Translater

As part of my degree course in German and French there was, of course, a certain amount of translation work to do, and as well as doing the mandatory language classes that used translation assignments, I also took three modules in Translation Methodology. At the time I had no idea that I would end up making a living from translation, as I seemed destined for the bright lights of the then buoyant telecommunications industry. However, upon arriving in Austria and discovering that the job-market was very flat and also that there seemed to be no sense of urgency in recruiting, in fact I was still ... more

Judging by my clumsy style, you won’t be surprised to know that the degree I have reads: Artistic Translation from Spanish to Russian, prose and poetry. Living outside Russia (and Spain), I certainly have very little future in particularly this profession. Notwithstanding, I have spent almost all my weekends for the last seven years translating restaurant menus, brochures, catalogues, contracts, private letters and all the other interminable stuff. There are essentially two good things about translating: it’s considerably well-paid, and you are never out of work. As in any job ... more