> if you're not, ever thought about translation work? friends who do
> localization work for companies say business is booming:
It is, but I think you have to be somewhat nuts in a special sort of way to keep at it steadily, so as to actually make a living at it. Not everyone who happens to be bilingual finds that they can hack it in the long run.
An interesting essay covering some of this subject is:
A Fitting Trade for a Misfit by Alex Feht http://www.accurapid.com/journal/31prof.htm
Jon Johanning // jjohanning at igc.org __________________________ Had I been present at the Creation, I would have given some useful hints for the better ordering of the universe. -- Attr. to Alfonso the Wise, King of Castile