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Do you have formal training in languages or translation?
Poster: Daryo
Post title: Do I need one?

The best job I had was for an institution which very sensibly would take anyone with ANY university degree - as long as you can pass a practical test which has a one digit percentage pass rate.

How would you count going to École élémentaire, Lycée and University (nothing related to languages) in France? Is that a 'formal training in languages or translation'?

I suspect that in fact you had in mind university education - 'training' in UK is reserved for learning practical skills. You would 'train' for example to be a professional driver (let's leave our old friend the plumber alone, for once).

Not sure if they qualify as training or education, but I did get two certificates definitely related to languages: the Cambridge Certificate in Advanced English and the IELTS (basically a test in academic English).

Poll: Do you have formal training in languages or translation? | Yes

WolfgangS — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 17:03:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Do you have formal training in languages or translation?
Poster: WolfgangS
Post title: Yes

I grew up in a multilingual scholar environment (Scuola Europea Varese, French, German, Italian, English), after the "baccalauréat" i got a degree in translation and interpreting at the Scuola Interpreti&Traduttori in Milan.

Poll: Do you have formal training in languages or translation? | Yes

Maria Laura Curzi — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 16:32:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Do you have formal training in languages or translation?
Poster: Maria Laura Curzi
Post title: Yes

Yes, I have a degree in Technical-Scientific and Literary Translation, besides the language courses I took in English (First Certificate) and Portuguese (Celpe-Bras).

I chose this degree over the Sworn Translation degree because I didn't want to go to the Faculty of Law and study the same subjects as lawyers.

Poll: Do you have formal training in languages or translation? | Yes

neilmac — Sun, 07 Dec 2025 11:02:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Do you have formal training in languages or translation?
Poster: neilmac
Post title: Yes

I studied German, French and Russian at school and later took a BA degree in Russian and French. Translation as it is understood nowadays was not part of the course, although we did translate passages to and from these languages.

Although I work translating Spanish to English, I never studied Spanish formally except as a very basic half class in my final year at university, but acquired it after living in Spain and working in TEFL for some years.

[Edited at 2025-12-07 11:05 GMT]

Poll: Do you have formal training in languages or translation? | What do you mean?

Gregor Trebec — Sun, 07 Dec 2025 10:49:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Do you have formal training in languages or translation?
Poster: Gregor Trebec
Post title: What do you mean?

I had English in school(s) and visit places. :D

[Edited at 2025-12-07 11:32 GMT]

Poll: Do you have formal training in languages or translation? | Other

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida — Sun, 07 Dec 2025 10:42:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Do you have formal training in languages or translation?
Poster: Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Post title: Other

I received formal training in languages (English, French, Italian and Spanish), but not in translation. Translation found me rather late in life…

Poll: Do you have formal training in languages or translation?

ProZ.com Staff — Sun, 07 Dec 2025 08:10:04 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Do you have formal training in languages or translation?
Poster: ProZ.com Staff

This forum topic is for the discussion of the poll question "Do you have formal training in languages or translation?".

This poll was originally submitted by Vladimir Dubisskiy. View the poll results »