Trabalú is a portal address for all translators who have just finished their degree or are completing their final-year studies in translation and interpreting and are looking for employment. This is an important and critical period and one in which making the right decision can be difficult.
How many students, when they have finished their degree, have asked themselves: now what? How do I look for job? Do I specialize in a particular area? Should I study for a Master’s degree? Furthermore, if I choose to work freelance, how do I establish my rates? Will it be profitable? Could I make a living solely from translation? This long list of questions reflects the dilemmas facing newly qualified translators and interpreters today. The best means of solving these problems and other doubts is to obtain detailed information regarding the life and work of professional translators, so that no unpleasant surprises arise. In this respect, we can seek advice regarding the most basic aspects of translation, point our professional career in the right direction and assess the different possibilities that the current market offers in a realistic and objective way.
Translation is an activity that requires certain expressive and linguistic abilities, combined with ongoing work on the part of the translator, who must place considerable emphasis on research and obtaining contextual knowledge and who must be able to communicate this knowledge in different languages. All of this effort and determination and enthusiasm for the art of professional translation will constitute a solid and promising basis for a career in translation. With a view to helping you prepare for this great challenge, why not visit the different sections of this portal?
