Monday, June 14, 2010

Pune calling aspiring translators

Wed, Jan 20

Though the translation industry in the country is still in its infancy compared to the $15-billion world market, it has high growth prospects in India with a potential to generate about 500,000 jobs in the country. Pune, is at the forefront of this segment.

"Many foreign companies are operating in the country, particularly in Pune. They are in need of translators but apart from the freelancers there are very few companies that operate in the translation industry in the country," said Sandeep Nulkar, chairman and managing director of Pune-based Bureau for Interpretation and Translation Services whose client base includes auto majors like Volkswagen, Mercedes-Benz, John Deere and SAP, Infosys, Bharat Forge among others.

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The National Knowledge Commission headed by Sam Pitroda had observed that the translation industry has the potential to generate more than 500,000 jobs in India and educational courses on various languages should be given the thrust.

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