Niayti Jain
Throughout our lives, we've been taught the value that teamwork holds by taking the example of Ants. Not only this, the art of networking which is the key to open the professional doors is also something that ants are brilliant at. Have you ever wondered how ants just bump into each other while wandering around and start to build their colonies?
Turns out humans have quite a few things to learn from a creature they easily crush under our feet every now and then.
It goes without saying that the need for translators is growing by leaps and bounds, every now and then we come across people who are looking for translators, be it a business need or an individual. With companies collaborating with foreign companies, the need for multilingual people to break the communication barrier is not going to de-escalate anytime soon.
For a person to become a professional translator, they need truckloads of skills and not just one. For you to make it big in the translation world, that willingness to go an extra mile should come in handy. This is where Networking comes into the picture. The art of putting yourself out there and not shying away from communicating with new individuals will do wonders to your professional growth. Thanks to social media, networking has become way easier and effortless than before especially when it has something to do with cross border business relationships.
Translators who take advantage of social media platforms which provide them with the opportunity of self-promotion and exposure are usually the ones who excel in the job scenarios. We all may agree that the domain of translation has huge potential for employment globally, considering the continued development of the globalised world and economy. It will be easy to connect to people through the web, as anyone that needs your services will access it easily. And for that, you need to boost your online presence in order to get hold of as many opportunities as you can.
The more you keep on developing your community online and networking, the more potential clients and HRs you are going to attract. With networking, your audience will grow immensely which will help you reach out to anybody across the globe and grow your professional network as big as it can be. Internet being such a powerful tool in today's world, you should make the most of it and never shy away from meeting new people in order to build a network that will help you grow as a professional in more ways than one.
Getting to intern with Modlingua is an opportunity I'm so glad I didn't miss out on. I'm not even halfway through it and I've already learned quite a few things about everything the translation world has to offer. The image I had in my mind about the kind of work that the translators do is far far away from what they actually bring to the table.
