I'm 29 and British by birth. My parents come from Spain and at home we've always spoken in Spanish, so in effect I'm totally bilingual. I completed a degree in English language and literature, but my real passion is interpretation (though not translations). I love the thrill that goes with it. How can I enter the field if I have no specific qualifications? Thanks for your help!

Im thinking to opt interpretimg as my career. I dont have any formal qualification in it and no experience at all. With few agencies i registered but i havent got any call from them .i failed in an interview for telephone interpreting which made me very disappointed. Should i go for a course? How to gain an experience ? I cant find any voluntary jobs near my area! How can i gain a voluntart experience in telephone interpreting?

• Having good memory.
• Being able to work under pressure.
• Having excellent knowledge of native language.
• Being able to concentrate for long periods of time.
• Having knowledge of different fields.
• Being impartial and objective.
• Having interpersonal abilities.
• Being able to react quickly.
• Being reliable and trustworthy.
• Being analytical.

An interpreter plays a key role in the service sector, and is vital for communication between parties where there is no common language.
In an increasingly global workplace, interpreters are becoming more and more invaluable as members of different cultures look for ways to interact with one another. Interpreters are required to translate text and speech from a source language into the target language as required by the recipient of the information.
The job holder may be required to work with news articles or personal correspondence and to perform simultaneous interpretation where they will speak with the source speaker to translate words on-the-spot with a high level of accuracy.
This role usually requires a bachelor’s degree in the target language and sometimes more than one language. It is often a requirement for the interpreter to have a great understanding of the nuances and structure of the languages they will be interpreting at an academic level.
The starting salary for an interpreter is around £17,000 per annum but it is possible to earn as much as £30,000 in this role with bonuses.