While less secure, this kind of environment is one of the most challenging and exciting. Various international organizations or businesses offer staff positions for translators. At the same time, a staff translator does not choose the documents to be translated, and only in rare occasions will the subject matter of these materials vary. While the resources and clients are provided, and a translator can work and consult with colleagues without leaving the work-place, this is one of the careers that offers the least flexibility. But as the year progresses, I discover more options and more answers, as I talk with professionals in the field.
New words arise as new fields take shape.
English, for example, is the source language for most of the Internet terminology, but words must be found in other languages as this communications network finds a niche throughout the world. Leaving the terms in English not only reduces a language's development, it often alienates many of its speakers. You may find that you know nothing about water treatment plants and infrastructure in Brazil, when you accept a document that you are expected to translate in two days, giving you no time for research. When a client gives you a document to translate, it is due yesterday. It takes a translator as much time to translate a text as it did the author to write its original.