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Poll: Would you encourage your children to consider translation as a career? De persoon die dit onderwerp heeft geplaatst: ProZ.com Staff
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This forum topic is for the discussion of the poll question "Would you encourage your children to consider translation as a career?".
This poll was originally submitted by tilakahuja. View the poll results »
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I'll encourage them to do whatever they like and they're good at. Be it translation or anything else.
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Sophie Dzhygir wrote:
I'll encourage them to do whatever they like and they're good at. Be it translation or anything else.
Same here
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Paul Lambert 
Zweden
Local time: 14:22
Lid 2006
Zweeds naar Engels
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| Surprising poll result | Apr 18, 2015 |
I am surprised that so many of us voted "no" (as of this posting). Far more than "yes"! Can I only presume that translators think little of their professions? I would be interested in hearing from a few "no" voters what motivated that choice.
Of course, I took this question to be hypothetical (especially in my case since I have no children). Naturally, I agree with the above that we should encourage our children in whatever seems to interest them. However, given some future child of... See more I am surprised that so many of us voted "no" (as of this posting). Far more than "yes"! Can I only presume that translators think little of their professions? I would be interested in hearing from a few "no" voters what motivated that choice.
Of course, I took this question to be hypothetical (especially in my case since I have no children). Naturally, I agree with the above that we should encourage our children in whatever seems to interest them. However, given some future child of mine would express an interest in becoming a translator, I would certainly not discourage it.
Again, I would be interested in hearing what some "no" voters were thinking. ▲ Collapse
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Ty Kendall
Verenigd Koninkrijk
Local time: 13:22
Hebreeuws naar Engels
Because I have no intention of procreating and overpopulating the planet even further.
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neilmac
Spanje
Local time: 14:22
Spaans naar Engels
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I'd be happy to work with my daughter as a colleague if she ever decided to try. However, for now she's happy with her job in tourism, travelling all over the world.
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Yes, in the sense that my "child" already is a translator - mainly of Dutch. It was his own decision and, of course, I encouraged him. We encourage and help one another in a most agreeable way and have lovely rants about the multifarious joys of our profession.
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As a matter of fact, my son is studying translation now at the university.
I expect that, with experience, he will be a far better translator than I am.
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Ty Kendall wrote:
Because I have no intention of procreating and overpopulating the planet even further.
=> ok, but it doesn't answer the question. That's not what the poll is asking...
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| Definitely no. | Apr 18, 2015 |
In Russia in most cases it is impossible to make a living in this way. Especially if you live not in Moscow.
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| Exactly the same | Apr 18, 2015 |
Michael Harris wrote: Sophie Dzhygir wrote:
I'll encourage them to do whatever they like and they're good at. Be it translation or anything else. Same here
However I did - and do - encourage them as much as I could/can to learn foreign languages, for any career they chose/choose to follow.
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Carla Catolino
Italië
Local time: 14:22
Lid 2008
Italiaans naar Engels
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| I answered no....but | Apr 18, 2015 |
Okay, so I said no because like so many others....I am happy as long as my children are happy. However, my 14 year old daughter is studying languages at school and wants to go to one of the best universities for translators here in Italy when she is done high school. Of course, I am happy but as long as she is happy!
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Mónica Algazi
Uruguay
Local time: 09:22
Lid 2005
Engels naar Spaans
Sophie Dzhygir wrote:
I'll encourage them to do whatever they like and they're good at. Be it translation or anything else.
That said, if either of them wished to pursue a career as a translator, I would be more than happy to support him!
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| No - definitely | Apr 18, 2015 |
Because there is no future in translations - intelligent machine translation will become functional in a few short years and is one of the "hottest" fields of research.
[Edited at 2015-04-18 14:29 GMT]
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Paul Lambert wrote:
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I would be interested in hearing what some "no" voters were thinking.
I would most certainly encourage any child to become proficient in at least one non-native language. But, having spent the past 40 years or so as a translator, I would not encourage my own child (if I had one...) to become a translator.
To answer Paul’s question: I would far rather see my child using his own original thoughts and inspiration for the betterment of his own life – and that of others – than see him spending the next four decades churning out ‘second-hand’ thoughts, often perpetrated by people who have little or no grasp of the subject-matter of their writings.
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