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Does it make sense to learn German to live in the U.S.?
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Feb 15, 2024

Does it make sense to learn German to live in the U.S.? Even though AI has advanced a lot, is there still a need for translators for this language? Are there job opportunities for freelancers or as full-time employee? I am already at level B1.
 
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@Yuksel Feb 15, 2024

yuksel824gma wrote:
Does it make sense to learn German to live in the U.S.?

Do you mean that you want to learn German so that you can emigrate to the United States? Or do you mean that you already live in the United States, and you're wondering if there is any work for a German/Turkish or Turkish/German translator (in the United States or elsewhere)?

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yuksel824gma
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.. Feb 15, 2024

Samuel Murray wrote:

yuksel824gma wrote:
Does it make sense to learn German to live in the U.S.?

Do you mean that you want to learn German so that you can emigrate to the United States? Or do you mean that you already live in the United States, and you're wondering if there is any work for a German/Turkish or Turkish/German translator (in the United States or elsewhere)?


I am currently in United States, CA. I used to work as a translator in TR-ENG language pair in Turkey. However, I think that Turkish-English language pair is not useful here. I want to translate from German and English as a language pair. However, I am undecided because many people in Proz already say that jobs are dying out due to artificial intelligence.
 
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Native German or English speakers will do much better Feb 15, 2024

The native German or English speakers will do much better in the English-to-German or German-to-English pairs.

It won't sound right to many potential clients to use someone who is not native in either of the source or target languages in their working language pair. Cannot imagine why a decision maker of a client would use a translator who translates from his third language to his second language.

[Edited at 2024-02-16 01:22 GMT]

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Yuksel Feb 15, 2024

yuksel824gma wrote:

Samuel Murray wrote:

yuksel824gma wrote:
Does it make sense to learn German to live in the U.S.?

Do you mean that you want to learn German so that you can emigrate to the United States? Or do you mean that you already live in the United States, and you're wondering if there is any work for a German/Turkish or Turkish/German translator (in the United States or elsewhere)?


I am currently in United States, CA. I used to work as a translator in TR-ENG language pair in Turkey. However, I think that Turkish-English language pair is not useful here. I want to translate from German and English as a language pair. However, I am undecided because many people in Proz already say that jobs are dying out due to artificial intelligence.


Depending on your immigration status, there is work for EN-TR, for the US gvt. and if you are familiar with legal proceedings, you can become a court interpreter.

If you need more details, send me a private message.

Lee

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