spanish vs journalism alaina dehner contemp. 3 rd hour november 21, 2013
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Spanish vs JournalismAlaina Dehner
Contemp. 3rd HourNovember 21, 2013
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Career options in Spanish
• Government• Diplomat• UN Translator• Court Interpreter• CIA/FBI Linguist• Peace Corps• Armed Forces• Various government
departments
• Social Service• Law enforcement• Case worker• Health services• Nursing
• Education• Teacher• Translator• Editor• Textbook author
Freelance Translator
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Career options in Journalism• Medium
Photojournalism Broadcast Journalism Print Journalism Multimedia
• Content Sports Politics Business Education Art and Culture Crime
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DutiesTranslator• Tranlsate material from one
language to another with good grammar and sentence structure for each,
• Interpret documents without losing the meaning
• Direct communication with two people or groups that are unable to communicate otherwise
• Edit/Proofread
Journalist• Attend press conferences,
council and board meetings, and other events
• Conduct interviews• Take notes quickly and type
them up on a computer• Be able to drop everything
to cover breaking news
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Working Conditions
Translator• Wide Variety
– Hospitals– Court Rooms– Military Base– School
Journalist
• Possibly long and unpredictable hours
• Wide variety of conditions depending on the story being covered
• Some travel• A lot of time spent in front
of a computer
• Travel may be needed
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How to get there…
IN TRANSLATION…
• MUST BE FLUENT IN ENGLISH AND ANOTHER LANGUAGE• A college degree is not always necessary, but helpful• NO universal certification, but it is helpful to have some from:– American Translators Association– National Association of Judiciary Interpreters and
Translators– U.S. Department of State– International Association of Conference Interpreters
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• IN JOURNALISM…
• Degree in communications while taking classes in reporting, ethics, English, and a wide variety of other things such as business, current issues, and economics– Must be somewhat educated about the things being
written about• Involvement with class or local news programs for a
background in the career
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University of Michigan• Spanish– Internship programs
right in Ann Arbor– Easier to study abroad– Spanish “Coffee Hours”
and “Lunch Tables”– Various language
oriented student groups
• Communications– Easily accessible
internship programs– Student groups such as
Michigan Association for Communication Studies
– Student Media Watchdog Association
$24,186
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SALARY!Translator• $162,000 per year
Journalist• $46,000 per year
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Comparison
Mastery of Language
Good people skills
Varying hours and working conditions
Follow the money
Translator Journalist
Lots of work spent at a computer
Well spoken English
Money depends largely on the story
Lots of work spent working with other people
Must know at least two languages
Makes considerably more money
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Which one I prefer……..
Spanish Translation
I really enjoy the more social aspect that being a translator has over journalism. One of my biggest pet peeves is the language barrier. To be able to work around that for others would be something that I would really enjoy!