The translator must have an excellent, up-to-date knowledge of his【C1】_____languages, full facility in the handling of his target language, which will be his mother tongue or language of habitual【C2】__, and a knowledge and understanding of the【C3】__subject-matter in his field of specialization. That is, as it【C4】_____, his professional equipment.

【C5】_____this, it is desirable that he should have an【C6】__mind, wide interests, a good memory and the ability to grasp quickly the basic principles of new developments. He should be willing to work【C7】__his own, often at high speeds, but should be humble enough to consult others【C8】__his own knowledge not always prove adequate to the task【C9】__. He should be able to type fairly quickly and accurately and, if he is working mainly for publication, should have more than a nodding【C10】__with printing techniques and proof-reading. If he is working basically as an information translator, let us say, for an industrial firm, he should have the flexibility of mind to enable him to【C11】__rapidly from one source to another, as well as from one subject-matter to another, since this ability is frequently【C12】_____of him in such work.

Bearing in mind the nature of the translator’s work, i.e. the processing of the written word, it is, strictly speaking,【C13】_____that he should be able to speak the languages he is dealing with. If he does speak them, it is an advantage【C14】__a hindrance, but this skill is in many ways a luxury that he can【C15】__with. It is,【C16】__, desirable that he should have an approximate idea about the pronunciation of his source languages even if this is restricted to【C17】__how proper names and place names are pronounced. The same【C18】__to an ability to write his source languages. If he can, well and good. If he cannot, it does not【C19】__. There are many other skills and【C20】_____that are desirable in a translator.

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