If you are looking for a job with an English major diploma and a degree certificate, it seems that there are many jobs to apply for, but none of them have a competitive advantage. Traditionally, the "mainstream" employment direction of English majors is English teachers and English translators.
First, the "mainstream" industry prospect analysis
(1) Translation Industry English+Translation Qualification Certificate
Many people have a misunderstanding that "good English" can be used as a translator. In fact, the translated English must be very good, but people with good English may not be able to be translators. "Good English" is a necessary and good foundation for "doing translation", but to be an excellent translator requires professional skills training and long-term translation practice. Just like a person with good physical fitness, he is not necessarily a professional gymnast, diver or football player.
This is evident in the annual National Translation Professional Qualification Examination (CATTI). CATTI is not only a translation proficiency test, but also a translation qualification test. Since its launch in 2003, the number of applicants is about 6,543.8+0,000, and the number of applicants is 6,543.8+0,000 (including English, Japanese, French, Arabic, Russian, German, Spanish, 1-3, and interpretation and translation). It can be seen that the pass rate is only 65438+. Because both Level 2 and Level 3 translation need to combine and practice two subjects, only two subjects can pass (Level 1 translation only takes practice), and 80% of the candidates who fail are because of practice. Few candidates pass the practice but fail comprehensively. Because NMET English, CET-4, CET-6, TEM8 and other comprehensive and large-scale exams are highly coincident with postgraduate English, and the usual English learning has also laid a good foundation, so the difficulty of the exam is relatively low. However, whether interpreting or translating, there is little connection between practice and English learning, and there is a lack of language use environment and translation practice, so most of them are "on paper" when preparing for the exam. Therefore, many candidates with "good English" have successfully passed the comprehensive examination, but they are stuck in practice, which shows the importance of translation qualification and translation practice.
To be a qualified or excellent translator, you need "English+Translation Certificate", including National Professional Qualification (Level) Translation Certificate (CATTI), Shanghai Foreign Language Interpretation Examination, National Foreign Language Translation Certificate (NAETI) or other professional translation examinations, such as Legal English Certificate (LEC).
With the development of artificial intelligence (AI), artificial intelligence translation has become a favorable assistant in the translation industry, and even tends to replace some translators. However, artificial intelligence can only replace or partially replace low-end translation or partial mid-end translation, with a large number of translators, great competitive pressure and average salary. However, high-end text translators, simultaneous interpreters and conference interpreters are still in short supply, and their salaries are also very considerable. The salary of excellent simultaneous interpretation is 5000-8000 yuan per day, and the translation salary of excellent text translation is 1000 yuan or even higher.
Translation has a wide range of employment, mainly engaged in culture, scientific research, press and publication, economy, tourism, translation, scientific research and teaching in enterprises, institutions and administrative departments. Specific positions include conference interpretation, court interpretation, business interpretation, liaison escort interpretation, document translation, etc.
The salary of ordinary (junior) translators is not too high. According to the types of translators, the difficulty of translated materials, different languages and different translation directions, Chinese translation 150-200 yuan/thousand words, English translation 130- 180 yuan/thousand words, the number of minority languages increased by 30-50%. The accompanying interpreter is 600- 1000 yuan/day (8 hours), and the price of conference interpretation and business interpretation is higher, but generally junior interpreters are not employed. With the accumulation of experience, the improvement of level and level, the salary will increase accordingly, especially for senior translators (or translators). Refer to the description of the salary of high-end translators above.
It is worth noting that CATTI is the first translation exam. It can be seen from the "National Translation Professional Qualification (Level) Examination" that the translation certificate not only reflects the translation level, but also is linked to the translation title. CATTI's second and third grades (whether interpretation or translation) are "judging by examination", the second grade corresponds to the title of secondary vocational school, and the third grade corresponds to the primary title; CATTI's first-level "evaluation combination" corresponds to the deputy senior title. This function is a highlight that other translation certificates do not have.
(2) Educational English+Teacher Qualification Certificate+Putonghua Qualification Certificate
The employment direction of "English education" major is relatively clear: English teachers in primary and secondary schools (undergraduate or graduate degree) and college teachers (master degree or above) or translation studies in colleges and universities. Non-English education majors can also engage in teaching, but they need to obtain teacher qualification certificate and Putonghua qualification certificate.
Teacher qualification certificates are divided into seven categories: kindergarten teacher qualification certificate, primary school teacher qualification certificate, junior high school teacher qualification certificate (including junior high school vocational school), senior high school teacher qualification certificate, secondary vocational school teacher qualification certificate, secondary vocational school internship instructor qualification certificate, higher school teacher qualification certificate, adult/university education teacher qualification certificate. Candidates can apply for the corresponding teacher qualification certificate according to their professional design.
It should be noted that the teacher qualification certificate is only a professional certificate, and you also need to "apply for the subject you teach+trial+physical examination" to obtain the professional qualification certificate. For non-English majors, it is also necessary to solve the leap of "I will let the student union", which requires not only extensive professional knowledge, but also skilled teaching skills.
The starting salary of primary and secondary school teachers is not too high, and the junior professional title is around 4000-4500. However, the salary is stable, the working hours are regular, and five insurances and one gold are guaranteed. On weekends and winter and summer vacations, the salary for promotion through professional titles (deputy senior professional titles and above) can reach more than 8,000 yuan per month.
Second, the "sub-mainstream" industry prospect analysis
(1) Foreign Trade English+Foreign Trade Professional Knowledge+Vocational Qualification (Certificate)
There are a wide range of foreign trade jobs, such as foreign trade salesman, sales manager, foreign trade documentary, sales representative and so on. English majors have inherent advantages in language, which is the first element of foreign trade talents' ability. English major graduates and foreign trade major graduates are both competitors and complementary in this industry. A "talent" who can have both can become a "generalist" in the industry.
Entering the foreign trade industry requires "English+professional counterpart internship experience+foreign trade professional knowledge+professional qualification certificate". Therefore, you need to learn industry knowledge, or start from basic positions and accumulate experience and qualifications.
As for salary, it is generally "basic salary+commission+year-end award". The key is to look at your business ability, ranging from the level of food and clothing to the annual salary of several hundred thousand. This is a very capable industry.
(2) International Chinese Teacher English +IPA International Registered Chinese Teacher Certificate.
With the great development of international communication and the rapid promotion of the international status of Chinese, students majoring in English and Chinese as a foreign language are facing good development opportunities and employment opportunities. Many countries in Europe and America have included Chinese as an optional subject in the high school graduation examination. More and more students choose Chinese as their own choice and come to China to study Chinese, which provides a useful place for bilingual and bicultural professionals. At present, the demand for TCFL teachers is 40,000-50,000, and the demand for excellent TCFL teachers is in short supply. Therefore, teaching Chinese as a foreign language has become one of the employment directions for English majors.
In addition, bilingual schools, computer training institutions, bilingual tour guides and foreign-related institutions are also alternative employment directions.
I was born in English, and I passed the CET-46, BEC intermediate and CATTI national translation!
Considering from several aspects,
1. does not necessarily mean that girls are suitable to be teachers. We must take the road of teaching, of course, being a teacher is also a very stable and sustainable road! If you want to make money and do something for yourself, then the second point comes.
2. English is a tool. You can use English as a tool! How to use it specifically? Personally, I have several opinions. First, you can study some other majors, such as civil engineering and finance, on the premise of ensuring good English. These are high-paying industries! Secondly, you can do foreign trade. First, you can explore in Beishangguang for a few years and become an Amazon. I think it is possible. After you come out, you will have a clear direction in the future, but don't break away from the premise that English is a tool!
English is good, there are many ways, English is a tool, so you have a lot of knowledge. It can be considered in many ways. Now that domestic real estate has entered foreign countries, you need such talents to go abroad. Don't think that the status of intermediary in China is relatively low. In foreign countries, real estate agents have a high status and can also make money. Still free!
So to sum up, it's all my personal opinion. Don't position yourself as what a boy should do when learning English, but what I must do as a girl. Nothing is absolute! Only you want to do it or not! Can you make up your mind to dig deep into this work! Personal views, if any, please include them!
The future direction of English majors: civil servants, foreign-related businesses, teachers, translators, there is no best, only the most suitable. If you want to broaden your career path, you need to match other skills with English. The first element of learning English well is never to use English as a "tool".
Judging from the current situation, the examination of civil servants is still a matter of special concern to many college students. Many students yearn for a stable salary and welfare system and a relatively comfortable working environment for civil servants. To be a civil servant, you still need some emotional intelligence, rigor and knowing how to advance and retreat. Of course, if a college student only cares about official positions and power, it is a time bomb for the whole society. Ok, let's talk about other employment directions.
With the improvement of national economic level, more and more international exchanges, whether commercial or social, are getting closer and closer to ordinary people. Many foreign-funded enterprises set up branches in China, and many domestic enterprises set up offices or even subsidiaries overseas, which are good employment opportunities. Of course, in foreign-related business, besides your language ability, your professional ability is equally important. Language+skills is a very good employment package.
There are two kinds of teachers, one is inside the system and the other is outside the system.
Let's talk about the advantages of university teachers in the system, such as loose time, high social status, high income and low teaching pressure, but the requirements for academic qualifications are very high, and there will be some requirements beyond academic qualifications. Relatively speaking, primary and secondary school teachers have lower academic requirements, greater administrative pressure and less free time.
Let's talk about the system first. There are a large number of foreign language training institutions and subject counseling institutions that welcome English graduates. Relatively speaking, the income is not lower than that in the system, and some are much higher than that in the system. Compared with the teachers in the system, you are equivalent to the role of teacher+marketing outside the system. Not only do you need to do a good job in teaching, but many institutions will require your continuation rate, so sales and customer relationship maintenance are essential.
Regarding translation, many people think that artificial intelligence will be highly developed in the future, and society no longer needs translation. Now there are translation machines all over the street, which can replace human translation. I personally have reservations. Normal language communication can be well solved with translation machines or translation software, but a large number of professional field translations are still difficult for machines at present.
I just want to ask one question. Which translation software do you see at present, and the sentences translated are emotional? And when we say the same thing in different tones, do we mean different things?
This question is more related to the last question that Teacher Miao will talk about today. To learn English well, we must not simply use it as a tool.
Taking language as a tool is to artificially ignore the culture, philosophy, spirit and thinking behind language, which are precious wealth of human beings. The philosopher Hyde once said: "Language is the home of existence".
Language is not only a tool for communication, but also a medium for people to express their thoughts and feelings. English represents the invisible soul of English-speaking countries. Only when you know such questions can you learn English better.
Mainly because you like it,
It is not necessarily limited to these three narrow ranges,
You can appropriately broaden your own world,
Maybe somewhere else,
Another hole in the sky!
Come on!
English is a tool for work and communication. If your work is purely linguistic, you have a sense of crisis.
There are many directions in the work of English majors. Many friends around me have different choices for reference.
1. Examination of civil servants, national examination: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Commerce and other national ministries and commissions follow the national development trend and recommend the latest national business development projects, such as the pilot project of Shanghai Free Trade Zone. To do this job, you need to have feelings, be smart and eager to learn, be hard-working, be much more tired than ordinary civil servants, work overtime efficiently, but have a sense of mission.
Provincial Examination: The national security department only recruits fresh graduates, or the foreign affairs department needs a language foundation to do administrative affairs plus interpretation and translation.
Selected Graduates: I won't arrange work because of my major, and I won't be restricted by my major, so I will go into politics.
2. Education: University teacher, or counselor.
Teachers in key middle schools teach English.
International school teachers, foreign teacher management, assistant to the principal, etc.
Training institution teachers
3. Bank: International Business Department
Four major banks or joint-stock banks
4. Accounting firm
The four major accounting firms study while auditing.
5. Lawyers
During my study, I was admitted to the judicial certificate, combined with foreign languages, and worked as an international affairs lawyer.
Or choose a law lawyer during graduate school. It is relatively easy for lawyers to change careers, and it does not involve technology. Just memorize the legal knowledge and understand that they have a practicing lawyer's license.
6. Start-up companies: potential start-up companies and teams, as the founders of start-up teams, have many miscellaneous things, rise quickly and have shares.
7. Start your own business: be a talented and fun online celebrity.
Knowledge payment
Establish English training institutions and obtain financing.
I am a bilingual translator with English teaching certificate, haha, I don't have much ability to earn that little money. Not happy either (; _; )( ; ︵; `)
The best way out for English majors is to take the civil service examination. There are not many civil servants who know English, so knowing English has become a unique skill and has a comparative advantage. Later I became a teacher. As for translation, don't even think about it. You still have a long way to go before you graduate from English.
There are many directions for English majors to choose jobs, not only translation, English teachers' bilingualism and so on. You can also choose these English-related occupations.
Foreign trade e-commerce is actually a very good choice. I can work in a foreign trade company. My usual job is to keep in touch with foreign customers through email, and even have some opportunities to go abroad. What should I do if I don't want to do a job that looks boring often?
You can also try to do sales in foreign trade companies and use your own ability to improve your performance.
In addition to doing e-commerce, you can also choose to be a tour guide, especially professional and private tour guides in English-speaking countries used to be very profitable, especially now the tour guides are specially designed, and personal tailor is very suitable for you, so you can make use of your English ability.
If you know English, you can choose not to be an English teacher at school. You can also do some English makeup institutions or some oral English training institutions, which are very suitable. The schedule is relatively free and the work content is relatively easy. I believe that English majors can cope with it easily, especially those who have passed the English major exam. They have many job requirements and a certain English ability. The higher your English ability, the more positions you are qualified for.
Of course, you can choose some jobs that have nothing to do with English, or you can choose your position completely according to your hobbies. No matter what position, as long as you know English, your advantage will be much greater than others. Don't think that this position has nothing to do with English, but when it is really useful, or when the company really needs English talents, it will be your opportunity to show it.
Personally, I think we should follow our own preferences.
Those who seek stability and comfort can engage in teaching.
Those who like to socialize outdoors can be engaged in tour guides.
Those who like to forge ahead and pursue a higher life can engage in translation and simultaneous interpretation.
What do you like? This is the key issue. If you don't like it, it's useless for anyone to give you advice! If there is really no way, just look at these three directions. Your city has a high income, a large market demand and a good job. In short, there is nothing wrong with the direction that is most helpful to you.