Thread:Vorknkx/@comment-3547390-20150204202730/@comment-1496755-20150306112210

Well, if you have the necessary skills and get recommendations from the right people, you can easily become an inspector... or a senior expert (another thing that I've been for a while over the years).

Being a translator isn't bad, but it sucks when you work for someone who doesn't understand this job and thinks we're collecting potatoes or something. It's the kind of job that requires to know a little about everything - one day you may be translating about diesel engine, and the other day - about a heart transplant or the economic situation in Nigeria :P

It's no surprise then that many translations involve heavy Googling and rummaging through Wikipedia for information.