I have a question for you

Question

What is the future, for a Spanish-English Interpreter in the USA?

or the world?

I really appreciate your help, because im going to the university and i chose "degree in languages" .

I am a curious man who enjoys learning new things.

Thanks.

Jonathan.

Answer 1

I think jeezzle's right. An awful lot of people speak Spanish and English. The more languages you know, the more you're worth. My old high school girlfriend in Venezuela is from Lisbon, and she's an interpreter there, now. She Speaks Spanish, French, English and Portuguese (of course) fluently. Where she lives that's a good combination.

Here in the U.S. I'd also agree with jeezzle and say that Mandarin and Arabic would be nice to know, as well as Japanese.

Look around you and see what size the ethnic communities are. The legal system desperately needs interpreters in SoCal for languages like Vietnamese, Hmong, Cambodian, etc. The communities are large, and there aren't that many people outside those communities that speak those languages, plus English.

thanks! for your time. - Jonathan_Salgado, Nov 22, 2010

Answer 2

Some say "we will all speak the same language one day" Maybe. In 500 years. Some say "google translate will one day translate perfectly thereby getting rid of the need for translators" Probably. 50 years from now. This is a good time to get your hands wet. But it will take much perseverance, and I doubt you can get by with Spanish and English alone. Maybe throw Mandarin or Arabic in the mix and you might get a good job in translating.

"to get your hands wet" - I think you're mixing your metaphors. :-) - KevinB, Nov 1, 2010