Are you looking for a qualified and experienced Bengali / Sylheti
Interpreter ? An Interpreter with thousands of hours of experience
working at Courts, Police Stations, Solicitors' offices, Hospitals,
Prisons, Probation office,Home office, Film makers etc ?Interpreter
with very flexible attitude,willing to travel and accept jobs at short
notice and whose rates are very reasonable ? Then contact me Mohammad
Choudhury on 07832371577 or email me at mognichoudhury@yahoo.com
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You can tell from my long period of absence from these pages that I have been quite busy.Yes, again the last few weeks have been very interesting !I feel tempted to tell you the stories but I have to be careful to protect the privacy of the people I have interpreted for.But I have to say that this is the most enjoyable work I have ever done in my life.I am a late starter in this field really.I should have started ages ago !It would have been much more interesting and richer !( I mean experience wise; not financially.)
One advantage of writing this blog is that apart from the interpreting work, I also get in contact with people who want to be interpretrs themselves and ask for advice,guidance etc. Some just like my writing style and phone me just to show their appreciation. I personally do not think there is anything special about my writing style at all.I just write in the very simplest form.So I am grateful to those readers who have expressed their appreciation.If for nothing else, it is worthwhile writing these posts just for those readers.I take my hat off to you guys.
I want to add a different angle to the interpreting job market today. It is no great secret any more that China is a great trading power in today's world.And their trade and influence is going to increase even more.Whether you think in terms of trade between Bangladesh and China or trade between English speaking countries and China. And China is also increasingly a growing tourist destination. So what does that mean? Do you spot an opportunity here? If you can speak Chinese or want to learn it do you see the potential here? You will be in demand. I wish I was few years younger! I would certainly give it a go then !
I am not just speculating here either. I have seen ad for Chinese- Bengali interpreters.So you have got the proof ! Intrigued? Why don't you give it a go?
I just want to add abit of legal disclaimer though.My posts here are only for information purposes.I am not giving you any career advice or offering any guarantee of employment.So there is no contract between you and I of any job offer or any financial matter.You should take legal or professional advice before you invest in any courses etc. and you do so at your own risk and assume your own responsibility.
Sunday, 21 March 2010
Monday, 1 February 2010
Recent vacancies for Bengali Interpreters
Recently there have been quite a few opportunities available for new or
would be interpreters.Just today one agency has advertised for interpreters
based in Scotland.I know there are very few Bengali interpreters in Scotland.
So if you are based in Scotland, this is a great opportunity for you.
Couple of weeks ago, one of the Police forces in Yorkshire advertised for Bengali
(as well as other language )interpreters. The best thing about that opportunity
was that they would give you the training as well( I think they were paying the course fee).When I did the course, I paid my hard earned money for that. So again,
if you are based in Yorkshire, this is an excellent opportunity for you.You would gain the DPSI or Met Police Interpreters' qualification and so you would be accepted on the NRPSI register.So on top of the Police jobs, you would also get asked for other jobs(like court assignments all over the country).These opportunities are too good to miss in my opinion.If you had your eyes and ears open and you managed to secure a place for yourself on any of the above, congratulations !Perhaps you would want to share your story on these pages.I would be quite happy to let you tell others about your success.
I came across two more interpreting vacancies last month.One was a salaried position for a Bengali Interpreter in the Bristol area.The other one was in Northern Ireland.Again, if you have been lucky/smart enough to secure a place, congratulations ! On the other hand, if you missed these chances, I would say, don't worry too much.No point regreting for the past.But be prepared in future.Keep your eyes and ears open.Be creative.Use your imagination.And I wish you best of luck.
would be interpreters.Just today one agency has advertised for interpreters
based in Scotland.I know there are very few Bengali interpreters in Scotland.
So if you are based in Scotland, this is a great opportunity for you.
Couple of weeks ago, one of the Police forces in Yorkshire advertised for Bengali
(as well as other language )interpreters. The best thing about that opportunity
was that they would give you the training as well( I think they were paying the course fee).When I did the course, I paid my hard earned money for that. So again,
if you are based in Yorkshire, this is an excellent opportunity for you.You would gain the DPSI or Met Police Interpreters' qualification and so you would be accepted on the NRPSI register.So on top of the Police jobs, you would also get asked for other jobs(like court assignments all over the country).These opportunities are too good to miss in my opinion.If you had your eyes and ears open and you managed to secure a place for yourself on any of the above, congratulations !Perhaps you would want to share your story on these pages.I would be quite happy to let you tell others about your success.
I came across two more interpreting vacancies last month.One was a salaried position for a Bengali Interpreter in the Bristol area.The other one was in Northern Ireland.Again, if you have been lucky/smart enough to secure a place, congratulations ! On the other hand, if you missed these chances, I would say, don't worry too much.No point regreting for the past.But be prepared in future.Keep your eyes and ears open.Be creative.Use your imagination.And I wish you best of luck.
Friday, 25 December 2009
Right attitude of would be interpreters
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Are you looking for a qualified and experienced Bengali / Sylheti
Interpreter ? An Interpreter with thousands of hours of experience
working at Courts, Police Stations, Solicitors' offices, Hospitals,
Prisons, Probation office,Home office, Film makers etc ?Interpreter
with very flexible attitude,willing to travel and accept jobs at short
notice and whose rates are very reasonable ?
Or do you need to translate a document in Bengali in to English or vice versa
at a short notice?
How about Transcription? Got a recording in Bengali that you want transcribed in to English? You have come to the right place.
Contact me Mohammad Choudhury on 07832371577 or email me at mognichoudhury@yahoo.com
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As an interpreter I get to know very intimate details of a person or a family.But of course I am bound by the code of confidentaility.So I can not divulge anything to any third party.But I suppose if I were inclined to write fictions (story or book)these experiences could give me a lot of ideas to create plots for my stories.
Certainly working as an interpreter is a very enriching experience.Life is really very interesting and real life is really more interesting than works of fictions.
Through this blog I also come in to contact with different kinds of people.Today I want to talk about one particular type that I come into contact with.These people bump into my blog and it intrigues them and they fancy having a go at interpreting. They want to become an interpreter.Nothing wrong with that so far.But problem starts when they think that since they can speak Bengali and English, they can become Bengali interpreters.They ask me to guide them or give them some information or give them some job.
But remember that is not the only criteria to qualify to work as a Bengali Interpreter (or interpreter of any language for that matter). If that was all that was required, then almost everybody would be an interpreter ! Please think a little. You need a bit more than that. You need some qualifications.Now a days any agency you want to work with would ask you for some interpreting qualifications. And courts would not accept you if you do not hold DPSI and/or if you are not NRPSI register.Some interpreters have got into trouble by accepting double booking and sending friends to one of the bookings.What happened, was that the friend could not read Bengali.So when they were asked to read a Bengali document and do a sight translation, they got stuck.Then the truth came out.The friend delegating the work got in to serious trouble.Got prosecuted and sent to prison I believe.So at least you can see that on top of the ability to speak the languages, you also at least need to be able to read them.
And delegating work like that is also against the ethics.There are a whole lot of codes you need to follow.So do not think it is easy or a casual business. It is serious and you need to be prepared and have the right attitudes and qualifications.
Still interested? Good. If you are still reading then you are the right type and I can certainly guide you the right way and give you helpful information. If you are the serious type, I do not mind helping you as much possible.You are welcome to contact me.Drop me line.( you have got my email at the top of this post) or call me.Again my number is displayed at the top.I wish you best of luck.And a very very happy and prosperous new year.
Are you looking for a qualified and experienced Bengali / Sylheti
Interpreter ? An Interpreter with thousands of hours of experience
working at Courts, Police Stations, Solicitors' offices, Hospitals,
Prisons, Probation office,Home office, Film makers etc ?Interpreter
with very flexible attitude,willing to travel and accept jobs at short
notice and whose rates are very reasonable ?
Or do you need to translate a document in Bengali in to English or vice versa
at a short notice?
How about Transcription? Got a recording in Bengali that you want transcribed in to English? You have come to the right place.
Contact me Mohammad Choudhury on 07832371577 or email me at mognichoudhury@yahoo.com
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As an interpreter I get to know very intimate details of a person or a family.But of course I am bound by the code of confidentaility.So I can not divulge anything to any third party.But I suppose if I were inclined to write fictions (story or book)these experiences could give me a lot of ideas to create plots for my stories.
Certainly working as an interpreter is a very enriching experience.Life is really very interesting and real life is really more interesting than works of fictions.
Through this blog I also come in to contact with different kinds of people.Today I want to talk about one particular type that I come into contact with.These people bump into my blog and it intrigues them and they fancy having a go at interpreting. They want to become an interpreter.Nothing wrong with that so far.But problem starts when they think that since they can speak Bengali and English, they can become Bengali interpreters.They ask me to guide them or give them some information or give them some job.
But remember that is not the only criteria to qualify to work as a Bengali Interpreter (or interpreter of any language for that matter). If that was all that was required, then almost everybody would be an interpreter ! Please think a little. You need a bit more than that. You need some qualifications.Now a days any agency you want to work with would ask you for some interpreting qualifications. And courts would not accept you if you do not hold DPSI and/or if you are not NRPSI register.Some interpreters have got into trouble by accepting double booking and sending friends to one of the bookings.What happened, was that the friend could not read Bengali.So when they were asked to read a Bengali document and do a sight translation, they got stuck.Then the truth came out.The friend delegating the work got in to serious trouble.Got prosecuted and sent to prison I believe.So at least you can see that on top of the ability to speak the languages, you also at least need to be able to read them.
And delegating work like that is also against the ethics.There are a whole lot of codes you need to follow.So do not think it is easy or a casual business. It is serious and you need to be prepared and have the right attitudes and qualifications.
Still interested? Good. If you are still reading then you are the right type and I can certainly guide you the right way and give you helpful information. If you are the serious type, I do not mind helping you as much possible.You are welcome to contact me.Drop me line.( you have got my email at the top of this post) or call me.Again my number is displayed at the top.I wish you best of luck.And a very very happy and prosperous new year.
Monday, 30 November 2009
Meeting Other Interpreters
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Are you looking for a qualified and experienced Bengali / Sylheti
Interpreter ? An Interpreter with thousands of hours of experience
working at Courts, Police Stations, Solicitors' offices, Hospitals,
Prisons, Probation office,Home office, Film makers etc ?Interpreter
with very flexible attitude,willing to travel and accept jobs at short
notice and whose rates are very reasonable ? Then contact me Mohammad
Choudhury on 07832371577 or email me at mognichoudhury@yahoo.com
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Lot of you interested in working as a Bengali/Sylheti interpreter have contacted
me over the last two months.I have given you names of some agencies and told you
about sites where you can register yourselves.I hope that has been helpful.Some of you have just contacted me to say that you enjoy reading my blog.Thank you for the
kind comments.
If I have not been able to call you back that is for two reasons.Either I have been very busy or I lost your contact details.See, if you call me at a time when I am busy, it is not always practical for me to save your phone number.So please do not get me wrong. I am not a snob and I have not ignored you deliberately.That's why I always urge you to contact me via email.That way,I can get back to you when I am less busy and also your contact details are more safely stored.
I am also embarrassed about deleting the email of a person who tried to get me a booking.I was not sure how to respond to it.Because if the person managed to send me the email then how they would need an interpreter for a driving test?If you are that person reading my blog now, I do apologize to you.You can contact me again and I will try to help you.If you have already passed your test, congratulations ! If you are going for your test soon, I wish you best of luck.
Last two months have been very interestting. I have met few excellent interpreters and have learnt from them some new skills.See, there is always something to learn.Again I have been to few places up and down the country.I have been to Scotland and gone past the Lochness (did not see Nessy though!), been to Southampton, Bournemouth,Northampton,Milton Keynes,Different parts of Essex and Hertfordshire, Luton and of course different parts of London.
In the next post I want to talk about some ethical issues and what not to do as an interpreter.Some interpreters are in trouble for doing some wrong things. When you start to work as an interpreter you want to avoid doing those things. Otherwise that gives the whole community a bad reputation and you personally could get into trouble as well.
Are you looking for a qualified and experienced Bengali / Sylheti
Interpreter ? An Interpreter with thousands of hours of experience
working at Courts, Police Stations, Solicitors' offices, Hospitals,
Prisons, Probation office,Home office, Film makers etc ?Interpreter
with very flexible attitude,willing to travel and accept jobs at short
notice and whose rates are very reasonable ? Then contact me Mohammad
Choudhury on 07832371577 or email me at mognichoudhury@yahoo.com
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Lot of you interested in working as a Bengali/Sylheti interpreter have contacted
me over the last two months.I have given you names of some agencies and told you
about sites where you can register yourselves.I hope that has been helpful.Some of you have just contacted me to say that you enjoy reading my blog.Thank you for the
kind comments.
If I have not been able to call you back that is for two reasons.Either I have been very busy or I lost your contact details.See, if you call me at a time when I am busy, it is not always practical for me to save your phone number.So please do not get me wrong. I am not a snob and I have not ignored you deliberately.That's why I always urge you to contact me via email.That way,I can get back to you when I am less busy and also your contact details are more safely stored.
I am also embarrassed about deleting the email of a person who tried to get me a booking.I was not sure how to respond to it.Because if the person managed to send me the email then how they would need an interpreter for a driving test?If you are that person reading my blog now, I do apologize to you.You can contact me again and I will try to help you.If you have already passed your test, congratulations ! If you are going for your test soon, I wish you best of luck.
Last two months have been very interestting. I have met few excellent interpreters and have learnt from them some new skills.See, there is always something to learn.Again I have been to few places up and down the country.I have been to Scotland and gone past the Lochness (did not see Nessy though!), been to Southampton, Bournemouth,Northampton,Milton Keynes,Different parts of Essex and Hertfordshire, Luton and of course different parts of London.
In the next post I want to talk about some ethical issues and what not to do as an interpreter.Some interpreters are in trouble for doing some wrong things. When you start to work as an interpreter you want to avoid doing those things. Otherwise that gives the whole community a bad reputation and you personally could get into trouble as well.
Wednesday, 30 September 2009
Lessons For Bengali Interpreters
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Are you looking for a qualified and experienced Bengali / Sylheti
Interpreter ? An Interpreter with thousands of hours of experience
working at Courts, Police Stations, Solicitors' offices, Hospitals,
Prisons, Probation office,Home office, Film makers etc ?Interpreter
with very flexible attitude,willing to travel and accept jobs at short
notice and whose rates are very reasonable ? Then contact me Mohammad
Choudhury on 07832371577 or email me at mognichoudhury@yahoo.com
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Interpreters have been in the news lately.The most interesting one that caught my eyes was that of the Libyan leader Col. Gaddafi's Arabic Interpreter.You must have heard the story of Mr. Gaddafi's very long statement at the United Nations.
I want to mention first that I am not making any kind of political statement here.Nothing for or against Mr. Gaddafi either.I am merely mentioning the story just because I found it interesting and because it was reported in the media and was highlighted a lot.
The story goes like this : Though the United Nations has it's own pool of expert Arabic Interpreters, Mr. Gaddafi insisted on using his own interpreter.Now what happened is this : since he went on for so long, the poor interpreter cried out at the 90th minute saying ' I can't take it any more' !
And the UN's Interpreter had to take over.It went smoothly thereafter though.The point is this : apparently there is provision at the UN for interpreters to have a break every 40 minutes.So the interpreter who broke down did so because they had been carrying on for 90 minutes without break.
When I have been in courts and the sessions have been long, the judges have always been very considerate. they have always offered me breaks every so often.
At the beginning I mentioned about interpretrs being in the news. The other news that caught my eyes was that of an Afghan interpreter being shot dead by the American soldiers.In the last few years I have heard/ read about so many interpreters loosing their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan that I feel they deserve a mention here on this blog.
So I hope you would also spare a few moments for those innocent victims of the wars.
How about you ? have you come across any interesting story/ news regarding interpreters ? If so would you like to share the story here ? Feel free to do so by either adding it as a comment or email me the story and if reasonable, I will publish it on the next post.Bye for now.
Are you looking for a qualified and experienced Bengali / Sylheti
Interpreter ? An Interpreter with thousands of hours of experience
working at Courts, Police Stations, Solicitors' offices, Hospitals,
Prisons, Probation office,Home office, Film makers etc ?Interpreter
with very flexible attitude,willing to travel and accept jobs at short
notice and whose rates are very reasonable ? Then contact me Mohammad
Choudhury on 07832371577 or email me at mognichoudhury@yahoo.com
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Interpreters have been in the news lately.The most interesting one that caught my eyes was that of the Libyan leader Col. Gaddafi's Arabic Interpreter.You must have heard the story of Mr. Gaddafi's very long statement at the United Nations.
I want to mention first that I am not making any kind of political statement here.Nothing for or against Mr. Gaddafi either.I am merely mentioning the story just because I found it interesting and because it was reported in the media and was highlighted a lot.
The story goes like this : Though the United Nations has it's own pool of expert Arabic Interpreters, Mr. Gaddafi insisted on using his own interpreter.Now what happened is this : since he went on for so long, the poor interpreter cried out at the 90th minute saying ' I can't take it any more' !
And the UN's Interpreter had to take over.It went smoothly thereafter though.The point is this : apparently there is provision at the UN for interpreters to have a break every 40 minutes.So the interpreter who broke down did so because they had been carrying on for 90 minutes without break.
When I have been in courts and the sessions have been long, the judges have always been very considerate. they have always offered me breaks every so often.
At the beginning I mentioned about interpretrs being in the news. The other news that caught my eyes was that of an Afghan interpreter being shot dead by the American soldiers.In the last few years I have heard/ read about so many interpreters loosing their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan that I feel they deserve a mention here on this blog.
So I hope you would also spare a few moments for those innocent victims of the wars.
How about you ? have you come across any interesting story/ news regarding interpreters ? If so would you like to share the story here ? Feel free to do so by either adding it as a comment or email me the story and if reasonable, I will publish it on the next post.Bye for now.
Sunday, 6 September 2009
Bengali Interpreting - some more opportunities
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Are you looking for a qualified and experienced Bengali / Sylheti
Interpreter ? An Interpreter with thousands of hours of experience
working at Courts, Police Stations, Solicitors' offices, Hospitals,
Prisons, Probation office,Home office, Film makers etc ?Interpreter
with very flexible attitude,willing to travel and accept jobs at short
notice and whose rates are very reasonable ? Then contact me Mohammad
Choudhury on 07832371577 or email me at mognichoudhury@yahoo.com
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If you follow this blog regularly or even from time to time, I hope you are
intrigued by some of the stories I have told.Whatever else you think at least
you would agree that interpreting is not a boring profession.Unless ofcourse you work as a salaried interpreter for a certain organisation and it is always the
same kind of interpreting (e.g. medical interpreting; though even there no two
patient would have the exact same illness. Infact I have also done quite a bit of medical interpreting and even that has been very interesting !)
You can also see from my experience that there are so many different areas
you can work in that it can not be boring.You get to meet so many different
people and get to hear so many different stories that it can not be anything else than interesting !
Anyway, today I am going to mention another field of interpreting which would
suit most people and which I should have mentioned long before ! I am sorry that it did not come to my mind sooner but I also blame you guys for not asking me the right questions ! If you were a bit more enthusiastic and a bit more interactive, you could have triggered the thoughts in my mind long time ago.
And interpreters of any language would benefit from this bit of information.Not only the Bengali/Sylheti interpreters but also interpreters of Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi, Chinese, Persian, French,German, Arabic, Italian, spanish or whatever language.
The field is of course Telephone Interpreting.There seem to be a lot of work
in that field.I have done some.I was getting calls everyday but could not take
the calls as I was out most of the time.Hence I had to inform the agency that I would be unavailable for the moment.
It would probably suit the ladies more.If you are unable or unwilling to go out
for whatever reason and still want to do a bit of work while staying at home, I think telephone interpreting would be very good.
If you are interested to find out more or need any other information regarding this, you can contact me and then I can give you the right directions.
Are you looking for a qualified and experienced Bengali / Sylheti
Interpreter ? An Interpreter with thousands of hours of experience
working at Courts, Police Stations, Solicitors' offices, Hospitals,
Prisons, Probation office,Home office, Film makers etc ?Interpreter
with very flexible attitude,willing to travel and accept jobs at short
notice and whose rates are very reasonable ? Then contact me Mohammad
Choudhury on 07832371577 or email me at mognichoudhury@yahoo.com
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If you follow this blog regularly or even from time to time, I hope you are
intrigued by some of the stories I have told.Whatever else you think at least
you would agree that interpreting is not a boring profession.Unless ofcourse you work as a salaried interpreter for a certain organisation and it is always the
same kind of interpreting (e.g. medical interpreting; though even there no two
patient would have the exact same illness. Infact I have also done quite a bit of medical interpreting and even that has been very interesting !)
You can also see from my experience that there are so many different areas
you can work in that it can not be boring.You get to meet so many different
people and get to hear so many different stories that it can not be anything else than interesting !
Anyway, today I am going to mention another field of interpreting which would
suit most people and which I should have mentioned long before ! I am sorry that it did not come to my mind sooner but I also blame you guys for not asking me the right questions ! If you were a bit more enthusiastic and a bit more interactive, you could have triggered the thoughts in my mind long time ago.
And interpreters of any language would benefit from this bit of information.Not only the Bengali/Sylheti interpreters but also interpreters of Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi, Chinese, Persian, French,German, Arabic, Italian, spanish or whatever language.
The field is of course Telephone Interpreting.There seem to be a lot of work
in that field.I have done some.I was getting calls everyday but could not take
the calls as I was out most of the time.Hence I had to inform the agency that I would be unavailable for the moment.
It would probably suit the ladies more.If you are unable or unwilling to go out
for whatever reason and still want to do a bit of work while staying at home, I think telephone interpreting would be very good.
If you are interested to find out more or need any other information regarding this, you can contact me and then I can give you the right directions.
Thursday, 27 August 2009
Interesting Opportunities in Interpreting Field
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Are you looking for a qualified and experienced Bengali / Sylheti
Interpreter ? An Interpreter with thousands of hours of experience
working at Courts, Police Stations, Solicitors' offices, Hospitals,
Prisons, Probation office,Home office, Film makers etc ?Interpreter
with very flexible attitude,willing to travel and accept jobs at short
notice and whose rates are very reasonable ? Then contact me Mohammad
Choudhury on 07832371577 or email me at mognichoudhury@yahoo.com
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Today I will give the would be interpreters some general idea about
different kinds of Job opportunities that may be available in the
field of Interpreting.
But you must realise that, to be considered for decent work in the
field you really need to pass the DPSI course.I am getting a lot of
querries from people who have done the Community Interpreting level 2
or level 3 course.While I appreciate your hard work and time spent
in completing those courses, you guys should also appreciate the fact
that the higher the qualification, the higher is the opportunity for
work and also the reward is higher.
It saddens me some times when I recieve an email from a would be
interpreter and I find lots of basic mistakes in grammar.I usually
point it out to them in my reply and some of them get very defensive
about it and want to start an arguement.Well I don't have time for
that.
But just think about it for a moment. Imagine You went for an interview for
an accounting job.And you can't add two two digit numbers. What sort
of impression would that create with your potential employer?What
would be your chances of success at that interview?
Or you have gone for a job interview at a school.You are a history
teacher. And you do not know who was king Harold.Would you get that
job?Same thing applies in interpreting as well.
If you think it is an easy job, you are wrong.It's not easy and it's
not a matter of joke.An interpretr's mistake can cause a whole trial
to collapse with serious consequences.It has happened. I am not trying
to scare you off.Just warning you.If you want to enter the field, be
prepared.Be serious.
Just like the above example, wrong interpreting can cause wrong diagnosis
of a patient ; again with serious consequences.
OK, we have a clearer picture now about the preparation and attitude adjustment necessary to enter this interpreting profession.When you are well prepared, there can be lot of interesting openings for you. e.g. apart from usual court, hospital, police, solicitors bookings, I have visited prisons as an interpreter, have
worked with film production companies and worked with their directors in their offices,been to some places I think I shouldn't talk about and so on.
You can also get translation work and even Transcription . I have also been
asked to do voice over job.
Recently I came across a job advertisement by the Government of Hong Kong
for a Bengali Interpreter with a monthly salary of $38000 !Would be nice to get that job, wouldn't it? By the way, I saw it after the closing date, so couldn't even apply !
So are you intrigued ? I love hearing from you guys. So do not stop.Keep on sending the mails.
What about the existing interpreters? Wouldn't you guys like to share some of your experiences / stories ? there must be some interesting stories out there. I am still waiting for you guys to tell us those stories.
Are you looking for a qualified and experienced Bengali / Sylheti
Interpreter ? An Interpreter with thousands of hours of experience
working at Courts, Police Stations, Solicitors' offices, Hospitals,
Prisons, Probation office,Home office, Film makers etc ?Interpreter
with very flexible attitude,willing to travel and accept jobs at short
notice and whose rates are very reasonable ? Then contact me Mohammad
Choudhury on 07832371577 or email me at mognichoudhury@yahoo.com
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Today I will give the would be interpreters some general idea about
different kinds of Job opportunities that may be available in the
field of Interpreting.
But you must realise that, to be considered for decent work in the
field you really need to pass the DPSI course.I am getting a lot of
querries from people who have done the Community Interpreting level 2
or level 3 course.While I appreciate your hard work and time spent
in completing those courses, you guys should also appreciate the fact
that the higher the qualification, the higher is the opportunity for
work and also the reward is higher.
It saddens me some times when I recieve an email from a would be
interpreter and I find lots of basic mistakes in grammar.I usually
point it out to them in my reply and some of them get very defensive
about it and want to start an arguement.Well I don't have time for
that.
But just think about it for a moment. Imagine You went for an interview for
an accounting job.And you can't add two two digit numbers. What sort
of impression would that create with your potential employer?What
would be your chances of success at that interview?
Or you have gone for a job interview at a school.You are a history
teacher. And you do not know who was king Harold.Would you get that
job?Same thing applies in interpreting as well.
If you think it is an easy job, you are wrong.It's not easy and it's
not a matter of joke.An interpretr's mistake can cause a whole trial
to collapse with serious consequences.It has happened. I am not trying
to scare you off.Just warning you.If you want to enter the field, be
prepared.Be serious.
Just like the above example, wrong interpreting can cause wrong diagnosis
of a patient ; again with serious consequences.
OK, we have a clearer picture now about the preparation and attitude adjustment necessary to enter this interpreting profession.When you are well prepared, there can be lot of interesting openings for you. e.g. apart from usual court, hospital, police, solicitors bookings, I have visited prisons as an interpreter, have
worked with film production companies and worked with their directors in their offices,been to some places I think I shouldn't talk about and so on.
You can also get translation work and even Transcription . I have also been
asked to do voice over job.
Recently I came across a job advertisement by the Government of Hong Kong
for a Bengali Interpreter with a monthly salary of $38000 !Would be nice to get that job, wouldn't it? By the way, I saw it after the closing date, so couldn't even apply !
So are you intrigued ? I love hearing from you guys. So do not stop.Keep on sending the mails.
What about the existing interpreters? Wouldn't you guys like to share some of your experiences / stories ? there must be some interesting stories out there. I am still waiting for you guys to tell us those stories.
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