By Cristina Colella
The internship program provided by Modlingua is a unique program aimed at developing survival skills to get into the language market and to get a better deal in the professional world.
That is the reason why the discussion on language issues is not included. Linguistic issues and translation problems are already being discussed in other courses or internships.
Modlingua offers a unique internship program both for newbies and professional to develop skills related to the management of problems in the translation industry. Therefore it is not dealing with the translation of texts but it directly addresses the translation business and the skills and competencies needed to get into the market with a better bargain.
And to do that we need to understand what gives linguists a better bargain.
Besides, Modlingua gives you an opportunity to take part in research projects. Research is the best way to understand how the translation market will change in the future what kind of competencies will be required for linguists. Many books related to these projects have been published such as "Machine Tools and Translation".
As I have already noted, this program offers great opportunities not only to newbies trying to get into the professional world but to experienced professionals as well, as it explores different fields and helps you to get solid knowledge on how to brand yourself and promote your business, but also on project management and quality management.
How to filter clients and defend yourself from bad clients is also an essential skill for professionals in the language market.
Being part of the internship program at Modlingua means to develop critical thinking on yourself, acquiring new skills and abilities and putting everything into practice. Practice is what makes learning effective and gives you valuable knowledge to apply in the professional field.
To practice also involves getting feedback from those who have more experience. Program Director Mr Ravi Kumar has 20 years' experience in training interpreters, translators and other language professionals to get an insight into the language market and to understand its potential.
To get into every market or industry you need to enhance power relations.
Having a better knowledge helps you to get a better deal in the system and increases your possibilities of achieving success in your profession. This means that translators need to develop additional abilities related to other fields to get more value. Further skills add more value to the supply chain.
To get a better bargain, the linguists must update their knowledge developing additional skills related to other fields such as technology, project management, sales management and social media management.
Linguists who aim at bargaining a better deal in this industry have to become managers who are able to command a wider range of activities, not just linguistic ones.
The program of Modlingua is designed to train professionals to become project managers and social media managers, or to start their own business and becoming job providers themselves. These skills need to be practised on a regular basis to be fully acquired. That is the reason why the theory is always followed by practical exercises and the Modlingua website provides interns with a platform to submit their work and get feedback, which is essential to move ahead and to improve bit by bit on a daily basis.
