Read high quality newspapers (e.g. the New York Times, Wall Street Journal) EVERY DAY for at least a year. Read high quality news magazines (e.g. the Economist), cover to cover. Read your favorite topics in your non-native language(s). Read other well-written material that will help broaden your general knowledge.
Watch the TV news and listen to radio news and podcasts on current events in all working languages. Don't just listen to news stories; analyze them. Keep abreast of current events and issues. Record news programs and interviews so you can listen to them later.
Strengthen your general knowledge of economics, history, the law, international politics, and scientific concepts and principles,Take college-level courses, review high school texts,Strengthen your knowledge in a specialized field (preferably in a technical field, such as computers).
Live in a country where your non-native language is spoken,A stay of at least six months to a year is recommended. Live with and/or frequently interact with native speakers of your non-native language.
Take challenging composition courses,Copy (by hand) sections of textbooks and periodicals in your non-native language(s). Make a note of unfamiliar or troublesome grammatical points and work towards mastering them. Practice proofreading
参加有挑战性的写作课程,抄写外语课本和期刊段落,把不常用或者易出错的语法点,多做改错练习
6 提升你的公共演讲技能;
Take rigorous speech courses,Practice writing and making presentations in front of other people in both your native and foreign language(s). 参加严格的演讲课程,多练习写讲稿和在其他人面前做演讲,既要用母语练也要用外语练;
7 磨练你的分析技能;
Practice listening to speeches and orally summarizing the main points, Practice writing summaries of news articles. Practice deciphering difficult texts, Practice explaining complicated concepts understandably, Identify resources for background research
Familiarize yourself with navigation and file management under current Windows operating systems. Develop an understanding of the features Windows offers for multilingual processing, such as language-specific keyboard layouts, regional settings for units of measurement,Learn to use advanced functions of Word, Excel, and other Microsoft Office applications in both your native and non-native languages. Become an expert in search engines and online research by using these tools on a daily basis
Eat sensibly, exercise regularly, and get sufficient sleep. These are all habits required of a good translator/interpreter。
合理饮食,经常锻炼,睡眠充足。这是成为优秀的译员所必需的习惯。
10.活到老,学到老;
Be patient. Bringing your language skills and analytical skills up to the level required of a professional translator or interpreter is not a task that can be accomplished in a few short years. Only with a lot of sustained hard work can anyone truly succeed in these challenging and exciting fields.