Posted on Saturday, 2nd August 2008 by admin
Often when we talk about reasons for learning Spanish, the topic of opening up career possibilities is raised. It’s said that being bilingual can improve your salary by up to 15%, yet rarely do we discuss the potential of actually making a living from your skills. That means, shaking the hand of your boss and retiring away for a life on the freelance highway. Here we’ll take a look at the career of an English-Spanish translator, and how you can become a Spanish translator with money and time to burn.
Whether you see it as such or not, the Internet is a thriving marketplace. It brings together special skills from around the world and thus creates a swirling pool of opportunity for those who have something to sell. Spanish translation is a key niche market which takes a little investigation to uncover, but rewards tremendously when exploited.
Why would I want to become a Spanish translator?
Freedom, flexibility, the ability to be your own boss. These are just three of many reasons why so many millions have flocked to the freelance world. Spanish-English translation has that rare appeal of being a job which pays highly - well above your average English copywriting - and also rewards knowledge. Once you can turn Spanish to English, or English to Spanish, you can fulfill hundreds of potential job postings.
There is no substitute for translation skills. This isn’t a market where money-minded project managers dispense their budgets to the lowest bidder, in the hope of a mediocre piece which they can turn in to something better. As a translator of Spanish, you are a highly skilled professional who can charge substantial sums for as little as an hour’s work. Why? Because quality is harder to find!
Making money with your Spanish skills.
We strongly advise you check out Elance, Guru and Get a Freelancer. These are some of the most popular freelance auction sites on the Internet and they host tens of thousands of projects every single day. You will find whole sections dedicated to Spanish-English translation. And you know what’s best? These projects are LOW on bids and HIGH on budget! What does that say? It says that if you’re not an expert in Spanish already, now’s the time to go that extra mile and make a killing with your new set of skills.
The concept is simple. Project Managers are regularly faced with problems that require a professional solution, yet they don’t have the recurring work to merit an in-house solution. This makes it ideal for them to outsource - and the three sites above are the hot spots for such activity.
When you sign up, you’ll find yourself in a pool of other freelancers with the opportunity to bid on projects. Set your hourly charge and off you go. It really is so simple that within moments, you can be translating a page of text in to Spanish and earning three figured sums for fifteen minute’s work.
THAT is the appeal of being a skilled professional. And THAT is why we preach the incredible value of programs like Rocket Spanish which can change your life for the better.
By starting from the ground up, you can make a second income raking in hundreds of dollars every single month. Yes, you have to work for it. There’s no such thing as a get rich quick scheme on the Internet. It’ll take time and the very best of your Spanish skills, but it’s quite possible - and many people are doing it today - to make a full-time slary with part-time hours as a Spanish translator.
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