What are the career prospects of French translation? For example, what kind of work can I do and how much I earn.

According to the latest statistics of the Ministry of Education, among the 226 undergraduate majors in China, the initial employment rate of French majors ranks in the top 1; Another latest survey shows that the average monthly salary of fresh graduates majoring in French is 5552 yuan and that of girls is 452 yuan after half a year. At present, French is the major with the highest income for undergraduate graduates ...

◆ Let's talk about the right way first:

1) Examining civil servants: If you are academically excellent, you will become an official. There are such ideal people in the French circle, and it is a shortcut to take the civil service examination. French civil servants are recruited by departments directly under the CPC Central Committee, such as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Commerce, and China United (the International Liaison Department of the CPC Central Committee), as well as foreign affairs departments of some provinces and cities. Generally speaking, most of them are very respectable institutions.

how to apply for French civil servants, and what is the admission procedure? ! The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is the belief of many French students, and a large number of civil servants majoring in French are directed at him. Let's take the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as an example to talk about this process, which is more intuitive:

① First, go to the website of this institution to see their employment plan for the next year. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs recruits French every year, with the largest number;

② confirm whether you are qualified for the exam. Decent institutions usually make big names, and have never seen a clear explanation, but I feel that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs only recruits students from 211 universities and foreign language colleges, and they are fresh graduates. Non-fresh students need N years of working experience in foreign affairs institutions.

③ preparing for the civil service examination. Some people will find it difficult to choose between taking the civil service exam and taking the postgraduate entrance examination (I really envy you, and I can't remember either one). I see that most people take one of them, but fewer take two at the same time. However, there are always people with NB. In 26, there was a boy who was admitted to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and he was also admitted to Fudan as a French graduate student. Finally, he abandoned Fudan, which shows how strong the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is among French students.

④ Take the exam and wait for the result. Generally, the examination is arranged at the end of November, and the results will be

⑤ at the end of December. It is usually conducted at the Foreign Affairs University for two days, which is divided into written examination and interview.

⑤If all goes well, after attending the political examination, you will basically be a diplomat with the legendary civil servant status.

(Attachment: There is another way for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to recruit people. When I was a sophomore, I selected French departments in Beijing Foreign Studies University, Peking University, Foreign Affairs University and other universities to focus on training. During my school years, I will send the selected students to France to study for one year, and then directly enter the Ministry of Foreign Affairs after graduation.)

The nominal salary for entering the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Commerce and other government departments may not be high, but the benefits are good. I just joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and it's 4, less if I add one piece at a time, which is also included in the organs directly under the Central Committee. If you are sent abroad, different types of museums will receive different treatment. The monthly salary will basically be more than 1, US dollars, and the museum with difficult conditions will be as high as 3, US dollars, which is a golden collar for those who get paid. In terms of official career, as long as you don't make big mistakes. When you retire, you should be able to get a first secretary or counselor.

Everything has advantages and disadvantages. There are also some things to consider when you want to enter the Ministry of Foreign Affairs:

A. Most French will be stationed in Africa, and once you enter the Ministry, you will be stationed after military training; The name of a diplomat sounds gorgeous, but staying in the small courtyard of an embassy for two or four years is not as pleasant as you think.

B. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs usually sends them every five years, which means two or four years. If they are lovers in two places, it is not conducive to the stability of their feelings and marriage. Let me tell you that their divorce rate is the highest in the organs directly under the Central Government. There is a saying in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that family members are available, that is to say, they can take their husbands or wives to their posts. Bringing a wife is justified, and if you bring a husband, it will make people feel that this man is eating soft rice. Sometimes, I really wonder how French girls in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs deal with family and marriage problems.

C. Seeing the future can be reassuring, but sometimes it will make people die.

if the Ministry of commerce wants French, it should basically send Africa. Being a civil servant in other government agencies may not be worried about being sent to a difficult country for a long time, but the income is average, the unit is very decent, and it is difficult to be decent. There are not many places where French is linked to gray income. If you want to be a civil servant, first think about whether you can stand this poverty.

2) News media organizations: Some international news media organizations such as Xinhua News Agency, Radio International, Foreign Languages Bureau, People's Daily and China Network will also accept some French graduates. These units are not government agencies, but they are all the mouthpiece of the party and the government, and they are funded by the government, which is what we often call public institutions.

Because they are media organizations, they have high requirements for French proficiency, and there are many conditions. For example, Xinhua News Agency has to ask you for CET-6 besides French. International radio stations will consider whether your image, temperament, sound quality and personality meet the relevant job requirements; Foreign Languages Bureau, People's Daily, etc. basically have to have a postgraduate degree. These institutions are industries that many French students easily think of, but in fact, they receive up to 1 law graduates every year, and we only know a little about them.

In terms of salary, because it is a public institution, it is used to taking the standard. Generally, the salary for starting a job is more than 3, yuan, and there will be some improvement afterwards; It is more difficult for these institutions to enter. After entering, they can live very busy or comfortable, depending on whether they want to live or do things more.

there is a special comparison institution that seems to belong to the enterprise nature, namely CCTV_F, a French channel of CCTV, which is basically invisible in China and mainly provides programs for French-speaking countries. It is said that there are nearly a hundred French majors, but most of them are not compiled. The salary of newcomers is around 3.

3) Teachers: At present, a quarter of our class are teachers in universities. French teachers are a big part of the graduates majoring in French. A few years ago, they had a bachelor's degree, but now big cities require a postgraduate degree or above. Being a teacher has many advantages:

① Two long paid holidays a year are not enjoyed by any industry; I don't have to work in class at ordinary times, and my time is well arranged. I can do some part-time jobs, go out to give lectures or translate.

② I have a stable job and a respected social status; The work pressure is not great, especially for those who teach French as a second foreign language

③ It is easy to keep a young psychological state when dealing with students; Get along well with the student affairs office, students will miss it after graduation, students are promising, and teachers are honored

Let's talk about troubles

① Evaluation of professional titles: having academic qualifications, qualifications, papers and interpersonal relationships, I think many people are quite annoyed by this; A low professional title is not necessarily a low level, mainly because the birthright is not good enough, and it is linked to wages.

② Teacher-student relationship: The most important thing to be a teacher is the teacher's ethics. Being loved by students is the supreme spiritual enjoyment. Once despised, there are all kinds of ugly words. If one or two people say it's okay and a group of people say it's over.

③ Salary and class fee: I think the salary of teachers is ok, but the class fee is low. Teachers usually don't think so ...

How to join the French teachers?

Schools that need French teachers will post relevant recruitment information on the school website, which will indicate academic qualifications, but there will be no gender restrictions. If you are particularly interested in the position and are confident to apply, you'd better make a phone call, communicate and ask about the situation. If the school feels that the conditions are suitable, it will arrange a trial lecture. For graduates, this process is necessary and critical. Generally, it can give a trial lecture opportunity and the lecture is reasonable, and this matter will be settled.

4) Africa: At present, Africa is the main battlefield for the employment of French majors, and there are many opportunities to go to Africa. Among them, there are many large institutions such as China Construction, Zhongshui, China Turkey, Zhonglin, ZTE and Huawei, which perform best in terms of salary convenience. Even for fresh graduates, the annual salary is basically not less than 1,.

5) French-funded enterprises and Sino-French joint ventures: French enterprises are not equal to French, and whether or not French is related to the industry of the enterprise. Shenlong, Peugeot and Michelin recruit more French majors, and so does Air France. L 'Oré al, Accor and other high-tech enterprises rarely hear of French majors, and Carrefour, a more well-known pure French enterprise, has never heard of the requirement of French majors. On the contrary, some small and medium-sized French enterprises often send a recruitment message to recruit an assistant with a law degree and so on.

how much can a French enterprise get? Supergirl Shang Wenjie graduated from the French Department of Fudan University. Before she became famous, she worked in a French-funded enterprise in Shanghai. One year later, she was promoted to assistant to the general manager. The monthly salary reported by the media was 6, < P > 6) French study abroad institutions: after learning French, she usually works as a study abroad consultant and translates materials. The translation is not difficult, and most of them are copying the existing formats. Except for bosses and proprietress, few people can work in a company for a long time, and even if they have been able to work for a full year, they will be old employees, which may be the same feature of consulting service industry. Work is a little tired, there is no special guarantee and development, job-hopping is very frequent, and some people do it themselves. The monthly salary is about 2,5-3,5

7) French training institutions: the management and consulting personnel in the training institutions are basically not from French majors, which may be very different from what we imagined. The leaders of some of the best French training offered by China people don't know French, and non-French majors know more about beginners' mentality and market operation than professionals. Most of the teachers are part-time, mainly hiring college teachers, which is not only conducive to establishing a good reputation, but also convenient to save costs. It is impossible for French graduates to become teachers in good training institutions, and management has little to do with French level, so it is impossible for training institutions to recruit full-time law school staff.

If you take classes in a training institution, you have better conditions and are loved by students, so the training institution will arrange more classes, and it is not difficult to earn 5-8 yuan a month.

8) Travel companies: Tour guides are also an industry that French people can easily think of. If you don't know how to get into the business, you can get a certificate first. This thing doesn't require high level of French. In this industry, except those who work in an office, they basically don't get paid. It is most important to have the opportunity to take over the tour group. It is a more important source of income to get a commission for shopping in a shop and get a rebate for tickets or performance tickets.

The income of tour guides varies greatly. Depending on the quantity and quality of tour groups, some of them exceed 1, yuan a month, and some of them can't make any money.

9) Foreign Affairs Offices in various provinces and cities: After my classmates graduated, two of them went to such places, which were relatively leisure. Later, one of them felt that his job was boring and his salary was low, so he resigned and went to Africa.

1) Translation companies: Translation companies like to send recruitment information on the Internet most. It seems that there is a strong demand and people will never be satisfied. They are generally fake recruitment. Translation companies are similar to intermediary agencies, and few of them have full-time French translators. They send messages online, mainly collecting resumes for backup and advertising for themselves. So although there seems to be a shortage of people, I haven't heard of anyone working in a translation company. We have deleted similar information on the French JOB website (Fayujob.com), mainly because we don't want to make everyone spend energy and worry about it all day.

11) Bank: Two of the students I know went to the bank directly after graduation, one was a girl from Beijing University, and the other was a boy from Peking University, which gave people a good feeling.

I heard that the boy who went to the bank was sent to Africa, and the annual salary was 2, to 3,. If you work in a domestic bank for half a year, you should be able to reach 5,.

12) Publisher: Like Foreign Studies.

◆ Let's talk about wild ways:

1) Give up French and switch to other industries, but be careful

The excellent form of French employment is more reflected in news reports. We know that many media like to bluff under the guise of public opinion, so we can't believe it all. In the face of real employment, most people still feel stressed. Especially some people who don't like French and don't learn French very well. Stay in the French circle, always feel lack of enthusiasm, insecurity, you can consider quitting.

There are many situations to give up French: some people find it difficult to find a job in French, or they are not satisfied, and their families are related in some way, so they are directly assigned to work in this area. Some have changed their majors in postgraduate entrance examination, and there is one in our class. Some really don't like French, they don't like it, and they don't want to continue. Others don't want to go to Africa, and it is too difficult to find a French job in China, so they have no choice but to give up. Of course, there are also people who meet better opportunities or find themselves with more potential in other fields. For example, Liu Huan, who graduated from the French Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is known throughout the country as his most suitable career.

Giving up French is just giving up professionally. People with French majors still have a long-term emotional dependence on French. Even so, people who give up French because of the great difference in occupation, lack of the same language, are slowly hidden by the French circle, even the students in a class.

2) Freelancer

Freelance used to be synonymous with doing nothing, but now it has been accepted by most people; Technical talents have the most capital to engage in freelancing, and foreign languages are just one of the few majors for liberal arts students to test their skills and eat. After a certain amount of funds are accumulated, these people are most likely to develop into entrepreneurs with the highest success rate.

3) Combining French to start a business

Starting a business is more suitable for boys. There are so few boys in the French circle, and there are not many people who have entrepreneurial ideas. This problem is not universal. This way is wild enough, but it is indeed feasible. I won't say more about it for the time being, so it is necessary to add it later ...

◆ Let's comprehensively talk about some understandings on the French "money way"

1) Most people work in French. As far as French majors are concerned, workplace, gender and industry have the greatest influence on income. The average French level of girls is better than that of boys, and the average income of boys is higher than that of girls.

3) There is no difference in lifestyle between a monthly salary of 3, yuan and a monthly salary of 5, yuan. In China, for people who are paid, most of the jobs they are engaged in are worthy of the salary they get. They should be content with making money, and go to Africa if they want to make money after earning a salary.

4) before the age of 3, you make money by technology, and after that, you make money by experience. I have been trying to understand this sentence better. French is a technical job. If we want to make more money with technology, we must increase our workload. Before the age of 3, we still have such physical strength and energy. After that, we are very tired. There will always be a ceiling for technology to make money. Last year, there was a post that was turned many times, saying that "the Olympic Organizing Committee recruited French translators with an average annual salary of 1,", which was harsh. So, if you work in China, 1, is probably French.