Translator is a profession that gives you the opportunity to work part-time, even if you have a basic income and work in an office. A well-written resume, sent to the employer or posted on the relevant sites, will help you get additional income.
Instructions
Step 1
It is best if your resume is written in all languages that you speak, including Russian. This will allow the employer to gauge your writing style and presentation.
Step 2
It is imperative that even if your resume is printed on paper, and even more so if it is sent by e-mail, make a title and write the title of the topic: "Resume of Petr Petrovich Petrov for the position of translator."
Step 3
In the application form, indicate your last name, first name and patronymic, year of birth, citizenship. List the professions that you own, indicating the languages: translator, journalist, editor. It's good if you attach a small photo to your resume, it should be formal, in a business suit or dress. Enter your passport details and contact numbers, postal address and e-mail address, ICQ.
Step 4
In the main part of the resume, indicate the general experience of translation activity and the level that you own for each of the languages you know, the specialization of translation. If you are a technical translator, then more than 3-4 broad areas should be indicated so that the employer does not get the impression that you do not know the subject very deeply.
Step 5
List the prices for the services provided, the rate of words to be translated per day. Reflect your requests for interpretation, the possibility of traveling on business. Give a quote for translation from video or audio media.
Step 6
List the software used: translation programs, electronic dictionaries, office and other special programs, including for image processing. Indicate the operating system used, mark the presence of additional equipment: webcam, microphone, scanner, printer, fax and digital camera.
Step 7
If you want to work with a foreign employer, in a couple of sentences, indicate the reasons why you chose this specialization for yourself. If the employer is domestic, then you can not write this, but go directly to the story about the work experience. List the organizations and periods that you worked in them in reverse chronological order, also indicate the educational institutions that you graduated from.
Step 8
In a separate paragraph, list the largest projects in which you participated as a translator. If your translations have been published, please refer to them. Reflect your membership in trade unions and associations. If you have expanded your practice abroad, reflect this fact, and also indicate in which trainings and competitions you participated.
Step 9
If you have recommendations, then list those who made them, indicating the last name, first name, patronymic, position, organization, mailing address and contact phone number. Give a link to your portfolio on the Internet. List the methods of payment for your work.
