Employment rate and market sector occupation of graduates in translation and interpreting at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

This article presents the results of a market study into graduate employment for graduates in Translation and Interpreting from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Spain. Based on students who have graduated in the last 10 years, the study analyses the trajectory of their academic studies,...

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Autor: Galán-Mañas, Anabel
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:Brasil
Recursos:Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG)
Repositorio:Revista Sinalizar
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.revistas.ufg.br:article/57515
Acesso em linha:https://revistas.ufg.br/revsinal/article/view/57515
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Labour market insertion
Graduates in Translation and Interpreting
Market study
Professional tasks
Language services
Inserção laboral
Graduados em Tradução e Interpretação
Estudo de mercado
Tarefas profissionais
Serviços linguísticos
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Resumo:This article presents the results of a market study into graduate employment for graduates in Translation and Interpreting from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Spain. Based on students who have graduated in the last 10 years, the study analyses the trajectory of their academic studies, employment status and identifies factors which influence having a career related to their university studies as well as income level. The results show that there is a high level of employment among these graduates with an average income level. They also illustrate that many of the subjects participating opted to continue their university studies after their B.A. in Translation and Interpreting. Positive influencing factors on earnings levels are overeducation and having participated in study abroad programmes. The kind of work graduates do is quite diverse and to some degree is closer to transversality common to applied language studies and international relations, than the specifics of translation and interpreting.