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British translators: strike while the iron is hot!

by Sarah Dillon

Brussels in Belgium and the European Union

Good news for British translators working into their native English:

Brussels puts out English Mayday.

Competition is clearly weak. My advice? Strike while the iron is hot, get your application in now. Best of all, this isn’t something that can be rectified anytime soon. Who said the days of a job for life were gone?!

Of course, I’m not sure where that leaves Irish translators working into English. Probably busy trying to muster enough rusty Gaeilge to help plug the shortfall of EU translators into Irish. Mind you, they’ll need more than a bit of luck to find an up-to-date and/or in-print version of an official Irish grammar, or any kind of relevant language materials for that matter…

Hat tip to Percy over at Translating is an Art for the article link.

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Last updated: 11 August, 2008 by Sarah Dillon. Filed Under: Starting up in translation Tagged With: European Union, Gaeilge, Irish, Irish language, job opps, UK

About Sarah Dillon

Sarah Dillon is an Irish cailín in Brisbane, Australia. She arrived Down Under via Germany, France, Spain, Ireland, and the UK, having originally trained as a professional translator. Sarah has been involved in the start-up phases of several international small businesses as a founder, advisor and director, and has worked for companies such as Apple Computers, Audi AG and Bain and Company. She is currently pursuing a PhD in international business. Read more about Sarah here.