Translation & interpretation
You translate documents or interpret live between languages for clients. You're paid per word or per hour, and certified work pays more.
I already explained in the previous one. I have two side hustles; both for interpreting services. One is over the phone/video calls and the other is on-site interpreting.
What I dislike about interpreting is that the majority of clients do not know how to use interpretation services. My advice I would give someone starting with interpreting is to continually keep learning terminology and to give it time to get used to interpreting. I don’t think I would change anything about my side hustle, I just wish more people will be educated or aware of how interpreters work if they’re going to need one, but for that I do explain how it works in the beginning of the encounter but people tend to forget and then they don’t really follow the rules right. The rules pretty much are to speak in clear and short sentences so that I can interpret everything, many tend to believe interpreters are like robots or walking dictionaries. And a good interpreter doesn’t summarize, it interprets the meaning of everything that was said into the target language. Thank you.
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