I'm going to become a translator. Can you give me some advice? For example, some useful books or videolessons about translation. And which special vocabulary should I learn?
Translation is awesome! I’m really passionate about it, and I enjoy creating foreign texts for local readers.
From the questions you asked, I think you need to do more research about becoming a translator. If you’re in university, can you take a translation class to try it out? Or if you’re not in university, do you know someone who does translation and you can see what it’s like to do a translation project? It’s also different between each language pair (usually, you translate from the foreign language to your native language), with what kind of industries are in demand and how much money you can make doing it.
I don’t know about too many practical books about translation…I know more translation theory books from my university classes, but I don’t think they would be helpful to you at this point. You might like to take a translation certification class, or an industry specific class for your language pair. You can see what your country’s translation association (if they have one) might offer, and proz.com is a good website to get started with too (you can find classes to take, see what other translators are like, see what kinds of projects are in demand, etc).
Good luck, I hope this is helpful!
