• The more vocabulary you know, the less time you need to translate. You will save the time of consulting the dictionary and Google.

• Most translation-related jobs require translation test. If your vocabulary is not enough, you might not be able to produce good and accurate translation during the test, causing you to lose the opportunity.

By reading more, you can not only improve your reading comprehension and grammar, but also become more sensitive to words and learn to write more fluently and beautifully.

• You can compare the original text with the translation published by the professionals. Note the good translations and see how the translators transform the ideas of the original text into another language.

• To take things to a higher level, you can try to translate the source text by yourself and compare your translation with the published ones.

You can observe how the translation is shorter, more simplified and concise than translation of an article. At the same time, you can think about how you would translate if you were the subtitle translator.

In your free time, you can try to translate the articles you are interested in or work on the fields which you are not familiar with to challenge yourself and to absorb new knowledge by practicing.

You can join the translation team of the senior play or annual play of our department to translate theatre production. You can cooperate with your teammates to translate, discuss and edit the work together.

Once you feel confident enough about your translation skills, you can try to find translating piecework cases earn some money with your work.