The life of an Interpreter.

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cristina marin

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Word count: 3408

Choice count: 89

Section count: 62

Image count: 62

Error count: 7

Field Related Analysis:

Law/Paralegal-Technology : 33 matches (absence, accident, answer, Budget, company, compensation, contract for, contract, court, documents, England, family, fine, government, guilty, immigration, Information, International, land, law, lawyer, master, not guilty, offer, office, pension, section, short title, term, test, title, vacations, value)

Tourism : 26 matches (Budget, City, Contract, Deal, Demand, Guide, Human, Interpreter, Opportunity, Package, Permanent, apartment, compensation, contract, educational, field, guide, international, language, master, package, pass, pension, single, stop, train)

Education : 23 matches (Down, England, advanced, choice, college, compensation, continuing, diploma, don, educational, exam, fail, field, first, learn, management, reader, skills, teaches, term, test, training, university)

Target Structure:

background check (2 matches)

compensation package (1 match)

dead-end job (3 matches)

intern (1 match)

internship (5 matches)

leave of absence (2 matches)

overtime (6 matches)

pension (3 matches)

put aside (2 matches)

retirement (16 matches)

test drive (3 matches)

time management (1 match)

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The life of an Interpreter.

Graduation

Graduated from College.

You Graduated from College Ahuntsic and now you want to continue your studies at the University. You would like to have a nice job with a grate future and this lead you to continuing your studies. You made a smart choice by not giving up your future.

Choice 1 : You want to have a master.

Choice 2 : You only want a Graduated Diploma.

Graduation Diploma

You only want a Graduated Diploma.

The moment that you received your diploma, you decide to travel and see the world.

Choice 1 : Travel to Romania.

Choice 2 : Travel to England.

Romania

Travel to Romania.

You decide to go back home. The place that you love the most. You apply there for a job because you know that they will accept you really fast. Romanian is your mother language, so you translate from Romanian to English. They really need you because you have international studies.

Choice 1 : You work with them for a long time.

Choice 2 : You decide to quit after 2 years.

Master

You want to have a master.

You don't want to have a job like anybody else, so you decide to go to study for a master. You will go to study in law, so you can be an interpreter in law. You like this idea, so you do your best, so you can succeed.

Choice 1 : Succeed your master.

Choice 2 : Fail your master.

succeed

Succeed your master.

You finally finished your studies. But it is not so easy to have a job yet so you practice yous skills with a lawyer. You want to do baby steps with your career.

Choice 1 : Having problems with your lawyer.

Choice 2 : You and the lawyer are good partners.

problem

Having problems with your lawyer.

You don’t get each other along but you still want to work with him because you know you don’t have many other opportunities outside.

Choice 1 : Still work with him.

Choice 2 : Trying another person to practice with.

Still work with him.

You want to make efforts with your career and you decide to continue your work with the lawyer even if it is hard for you. To succeed something, you must make sacrifices.

Choice 1 : A few years after you work in a law company as an interpreter in the court room.

Choice 2 : You decide that it is too much for you and you decide to settle down as a simple interpreter.

court room

A few years after you work in a law company as an interpreter in the court room.

You love your job, but you must do a lot of overtime because your job takes a lot of time of your life.

Choice 1 : You continue doing overtime.

Choice 2 : You decrease your tasks.

Give this section a short title.

Write this part of the story here and present your reader with choices.

Choice 1 : End

working overtime

You continue doing overtime.

After, few years you will be so tired. You will work all the time and you will spend more time at work and less time with your family. At the end,you will just have burned out.

Choice 1 : End

You decrease your tasks.

You feel better and you have more time to go on vacations and spend more quality time. You have a good job and there is not a dead-end job to this one. You continue your life that way until the retirement.

Choice 1 : End

You decide that it is too much for you and you decide to settle down as a simple interpreter.

You can not deal with all this pressure and you realise that you don’t like that field anymore, so you just want to have a bob stable with no problems.

Choice 1 : You continue as an interpreter until the retirement.

Choice 2 : You want to change your job.

You continue as an interpreter until the retirement.

You love your job and your tasks. You have free time after your job and you family is important for you. You know that you can not have a retirement plan with this job, but you don’t care because you have been saving money for a long time.

Choice 1 : End

change job

You want to change your job.

You see that it is not what you want anymore. You want something more dynamic that that, so you do your best to have a new job. You return to study.

Choice 1 : End

Trying another person to practice with.

Finding a place to have an internship it is very hard. Interpreter in low is a nice job but there are not so many places where you can work, and it is very difficult because a single mistake can put you outside.

Choice 1 : Quit your practice and find someone else.

Choice 2 : Quit your practice and can not find someone else.

Quit your practice and find someone else.

It was so hard for you. Few months without any new experiences. Your budget was low, and you had problems with the apartment. Eventually you found someone and now you are fine. This person is an experienced lawyer. She helps you a lot and she gives you a lot of new information. You are so happy.

Choice 1 : After 9 months of training you start working for a small law company.

Choice 2 : You feel that it’s not enough, so you ask for more time.

start working

After 9 months of training you start working for a small law company.

You have a good job. Not a lot of hours but you started well. Your partners had a problem and because you spent a lot of time with them you got sucked up in their problem.

Choice 1 : You explain that you are not guilty.

Choice 2 : You get fired.

not guilty

You explain that you are not guilty.

You have a long discussion. You even have a background check. You feel so bad, but you didn’t do anything wrong. Everything will get back to normal.

Choice 1 : Everything goes back to normal.

Choice 2 : They found something about you.

Everything goes back to normal.

You cleared your name and now you have your job back in no question. You continue your life with a smile on your face and few vacations in a short time.

Choice 1 : End

They found something about you.

They found a mistake that you did during your first year of an internship. You made a mistake in your translation and that mistake put an innocent man in prison.

Choice 1 : They give you another chance, but you are suspended for few weeks.

Choice 2 : You are fired.

Give this section a short title.

Write this part of the story here and present your reader with choices.

Choice 1 : End

They give you another chance, but you are suspended for few weeks.

You are so scared about your future, but you do your best to stay calm.A few weeks after you go back to work, and you never do that mistake again. You continue your job until the retirement. And you have a good pension at the end.

Choice 1 : End

fired

You are fired.

For this mistake, you will blame yourself all your life. You put aside your career and you go to work in a small store for the rest of your life.

Choice 1 : End

fired

You get fired.

For this mistake, you will blame yourself all your life. You put aside your career and you go to work in a small store for the rest of your life.

Choice 1 : End

practice

You feel that it’s not enough, so you ask for more time.

One year is not enough for you so you want to practice more. She gives you another 9 months to practice. Being an interpreter in law it is tough, so you want to be the best.

Choice 1 : You succeed your 9 months.

Choice 2 : She can not give more time.

accident

You succeed your 9 months.

You did well, now you are ready to work in a small company. You found a small law company, and, in few weeks, you will start to work with them. But something happened after your second day at work. Your mother had an accident.

Choice 1 : You take a leave of absence.

Choice 2 : They don’t care, they need you.

leave of absence

You take a leave of absence.

You leave your job. You don’t care about the consequences because your mother doesn’t feel good and you want to be there for her, but the job calls you constantly.

Choice 1 : You ask nicely for few days of absence.

Choice 2 : You don’t answer

leave of absence

You ask nicely few days of absence.

Finally, they understand your problem and they accept your 1 week of absence. After that, you go back to work, and everything is alright.

Choice 1 : End

don't answer

You don’t answer.

They don’t have time to deal with you and your problems and they fire you.

Choice 1 : End

They don’t care, they need you.

The company gives you only one day, but you don’t accept that. They can not do more than that. You accept to leave and deal with your job later.

Choice 1 : End

store

She can not give more time.

She already had to train you for 9 months. She doesn’t have time to spend another 9 months with you, so she refuses. After that, you decide to just let your career go and you work in a regular store. This is your life end.

Choice 1 : End

Quit your practice and can not find someone else.

Because of your misunderstanding with your partner, you can not continue your career. You can not find a place where you can practice your internship.

Choice 1 : You let your career aside.

Choice 2 : You keep looking.

You let your career aside.

You spend a lot of years studying in this field and you see that is so hard to find a place to work so you just give up and try something else.

Choice 1 : End

find someone

You keep looking.

You keep looking to find someone. You feel so depressed and tired, but you don’t want to give up on your career and all the years that you have been suffering. You finally found someone.

Choice 1 : You practice your skills.

practice your skills

You practice your skills.

You have been accepted to a small law company after your internship. You are so happy because it was your dream. You continue with this career for the rest of your life. You have a good pension and you are grateful for it.

Choice 1 : End

good parteners

You and the lawyer are good partners.

You have a grate partner. He helps you a lot. You are so thankful for that and you like working with him. He showed you many easy ways to succeed and be a good interpreter.

Choice 1 : He offers you a job at his company.

Choice 2 : He only helped you and now you are on your own.

He offers you a job at his company.

It is very difficult to find a job in law interpreter because you must have connections. You can succeed if you have references or people that you know in this field. If not, it is very hard. You are happy for having this opportunity.

Choice 1 : You are always by his side.

Choice 2 : You stop all contacts after few years.

You are always by his side.

You are his right hand. You learn so much from him because he did few studies in modern languages as an interpreter, so he knows few stuffs. He teaches you with all his heart. And you are always there to help him at any hour of the day.

Choice 1 : You become on of the most wanted interpreter in low.

Choice 2 : You keep it that way until your retirement.

tired

You become on of the most wanted interpreter in low.

You advanced so much in your career that you became a wanted interpreter. But you start to be tired because of all the tasks and responsibilities that you have. You start to think to your retirement and your vacations. You do a lot of overtime, so you can manage all the important stuffs and documents. You have a good time management, but you feel that you want to keep it low.

Choice 1 : You calm down with your tasks and responsibilities and you leave it to the other generation.

You calm down with your tasks and responsibilities and you leave it to the other generation.

You love your job the way it is. You have a good compensation package and you prepare yourself slowly to the retirement.

Choice 1 : End

best friend

You keep it that way until your retirement.

He becomes one of your best friends. You just want to be equal to him. He has a better job that you, but you don’t care because you love your job.

Choice 1 : End

You stop all contacts after few years.

You don’t have contacts with him anymore because you were just his intern. You are on your own now, so you do your best to find a job. It is so hard because you don’t have contacts. You apply everywhere, and you have a lot of interviews. They don’t want you because you don’t have experience.

Choice 1 : You accumulate experience.

Choice 2 : You give up.

You accumulate experience.

You go translate almost everywhere, hospital, educational services. After all this practice you try your chance and you succeed to be a law interpreter for the government. You have a salary starting at $50 000. You pass your test to work for the government and you love it so much. But there is a problem. You have a fixed-term contract for 5 years only.

Choice 1 : You continue for 5 years.

Choice 2 : You try something else.

permanent job

You continue for 5 years.

You continue with them for 5 years. After that, they know you already, so they offer you a permanent job.

Choice 1 : You work with the government until your retirement.

hospital

You try something else.

You didn’t like to work for the government because you had a background check. You decide to go and work in hospitals because you like the atmosphere.

Choice 1 : You love working for the hospitals and help peoples.

You love working for the hospitals and help peoples.

You succeeded you career for 5 years but after that you wanted to have a job that made you happy. You work in a hospital as an interpreter until your retirement. You don’t have any problems and you like it there.

Choice 1 : End

spain

You give up.

You decide to travel and search for other opportunities. You travel to Spain and you fall in love with this country. You find a job there in the Government as an interpreter (English -Spanish). You work with them for a long time, but you are not promoted. In Spain, the interpreters have limited opportunities for promotions. But you love your job, so you want to keep it that way.

Choice 1 : End

He only helped you and now you are on your own.

He was a good colleague during your internship but now it is over. He doesn’t want to help you because he doesn’t want you to be more successful than him.

Choice 1 : You thank him for all his time.

Choice 2 : You just leave.

You thank him for all his time.

This man helped you a lot, so you tank him with all your heart. You know that there exist people jealous of someones success, so you just leave it that way.

Choice 1 : End

You just leave.

You leave, and you go find a job. It is very difficult. You find a job related with the immigration. You help people witch just immigrated in Montreal. You are paid $46 220. But you have a problem. After few years, they will re-train the employees. You hate the re-training part, but you don’t have a choice. You stay in this job until your retirement. You are related to the government, so you will have a pension at the end.

Choice 1 : End

You work with them for a long time.

You love helping people and guide them. You work with the government. You do a lot of overtime because the salary is not very high. You went back to your country because you love it there, even if you know that the economy is low.

Choice 1 : You work with the government until your retirement.

You work with the government until your retirement.

It is very hard to live in Romania, but you decide to stay there and work with the government to make this country a better place to live.

Choice 1 : End

money

You decide to quit after 2 years.

You quit after 2 years because you see that the country is ruled by thieves. They just want to steal the money from this country. You quit your job and you decide to work on your own.

Choice 1 : Work on your own.

Work on your own.

You opened a small business by yourself and you are doing great. But you don’t have a certain future, no retirement plan and you will have to work a lot of overtime.But you will succeed your career this way.

Choice 1 : End

england

Travel to England.

You decide to go work in England. You apply to work in the Immigration Service. You will have to move a lot from city to help people with their immigration. You don’t want an office job, so you are working on the land. But for that you need to pass the test drive.

Choice 1 : You pass.

Choice 2 : You fail the test drive.

You pass.

You continue with your job and you help people. You love it, so you don’t want any changes. But they will constantly demand some re-training for the job, if not you will not have opportunities to be promoted.

Choice 1 : Do the re-training.

Choice 2 : Don’t want to be promoted, don’t want to do the re-training.

technology

Do the re-training.

A few years after you are promoted but you have another problem. Your job loses value because of the technologies. There are machines that can translate the human voice, so people won’t need you anymore.

Choice 1 : A machine can not replace a human voice.

Choice 2 : You will work in this field until there will be a dead-end job.

A machine can not replace a human voice.

Even if the machine can translate a human voice, it will never be as fluent and as good translate as a human. The syntax of a phrase can not be done 100% by a machine. So, the machine can not win this game.

Choice 1 : End

You will work in this field until there will be a dead-end job.

You don’t have many years left so you will work in this field the most you can. You know that it won't last long, but you appreciate each minute working the job that you love.

Choice 1 : End

Don’t want to be promoted, don’t want to do the re-training.

You don’t have many years left so you will work in this field the most you can. You know what you are capable of, so you do the best you can until your retirement.

Choice 1 : End

busses

You fail the test drive.

You will use the common transport but after a while you will pass the exam and you will work in the field that you wanted for so long. You are finally there.

Choice 1 : End

Fail your master.

If you fail your master, you will still have your Graduated Diploma so you will just have to deal with this one. You will succeed your career step by step.

Choice 1 : You only want a Graduated Diploma.

The End.