You can teach English. My wife's cousin did that in Paris where she met her Husband. There are also opportunities in Africa.
Though, If I were of school age now, I'd become an electrician, plumber, or carpenter. You can always learn French while providing solid services for people.
According to Google:
The total pay for a French translator in the United States is estimated to be $68,574 per year.
I COULD WORK WITH THAT...NOW...I JUST HAVE LEARN FRENCH.🤔
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APPRENEZ QUE LE FRANÇAIS... QUE JE PEUX FAIRE DE GROSSES PILES D’ARGENT... À MOINS QUE JE NE PUISSE FAIRE LE TRAVAIL VIA MON TRADUCTEUR EN LIGNE... SI OUI... JE SUIS PRÊT.... DE L’ARGENT DE L’ARGENT !
See! Google is your friend.
shareÊTRE AMIS AVEC DES CANADIENS, DES BRITANNIQUES ET D’AUTRES NOUS A FORCÉS, GOOGLE ET MOI, À BIEN NOUS CONNAÎTRE.
JE VIENS DE POSTER MES FILMS REGARDÉS SUR LE FIL DE DISCUSSION STONEKEEPERS ENTIÈREMENT EN FRANÇAIS.... CAUSE JUCT.
You are a quick learner
Vous êtes un etudiant très vite
I think this is very luck-of-the-draw. There are plenty of jobs where speaking fluent French might be useful, such as an au pair in France, which is pretty good money I've heard. But do you want to work as an au pair? And where would you work as a translator/interpreter? A government office, or a tutor, or what?
shareNot anymore. Interpreters are being replaced by technology like ChatAI.
And it depends where you live, but French may not be the most useful language to know.
Becoming a language teacher can be a better option especially in a foreign country where English is in demand.
I was worried about this too but Google translate often gets spoken things wrong, there's no free easily available AI that's accurate for interpreting written text, and between groups of people it's not quicker than having to type on ones phone, hold the volume up so they can hear it, etc. There were more examples I thought of that definitely required a human interpreter, things like group settings even, quicker exchanges of communications, louder interactions, written interpretations of traffic signs, phone menu obstacles, communicating with a third language involved like French, Spanish, or German, stock and inventory of specific tradegoods that translation software doesn't necessarily know the name to, etc
shareI know a couple of interpreters and former interpreters as well as people hired specifically for their knowledge of another language. It appears government-related jobs offer the best opportunities and salaries like teaching, court interpreter, federal agencies like Intelligence and diplomacy. Also law offices, translation companies, businesses and health-care facilities.
Jobs are there, but I can see improving apps like ChatGPT affecting some jobs. Recently at work, I used it or similar phone app several times instead of a human interpreter. I use it to practice French conversation when a human isn't available.
I'm not trying to discourage, just be aware of where this technology can impact like in language tutoring. For me, free ChatGPT vs $20 an hour language tutor.
More job info:
https://www.ziprecruiter.com/g/Highest-Paying-Language-Interpreter-Jobs
Bonne chance!!!
Don’t listen to the negative responses. If you love the field and you’re ambitious, you can do it. And I think it will be decades before any AI tool can recreate human translation. It’s unwieldy in person-to-person interactions and it lacks nuance for anything beyond simple exchanges. But you should talk to someone who has made a living doing this work and get advice from them on how to follow that path.
share⬆ This.
And remember, where there is a will there is a way.
Maybe a better question is what would you like to translate?
shareIf you get hired by intelligence agencies, you will be set for life.
share"Think I'll make good money as a translator/interpreter?"
It depends on how many different ways there are to say "I surrender!" in French. I suspect there are many.
Historically, France is the most war-torn region on the entire planet. You have WW1, Ww2, cold war, about half a century of Prussian wars before those, French revolution before that, 100 years war, etc etc about literally several dozen more
All the way back to Julius Caesar vs the Gauls
Surrendering is not something they are historically even able to do. Some think the problem comes from their language: she sounds really hot while he sounds kind of like a pushover
Yes Frenchmen don't sound very intimidating with how they sound just like a gay, gagging toddler when speaking.
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