How would I get to work in the government and translate Japanese/English?

I suppose I've thought about it alot but how would I get up there? My major in college will be Japanese and I want to make enough money to live happily and not worry about money ever. What other kinds of jobs can I get will that major and experience?How would I get to work in the government and translate Japanese/English?
You wrote:



%26gt; My major in college will be Japanese and I want to make enough money to live happily

%26gt; and not worry about money ever...



Then you should not enter the profession of JP-EN translation.



I've been a full time translator for 12 years. Payment rates are now 30% below what they were 12 years ago, taking into account inflation! This means that this profession is going downhill and should not be a serious career choice.



You ask about working for the government (although not clear why).



You can check for translator jobs on the USAJOBS WWW site that you and dozens of other people like you are also checking each week. You will find that on average about one JP-EN translator job appears per year. The odds of you being hired, even with an excellent background, is extremely low.



The US government is probably one of the most inappropriate places to work as a translator. If you have any doubt about this, just check the USAJOBS WWW site periodically. For example, you will find that the US government hires many 100s of civilian employees for work in Japan each year, but less than 1% are required to be billingual, even when they are in positions working directly with Japanese nationals! Worse yet, most of these end up being spouses of servicemen or service veterans, due to the archaine preference (i.e. discrimination) criteria of the US government in hiring. In short, the US goverment has a discriminatory hiring system (versus non-veterans,etc.), hires very very few billinguals, and is so visible that there is too much competition for the few available jobs.



At least you are still in school. It isn't too late. I recommend that you get a double major. Do a keyword search in Monster.com (or a similar WWW site) for "Japanese." You will quickly find which billingual jobs are really in demand and which pay a living wage (those will not be the JP-EN translator jobs). Excellent second majors for EN-JP billinugals are EE, IT, and accounting. That is where the money and jobs are, NOT translation.How would I get to work in the government and translate Japanese/English?
You could work for the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center (DLIFLC) for the Army.

See first job announcement in links.



You could work for the Defense Intelligence Agency.

(Second job announcement)



You could work for the United Nations.

(Third link shows several job announcements)



Or for the Embassy of the U.S. in Japan

(4th link)



And you could work in one of the Japanese Embassies or Consulates in the United States. They are in a number of cities, and the job announcements are on their main web site. (5th link)How would I get to work in the government and translate Japanese/English?
become the ambassador to Japan as well as what faith has said... with the Trade between Japan and US being very essential to the economy, the US government and Japan will have many opportunities to interact and network.
You have to be fluent in both Japanese and english to get a translating job, and very strong to get a job for the goverment, as well as a lot of experience. If you want to aim as high as goverment fluency level, it could take you anywhere between 5-10 years.

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