Translation job

Why give you a job, when there is Google Translator.

Try to ask indie devs (especially open source projects) to let you translate.

Sign up on Proz.com and with the ATA if you are in America. Start doing freelance work for LSPs (Language Service Providers). If you have any questions let me know. You will also probably need to invest in a CAT tool if you wish to do lots of work and actually make decent money.

The Big 3 LSPs are SDL, Lionbridge and Transperfect. Get in contact with one of their resource coordinators to get started. There are also many small companies that would gladly work with you.

What languages are you working with?

Oh Golly

translate for which language?

I translate BS into comprehensible gibberish for a living and I can tell you that it's one tough industry to get into. If you want my advice, I would recommend that you asdfg all of the whargarbbblll and try to get as much experience as possible wherever you can to enhance your resume.

Maybe you should start with picking a language (or telling people what languages you speak and how fluently)

I heard that translating Manga was really helpful for some people. I know that this is mostly Asian languages though, what language are you translating?

I'm a translator myself, I'm doing movie translation (you may call it dub-writing) most of the time (from English to Hungarian), and it's fun if you love it, but can be extremely boring over time if you don't. So think about that. :)

If you are interested, I started with making movie subtitles for the 'online community', as a hobby, and I loved it, so took a translation course, and applied to the university for English major.

Now it's my job, and I love it, so I wish you good luck, it can be done. ;)

I don't want to be a dick here, but your English isn't that great... If you want to make money with translating you should upgrade your English. Start practicing with making English subtitles for Polish tv shows, and vice-versa and ask for feedback from the subtitling community. It takes a lot more than "knowing the right words". Good luck!

:)

Proponuję zabranie się za jakiś kurs dla tłumaczy. Dużo praktyki i tłumaczenie różnorodnych tekstów (włączając takie których sami byśmy sobie nigdy nie wybrali).

first of all - it depends on what type of translator you wnat to be - if you want to simply work with mangas, or some other single thing, then focus on that, do a course, and gain some experience translating and watching other translations.

if you want to become a certified translator, it will require much more work and a simple course will not work - the easiest way is to sign-in on translator studies - be warned however, that it the material isn't easy, as you will be translating sometimes very mundane things, like documents, law-related material etc., so it's not all sunshine and rainbows :) still, if you want to try, then go. I think that translation requires two things - one is gained knowledge, the other determination and patience - only with both you can become a successful translator.