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| legalhigh Newbie United States Joined 3914 days ago 4 posts - 4 votes | Message 1 of 13 19 March 2014 at 7:11am | IP Logged |
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I heard that you can make big money by translating if you are in the medical or legal field; exactly how do you
get into those fields and how much money can you make? Edited by legalhigh on 19 March 2014 at 7:13am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
 DavidStyles Octoglot Pro Member United Kingdom Joined 3942 days ago 82 posts - 179 votes  Speaks: English*, German, Italian, Spanish, Latin, French, Portuguese, Norwegian Studies: Mandarin, Russian, Swedish, Danish, Serbian, Arabic (Egyptian) Personal Language Map | Message 2 of 13 19 March 2014 at 4:30pm | IP Logged |
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I've heard that you can do well ;)
Translating is a very competitive field, as there are millions of native speakers of almost any language, and many of them are asking themselves "what can I do to earn a little more money?" and are registering as translators. Obviously medical and legal translating requires specialist vocabulary; do you have it? Do you have any medical or legal training? Your name "legalhigh" suggests that you might, though the fact that out of three sentences written on this site so far you've made mistakes in two of them (the title, and your one-liner profile) suggests that either you're not a native English speaker and/or your education is perhaps a little low for such a goal so far (which is not to say it can't be attained with time and effort). In short, for starters you'll need good qualifications, and an initial portfolio. This might mean you have to do translations for free for a bit to build a portfolio and gain a reputation. Which is unfortunate, because it drives down the prices for everyone else, but that's how the market is. 4 persons have voted this message useful | |
| James29 Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5376 days ago 1265 posts - 2113 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French | Message 3 of 13 19 March 2014 at 4:45pm | IP Logged |
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Welcome to the forum, legalhigh. The forum is a great place to learn and find whatever help you are looking for.
There is definitely demand in those areas. I'd suggest going to indeed.com and doing some searches based on the types of things you are interested or your anticipated qualifications. You will see various positions advertised along with pay. In addition to translation work, there are always document review positions available in the legal world (e.g. read these boring legal documents in XXX language and note anything that relates to YYY issue). 3 persons have voted this message useful | |
| legalhigh Newbie United States Joined 3914 days ago 4 posts - 4 votes | Message 4 of 13 22 March 2014 at 2:00am | IP Logged |
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I found a legal translator posting but it doesn't say what the salary is. http://cesllc.catsone.com/careers/index.php?m=portal&a=detai ls&jobOrderID=3562758&ref=indeed
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| Sarnek Diglot Senior Member Italy Joined 4216 days ago 308 posts - 414 votes Speaks: Italian*, English Studies: German, Swedish | Message 5 of 13 22 March 2014 at 9:31am | IP Logged |
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If you're going into translation (or any other field, for that matter) just for
the money, you're gonna have a bad time. 9 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Fuenf_Katzen Diglot Senior Member United States notjustajd.wordpress Joined 4370 days ago 337 posts - 476 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Polish, Ukrainian, Afrikaans | Message 6 of 13 24 March 2014 at 2:16am | IP Logged |
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Assuming you have some experience in the legal field, I would highly recommend you start off doing document review work in foreign languages. Legal language and phrasing is much different, and document review gives you a much lower pressured environment to learn how everything is phrased without having to do an LLM in the language. I know document review is seen as the low class area of the legal world, but especially in foreign language work, there's really no need for that stigma, and you can really learn a lot about the language (including translation, when the firm ultimately asks you on the spot to translate).
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 Iversen Super Polyglot Moderator Denmark berejst.dk Joined 6704 days ago 9078 posts - 16473 votes Speaks: Danish*, French, English, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Esperanto, Romanian, Catalan Studies: Afrikaans, Greek, Norwegian, Russian, Serbian, Icelandic, Latin, Irish, Lowland Scots, Indonesian, Polish, Croatian Personal Language Map | Message 7 of 13 24 March 2014 at 3:33pm | IP Logged |
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I have added one "do" and three dots to the title, but unfortunately I don't know anything about the subject of the thread. Edited by Iversen on 24 March 2014 at 3:34pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| shk00design Triglot Senior Member Canada Joined 4445 days ago 747 posts - 1123 votes Speaks: Cantonese*, English, Mandarin Studies: French | Message 8 of 13 24 March 2014 at 3:51pm | IP Logged |
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Normally I don't consider myself as a translator but more as a Web Designer / Graphic Designer. I do
post web-pages online in 2 languages. In a country like Canada, we accept a lot of immigrants every year. You can work in the Department of Immigration translating for immigrants on their status, especially if they are refugees who are recent arrivals and may not have a lot of education or not fluent in English. Another area we use translators a lot is in the court room for people who are not fluent in English. You probably need a certificate of some sort from a local community college or university. It would take time to get used to the legal terms used. We have a lot of French translators & interpreters already but there is a need for those who speak other foreign languages. There are call centres here who would hire people who are fluent in various languages to reach customers who may not be comfortable speaking English. But these tend to be low-paying jobs at the minimum hourly-wage allowed by the government with compensation added for each phone call made. Many of these jobs are now located in India. In some government departments they only hire people who are bilingual in English & French. As a way to screen applicants the ad would be posted in French. If you can't read the posting, you wouldn't apply. The last place to look for work is with an ethnic newspaper. We have local versions of Hong Kong newspapers like Ming Pao, Sing Dao, other newspapers serving the Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Filipino and other communities. You can submit articles to be published or work as an editor. Edited by shk00design on 24 March 2014 at 4:00pm 1 person has voted this message useful |
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