"cc" <cpasuneadresse@spam.com> wrote in message
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> "Ryan Ginstrom" <ginstrom@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> > For some reason, successful translators never seem to have set out to
> become
> > translators, they sort of ended up that way. Not saying that I'm
> necessarily
> > successful, but that was the case with me as well.
>
> You are talking about foreign translators in Japan, which is a particular
> case.

I am talking about successful translators. There are many starry-eyed women
who dream about careers in translating. I also know a number of Japanese
translators who I consider to be "successful."

(1) They have a skill -- ie they know about something other than
English/German/whatever
(2) They have (for the most part) lived abroad in the country of their B
language
(3) They are good writers in Japanese.

>And well that girl will never be in that category. She should ask to
> young Japanese translators.

That girl's circumstances may be slightly different than those of the
average young Japanese woman. But even if they weren't, my statement would
still stand.

-- 
Regards,
Ryan Ginstrom