Considerations In Finding Conversational English To Tagalog Speakers

By Etta Bowen


If you are looking for someone to translate the Filipino language to a foreigner, you can put up an advertisement on the internet. Many people are using the web to advertise their professional services. You can look up for some potential translators on the internet. Check the professional background of the translator.

It is hard when you do not speak the language. It is easy for you to get duped if you have no idea what the people around you is talking about and without conversational english to tagalog speakers. Being able to speak and understand the language is necessary for your convenience.

He could also be someone who has been living in the Philippines for quite a long time now and has adapted into the national language. Make the translator submit his credentials to you so that you can go over it and assess his qualifications in the job. He must also identify at least three people for character reference.

Write down the questions that you would like to ask the candidates to maximize your time with them. Set a certain amount of time that you will spend for each candidate during the interview. Before doing the interview, you must already have some data about the candidate. Some of these data came from their resume and on the internet.

Set the time and date being that you are the interviewer or the prospective employer. The candidate must come on time. He must not be late for it is not good impression on employers for the candidate to be late during the interview. As much as possible, the candidate must be available for the interview.

If the translator will be accompanying you to places that you will be visiting, then you need to ensure that he is of good moral character. He must have clean records with the police. He should be someone who is safe to be with. Ask around the community if they know the translator. As a native of the place, he must be known to other people.

If you still have other candidates to interview, then you can set that all of them be interviewed on the same day. If there are examinations to be taken, you can let the applicants take it together. Those that pass the examination shall remain for the interview. Those that did not make it to the cut will not be called for the interview anymore.

These are people whom you could contact about the translator. They should be able to say something about the professional services of the translator and him being a person and a professional. If you come across negative comments about the translator, you will have doubts of hiring him for the service.

The successful candidate must be given a contract. In this contract, the details of the job and the compensation are laid out. The translator must know where he will be reporting and who he will handle. If he is to handle a group of foreigners, he must have at least an experience being a tour guide.




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