新手想问口译在加拿大的市场？

usva wrote:

请问前辈们，
我在多伦多地区。最近考虑申请一个口译培训，这个机构连带分配一些社区工作。我感觉好像普通话在这边市场好像不大？我留意到广东话机会更多。因为培训也不少钱，所以现在有些犹豫 : /

usva wrote:

谢谢大家的指点啊！我也感觉到这一行本身选择范围就很小。而且大多是要法语的 ＝＝ 没什么技术，现在找不到工作好愁好迷茫 唉。

我倒是看到最近有新闻说，各大医院等开始正式配置口译服务。不知道受雇于政府资助的机构能不能有一定的工作量…… 法庭口译呢？是不是得是特别特别难拿到那个certificate呢？

Lee (CAT USER) wrote:



USVA刚说到大多数要法语的，是不是加拿大法语-汉语互译的口译笔译需求比较大？或者说仅限于魁北克？

usva wrote:



不是的 ， 是法语对英语。这里第二外语需求量最大的还是法语，我都想要不要学法语了，以前只学过短期培训

Adsion wrote:



我们英语法语都不是母语的翻译，还是不要做英法口译了。法语是一门比英语要难一倍还要多的语言，你八年抗战把法语才能学得足够做口译，有这8年时间做点儿啥不好？

我就在魁北克省，法语，除了日常生活和出去办事及偶尔接个电话之外，没觉得法语在哪儿比英语应用范围广来。

[Edited at 2012-10-24 13:39 GMT]

Lee (CAT USER) wrote:



USVA刚说到大多数要法语的，是不是加拿大法语-汉语互译的口译笔译需求比较大？或者说仅限于魁北克？

James_xia wrote:



ProZ.com 于2011年3月提供了一次医学口译方面的培训课程。它对如何在美国各类医院机构从事现场口译作了详细讲解，并提供了获取相关口译资格也及相关注意事项方面的有用资讯。

课程名称
Healthcare Translation & Interpretation in the USA

视频时长：90分钟
主讲人：Claudia Brauer（Claudia is a Sworn-Certified English↔Spanish Translator with 35 years of experience in the USA and Latin America.）

课程说明
This 90-minute session will explain the profession of medical translators and interpreters in the USA. Healthcare interpreters and translators provide language services to healthcare patients with limited English proficiency, helping them to communicate with doctors, nurses, and other emergency room, medical and hospital staff, and convert into the target language the needed forms, brochures and other patient materials issued by hospitals, doctors’ offices and medical facilities.

This introduction will explain the basic elements to enter the growing field of medical interpreting and translation, understand the roles, responsibilities and boundaries, explore the challenges and ethical dilemmas, study specific techniques needed to ensure accuracy, and the concepts, skills and knowledge needed to pursue certification. It will also review the importance of medical terminology, as well as the legal environment created by HIPAA and Executive Order 13166 “Improving access to services for persons with Limited English Proficiency”.

适合对象
Freelancers starting in the translation industry.
Experienced freelancers who want to work in the healthcare industry.

学习目标
This course renders an introduction to the current state of healthcare in the USA and the growing need for translators and interpreters. It describes the requirements to work in the industry. Attendees will be able to decide if medical translation and interpreting is something they would like to pursue and, if so, the next steps to prepare for this growing field.

观看该视频可能会支付一点费用，你若有意了解详情，可与该版MOD Soledad Azcona 联系。

视频课程链接：
http://www.proz.com/translator-training/course/4306-healthcare_translation_interpretation_in_the_usa

[Edited at 2012-10-25 00:55 GMT]

Rita Pang wrote:

I'm also in Toronto, and have done a couple of consecutive interpretation sessions before. For some reason, rates in Ontario are by far the worse. I've never earned more than $25 an hour. When you think about it, that's very little money for a job of such professional calibre.

There's this organization called MCLS or something like that in Toronto which does a lot of interpreting services for various local organizations and ontario courts. To work through them you have to earn a certificate through them first. The program costs about $1000 if I remember correctly. Then you gotta pass a bunch of tests, and then you'd be assigned a job (or two, hopefully). You get paid about $26 an hour. You can calculate the ROI/time ratio fingamajik on that one there.

In comparison, court interpreters in BC earn about $40 an hour. Still low if you ask me.

As Adison said, in Toronto it's increasingly UNCOMMON to speak only English. Most of my friends speak at least two fluently. A lot of people are happy to offer their services on a voluntary basis...and you just can't compete against free interpreters