It’s a high-risky, multibillion-dollar industry with tight deadlines, demanding customers and lives in danger.
The business is . And it’s booming.
The number of jobs for translators and interpreters doubled in the past 10 years while their wages steadily before, during and after the recession. During a period of stagnating (停滞的) wages across the labor market, the language-service industry with its 50,000 jobs is a spot in the jobs outlook.
Lillian Clementi is a French translator working in corporate communications from her home in Arlington, Massachusetts and is routinely on tight deadlines to hand in translated material. “The risks can be huge,” said Clementi, “There’s tons of pressure.”
In some cases, a(n) translation or interpretation is also vital. If a user’s guide for medical equipment is not translated well, it could lead to during an emergency. Soldiers in conflict areas require excellent interpreters to speak with community members. Any change of tone or context could put lives .
Translators’ and interpreters’ immunity (免疫力) to the nation’s economic downturn also the growing demand for people who can speak several languages in an increasingly globalized economy, experts said.
“Good translators who a particular subject and become really good at it can really make six-digit figures annually,” said Jiri Stejskal, spokesman for the American Translators Association.
Multinational corporations, U.S. demographic (人口的) changes and the Internet economy raise the need for translated and localized information. Companies increasingly want their content to the tongue of the town, even between dialects of the same language.
“As more people the worldwide economy, that’s going to drive more commerce, and that’s going to drive more language services,” said Bill Rivers, executive director of the National Council for Language and International Studies in the Washington region.
, qualifications for translators and interpreters are not as simple as they may seem. Speaking two languages does not mean a person can work in the language-service industry, experts said. Learning how to translate or interpret is a skill beyond knowing the language.
Furthermore, the most successful translators and interpreters maintain a , such as legal documents, quarterly earnings reports or a special knowledge of industry.
Technological advances may cut jobs in some industries, but online translation services like Google Translate raise demand for human translators and interpreters, experts said. Online sales companies also drive demand for translation.
A．tourism B．language C．technology D．economy
A．shrank B．changed C．grew D．remained
A．bright B．scenic C．historic D．tough
A．money B．peer C．blood D．time
A．proper B．quick C．direct D．innovative
A．disease B．depression C．violence D．confusion
A．in order B．at risk C．under control D．out of state
A．highlights B．understands C．increases D．resists
A．set up B．depend on C．specialize in D．object to
A．limited B．accustomed C．related D．tailored
A．agree with B．have access to C．are confident of D．insist on
A．Instead B．Therefore C．However D．Otherwise
A．separate B．genetic C．learnable D．worthwhile
A．certificate B．diploma C．strategy D．specialty
A．automatically B．respectively C．actually D．immediately
Some myths are stories used since ancient times , to explain the causes of natural phenomena. The Greek myth that explains why there are changes of ___1_____I about Demeter, the goddess of the harvest. She had a daughter, Persephone , whom she loved very much. Hades, god of the underworld , fell in love with Persephone, and he asked Zeus, the ___2_____ of the gods, to give Persephone to him as his _____3____. Zeus did not want either to disappoint Hades or to upset Demeter, so he said he would not agree to the marriage, but neither would he ___4______ it. Hades, therefore, decided to take the girl without ____5____. When Persephone was picking flowers in the garden, he seized her and took her to the underworld. When Demeter ____ 6 ___ what happened to Persephone, she became so ___7____ that she caused all plants to _____8___. People were in_____9____ of starving. But Demeter was determined not to let crops grow____10______ . her daughter , Persephone, was returned to her. ____11______, still not wanting to disappoint Hades, decided upon a condition for Persephone’s ____12___. She could go back to her mother if she had not ___13_____ anything while she was in the underworld Demeter ___14_____it, underworld. When Zeus_____15____ this , he decided that Persephone could spend part of the year with her ____16_____. But he added that since she had eaten the seeds , she had to spend part of the year in the underworld.; And so it __17____ that when Persephone is in the underworld, Demeter is sad and ___18_____ not let the crops grow. That is ___19_____ we have winter when plants do not grow. When Persephone returns, Demeter is ____20_______. It becomes spring , and plants begin to grow again.
A．periods B．seasons C．time D．age
A．winner B．ruler C．advisor D．fighter
A．wife B．lover C．partner D．daughter
A．forbid B．forgive C．admit D．accept
A．arrangement B．warning C．reason D．permission
A．let out B．worked out C．thought out D．found out
A．excited B．tired C．angry D．serious
A．grow fast B．start growing C．stop growing D．grow slowly
A．danger B．hope C．turn D．case
A．since B．until C．after D．when
A．Persephone B．Zeus C．Demeter D．Hades
A．return B．change C．marriage D．journey
A．stolen B．found C．eaten D．heard
A．understood B．refused C．doubted D．accepted
A．discovered B．studied C．forgot D．prepared
A．daughter B．mother C．god D．ruler
A．works B．remains C．happens D．starts
A．should B．can C．dare D．will
A．where B．because C．why D．how
A．nice B．friendly C．fresh D．happy
It was a cold winter’s night when I stopped for gas on my way home from work．I was tired and had a slight 36 ．
I worked in a 37 doctor’s office and this was one of those days when the unexpected happened, making the schedule run 38 than usual．It seemed I was going to be late 39 home and my husband, being the 40 person, would be ready to pronounce（宣布） me late once again．Maybe 41 I hurried, I could still make it home．
I was heading inside to 42 for my gas when I noticed an older couple at the counter．I heard them asking for 43 to the local hospital．It was the same hospital that I had just 44 a few minutes ago．
The young man at the counter was trying to be 45 in explaining how to get there, with two other people making 46 ．One of them was 47 trying to give them a whole different route back．It was then that I walked over to the couple and said, “Would you like to follow me to the 48 ?”
A look of 49 crossed the woman’s face．
“I’m going right by there,” I said, which wasn’t a（an） 50 since I had just made up my mind to do 51 that．
I got in my car and began the journey back．I was trying to watch to be sure they were right 52 me．It took only fifteen minutes to get there as rush hour traffic was beginning to 53 ．I felt better than I had all day and my headache was nearly gone．
Later, as I arrived home, my husband 54 , “So you aren’t ever late any more．”
I said, “Sometimes it’s 55 to be late．”
A．break B．headache C．cold D．fever
A．foreign B．common C．noisy D．busy
A．earlier B．easier C．later D．simpler
A．working B．cooking C．calling D．getting
A．punctual B．tough C．generous D．careful
A．as B．since C．while D．if
A．change B．pay C．wait D．search
A．opinions B．directions C．trouble D．money
A．reached B．visited C．called D．left
A．skilled B．active C．experienced D．helpful
A．jokes B．promises C．comments D．offers
A．only B．still C．even D．ever
A．station B．hospital C．office D．hotel
A．duty B．lie C．reason D．fact
A．partly B．exactly C．properly D．perfectly
A．across B．before C．beside D．behind
A．go up B．speed up C．die down D．turn down
A．teased B．shouted C．burst D．laughed
A．possible B．good C．special D．safe
I was blind, but I was ashamed of it if it was known. I refused to use a white stick and 36 asking for help. After all, I was a teenage girl, and I couldn’t bear people to look at me and think I was not 37 them. I must have been a terrible danger on the roads. Coming across me wandering through the traffic, motorists probably would have to step 38 on their brakes. Apart from that, there were all sorts of disasters that used to occur on the way to and from work.
One evening, I got off the bus about halfway home where I had to change buses, and as usual I 39 something. “I’m awfully sorry,” I said and stepped forward only to run into it again. When it happened a third time, I realized I had been 40 to a lamppost. This was just one of the 41 things that constantly happened to me. So I carried on and found the bus stop, which was a request stop, where the bus wouldn’t stop 42 passengers wanted to get on or off. No one else was there and I had to try to guess if the bus had arrived.
Generally in this situation, because I hated 43 I was blind by asking for help, I tried to guess at the sound. Sometimes I would 44 a big lorry and stand there feeling stupid as it drew away. In the end, I usually managed to 45 my pride and ask someone at the stop for help.
46 on this particular evening no one joined me at the stop; it seemed that everyone had suddenly decided not to travel by bus. Of course I heard plenty of buses pass, or I thought I did. But because I had given up stopping them 47 making a fool of myself. I let them all go by. I stood there alone for half an hour without stopping one. Then I gave up. I decided to walk on to the next stop.
A．tended B．liked C．hated D．objected
A．like B．against C．at D．for
A．bravely B．rapidly C．slowly D．cautiously
A．came into B．ran into C．got into D．turned into
A．saying B．talking C．apologizing D．arguing
A．unexpected B．arbitrary C．objective D．stupid
A．if B．when C．unless D．as long as
A．showing B．accepting C．representing D．understanding
A．plan B．stop C．get on D．ask for
A．reveal B．substitute C．submit D．swallow
A．But B．So C．For D．While
A．in spite of B．for fear of C．instead of D．in terms of
People always say that the earlier one learns a language, the ___1___ it is to do so, in theory it is that, ___2___, in my opinion, that refers to spoken language. Capability to practise some essential ___3___ of a language and read between the lines can only be trained through proper reading ways and hard work ___4___. So spending money to help ___5___ learn English may ___6___ with disappointment. It is likely that the more you ___7___, the more you are let down.
The daughter of one of my friends ___8___ English in primary school, ___9___ her foreign teacher’s blindness ___10___ psychology. She did not want to go on ___11___ English until middle school, ___12___ a college student studying in English slowly ___13___ her interest in the language.
It is better to have the child learn Chinese, than to have some difficulty ___14___ learning English for several years. Having been engaged in English education, ___15___ find that despite their excellent ___16___, many students have ___17___ command of English words and phrases. So I suggest that children ___18___ classical Chinese prose, rather than ___19___ them to learn English hurriedly. Otherwise, they may ___20___ the best time to improve the language ability of their mother tongue.(www.yygrammar.com)
A．easy B．difficult C．easier D．more difficult
A．but B．however C．though D．yet
A．opinions B．regards C．requests D．expressions
A．directly B．orally C．properly D．indirectly
A．people B．girls C．children D．boys
A．begin B．start C．finish D．end
A．pay B．get C．buy D．take
A．loved B．liked C．disliked D．learned
A．because of B．because C．instead of D．instead
A．of B．at C．in D．to
A．learning B．to learn C．with learning D．for learning
A．while B．where C．when D．as
A．introduced B．practised C．explained D．developed
A．in B．to C．at D．of
A．He B．I C．She D．They
A．pronunciation B．phrase C．language D．writing
A．few B．less C．little D．fewer
A．write B．do C．remember D．memorize
A．have B．let C．cause D．make
A．get back B．let go C．bring in D．go away
There are about fifteen hundred languages in the world.
But ___1___ a few of them are very ___2___. English is one of these. Many, many people use it, not only in England and the U. S. A, but in other parts of the world. About 200, 000, 000 speak it as their own language. It is difficult to say how many people are learning it as a ___3___ language. Many millions are ___4___ to do so.
Is it easy or difficult to learn English? Different people may have different ___5___. Have you ever ___6___ the ads of this kind in the newspapers or magazines?
“Learn English in six month, or your ___7___ back ...” “Easy and funny? Our records and tapes ___8___ you master your English in a month. ___9___ the first day your ___10___ will be excellent. Just send ...” Of course, it never ___11___ quite like this.
The only language that seems easy to learn is the mother tongue. We should ___12___ that we all learned our own language well when we were ___13___. If we could learn English in the same way, it would not seem so difficult. ___14___ what a small child does. He listens to what people say. He tries what he hears. When he is using the language, talking in it, and ___15___ in it all the time, just imagine how much ___16___ that gets!
So it is ___17___ to say that learning English is easy, because a good command of English ___18___upon a lot of practice. And practice needs great effort and ___19___ much time. Good teachers, records, tapes, books, and dictionaries will ___20___. But they cannot do the student’s work for him.
A．not B．quite C．only D．very
A．difficult B．important C．necessary D．easy
A．native B．foreign C．useful D．mother
A．learning B．enjoying C．trying D．liking
A．questions B．problems C．ideas D．answers
A．found B．watched C．noticed D．known
A．knowledge B．time C．money D．English
A．make B．help C．let D．allow
A．From B．On C．Since D．After
A．spelling B．grammar C．English D．pronunciation
A．happened B．know C．seemed D．felt
A．know B．remember C．understand D．think
A．students B．children C．babies D．grown-ups
A．Imagine B．Mind C．Do D．Think of
A．using B．thinking C．trying D．practicing
A．time B．money C．language D．practice
A．hard B．easy C．funny D．silly
A．depends B．tries C．has D．takes
A．uses B．takes C．gets D．costs
A．do B．work C．help D．master
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