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**Dfvgthyju** · 07-05-2008, 12:23 AM

Wow! What a diverse group to translate! Eric, what draws people to doing translation for a living? Is it the literature or the languages or the paycheck or some combination? It has got to be difficult, and often isolating, work, and I think you mentioned before there's a certain thanklessness to it -- thousands upon thousands of words all translated correctly, capturing the correct tone and cadence of the auther, but it's the typo on page 276 that you get to hear about -- so it must be a strong calling for someone to take their language skills in that direction as opposed to doing corporate or technical translation. I'm amazed, really, and, of course, very appreciative.

07-05-2008, 12:23 AM	#2
Dfvgthyju Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 548 Senior Member	Wow! What a diverse group to translate! Eric, what draws people to doing translation for a living? Is it the literature or the languages or the paycheck or some combination? It has got to be difficult, and often isolating, work, and I think you mentioned before there's a certain thanklessness to it -- thousands upon thousands of words all translated correctly, capturing the correct tone and cadence of the auther, but it's the typo on page 276 that you get to hear about -- so it must be a strong calling for someone to take their language skills in that direction as opposed to doing corporate or technical translation. I'm amazed, really, and, of course, very appreciative.
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