Translation

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Translation Interpretation Careers

• Jeff Wood, Director, Career Management
• Graduate School of Translation and Interpretation
• Monterey Institute of International Studies, CA

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T I Basics

• The T I Compass
• Translation Written to Written
• Interpretation Spoken to Spoken
• Sight Translation Written to Spoken
• Transcription Spoken to Written

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Translation Positions

• Translator - 2000 WPD
• Editor - in-house
• Proofer - w / Editor
• Tester - software
• Project Manager - big demand
• Real- time Translator - new

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Project Managers in Demand

• Budget Management
• Schedule / Time Management
• Vendor Resourcing / Testing
• Vendor Supervision
• Client Relations Management
• Quality Assurance (QA)
• Internal Liaison / Reporting

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Two Modes of Interpretation

• Consecutive takes longer,
  15 - min. segments
  
  
• Simultaneous A second behind speaker
  booths/headphones
  

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Interpretation Venues

• Escort - Ag Tours, Entertainment, State
• Community Court - State, Federal, UNICTR
• Community Medical - SHC, Mayo Clinic
• Telephone - LLS, NetworkOmni, Pacific,
  Teleinterpreters
• Seminar - State Training Business Meetings
• Conference - Consecutive / Simultaneous United
  Nations / EC / USDOS

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Most Common T I Topics

• Business, financial, marketing
• Community, court, legal
• Economic
• Government, diplomatic, political
• Literary
• Medical
• Scientific, technical, localization

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Monterey Institutes GSTI Alumni

• 35 are freelancers
• 20 in business
• 20 in government
• 15 in agencies - language service companies
• 10 in education / nonprofits

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The Five Freelance Factors

• Debt from educational loans
• Sharing bills with another
• Technology software/hardware
• Familiarity with the marketplace
• Business skills are key

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The Business Side of TI

• Client Development
• Client Maintenance
• Contract Negotiation
• Client Invoicing
• Client Collection

• Bookkeeping
• Hardware
• Software
• Taxes
• Professional Associations
• Network Development Maintenance
• Publishing

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The Language Factors

• Chinese
• English
• French
• German

• Japanese
• Korean
• Russian
• Spanish

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TI Salaries and Compensation

• Translators paid by Target Language Word
• Technical, Shorter, Need Yesterday More
• Interpreters paid per Day - Court Rates
• Interpreters also get expenses paid
• Pay varies by Language J, G, F, C, K, R, S
• Manufacturers / large corps. pay the most
• Small service companies / NPs pay the least

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Professional Associations

• USA
• ATA www.atanet.org
• NCTA www.ncta.org
• TTIG www.ttig.org
• CCIA www.ccia.org

• International
• FIT www.fit-ift.org
• AIIC www.aiic.net
• APETI Spanish TI

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TI Career Resources

• The Translators Handbook, 4th Edition Schreiber
  Publishing, Rockville, MD
• TI and Linguistics Publications, John Benjamins
  Publishing, Amsterdam, NL
• Multilingual Computing Technology with Special
  Supplements, Sandpoint, ID
• Monterey Institute GSTI Career Portal
  http//faculty.miis.edu/gsticareers

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TI Education Training

• Certificates
• UC Extensions
• U Hawaii EX
• Arizona State
• New York University EX
• Inlingua - DC
• Global TI Programs

• Graduate
• MIIS - GSTI, CA
• Kent State U, OH
• SUNY - Binghamton
• U of Charleston, South Carolina MA
  Bilingual Legal Interpreting http//page
  s.nyu.edu/ rb28/t-schools.html

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The Monterey Institute GSTI Program