How to become a good interpreter

After changing several jobs, but none of them are satisfactory, you should think carefully about what is suitable for you.

Why did you choose interpreting? Do you understand this industry? If it's for income, there are many jobs that pay more than interpreting. If it is for the so-called glory, interpreting is just a job, far inferior to those who show their faces on stage.

Similarly, listening to English songs, watching English movies, and learning new words can only be regarded as interests. It is far different from the effort required to learn and practice interpretation.

1. You must think carefully about whether interpreting is suitable for you. Because once you make a decision, you have to spend a lot of time and energy.

2. Interpreters are not so good now. How many colleges and universities across the country offer English majors? How many English undergraduates graduate each year? How many unemployed students are there who are in the fourth grade of college after passing the eighth level of their major? At the fourth-year level, oral communication is basically no problem. You also have certain skills in writing. What are your advantages over them? How can you stand out?

3. As an interpreter, it is normal to travel, but not everyone stays in five-star hotels. . . Nowadays, the boss is also very stingy and does not pay as much attention to the translators’ food and accommodation conditions as he did in the past.

4. There are many ways to improve speaking. For example, English movies and TV series have many rich expressions that can be excerpted for accumulation. If you have good hearing, you can cover the subtitles to listen to American dramas and so on. The foreign magazines and background knowledge you usually read can be used as spoken language materials. Whether it is retelling or summarizing, try to make it your own. There are many free websites or audio communication software for chatting with foreigners on the Internet, which you can try. Show off what you have accumulated and strengthen communication, and your speaking skills will improve faster.

5. Training classes? Dozens of people are chatting around a teacher. Is that a speaking class? Either take a spoken language book, tell you the words and syntax one by one, and then ask you to recite it, and a few people can have a small situational dialogue. How much do you think you can improve?