The Prospects for Translation Profession

2.1.The Prospects for Translation Profession

Translator proffesion is supposedly synonymous with intellectual professions which are sometimes associated with a higher education level. Really like that?, too bad if the old byword still held. Though this profession is very promising as a career or business. According to Mr. Wiyanto Suroso at HPI for a career as an interpreter that we don’t need a specific license or certification. As a translator, skill is required. Not an education degree or TOEFL (Test of English as Foreign Language) or if it had been living abroad for some time. That skill evidence is in the translation result. If it had lived abroad but the translation result is bad, that’s right that it can’t be translator. Conversely, though we learn the language self-taught, for example, provided that translation result is good, of course client or publisher will be happy to give orders to us. There are many prospects for translation profession.

           2.7.1    Education Sector

In the education sector we can choose to be instructor, teacher, tutor, mentor, instructor, trainer or consultant in education and training organization., for example school, course, and the organization of study guidance. If you had no degree or you are studying, constantly it had had skill in English that can open extracurricular tutorial lesson, study guidance in English.  If we had had degree, so our opportunity will be more opened as a teacher at formal institution.

           2.7.2    Tourism Sector

For who likes traveling to know many places either in Indonesia or the world, so we can choose a profession as tour guide. So, certainlywe need English ability as the basic of communication to guide tourists. We will get as base communication to us in guiding tourists. We will get two advantages including concept about interesting place in the world that becomes increasing and certainly our ultimate will increase immediately.

           2.7.3    Translator and Interpreter

Prospect in translation sector is very promising although for becoming  translator and interpreter hard. We need high experience so that it is paid more expensive. We should to take interpreting course, workshop, and training to add our knowledge about translation sector. We don’t be worriedwith our future, because many prospects and opportunities such as to translate student tasks, request from private companies, request from goverment project. Moreover, maybe we can get work from international institutions, if we were known and dependable.

           2.7.4    Author (online & offline)

Author profession for English sector also will get many bids, especially in online era, many works to write an article for one page then  itis posted on the website of clients. We can access on the sites, outsource online is very domminant with writing of article with its cost is very expensive. The bid of language article on the internet is not only from Indonesia, but also from around the world. We can access the site like freelancer.co.id (the bigger of outsource market in the world), fiverr.com, and hundreds like them either local or international that bid online work.

           2.7.5    Work at Multinational Companies, Foreign Department, Hotel Business, and Airline

If we worked at prestigious companies, whatever our position, so the requirement of English skill is much needed.  Please read job opportunities on the newspaper, is there the requirement to have English skill. We certainly will find it, moreover it is writtenin English.