Translator jobs are in great demand as we are in an internet dominating age where geography has become history. It means due to digital communication world has come closer and physical locations do not hold much importance. In such a situation countries with diverse languages have emerged and made English language lose its hold. Other Hindi, Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, Russian are the most sought after languages. The job market for a translator consists of universities, global e-commerce companies, medical transcriptions and firms conducting surveys to name a few.
There are some national institutes too like National Scientific Documentation Centre or the national embassies who hire translators. An alternate career path for a translator could be online teaching. Minimum educational language for a translator is diploma in the targeted language. For better translator job opportunities, prospective candidate needs to look out for computer skills. A degree in English language can offer better translator job prospects too as it has always been a common communication language world over.