Translation basically serves as a tool to eliminate or minimize the barriers of language and facilitates to share the resources among all humanity. Now that when the entire globe is one village, thanks to Internet and Communications revolution, the need for this tool is growing. It is becoming instrumental in enhancing the communication between people speaking various languages.
However there is nothing like perfect translation. At best, it can only be very close to the original and can never be original. Translation always loses something of the original. The best translation could only be one where the loss of the original is kept to minimum.
The process of translation demands good command over the languages concerned and growing willingness to continue learning and refinement. It also demands fair exposure to the culture and ethos of both the languages. For better translations, expertise in a particular subject matter or get acquainted with some knowledge of the subject if new to it, becomes necessary. Translation demands adjusting creatively to the author and echoing it.
Translation also demands attitudes such as patience, perseverance, tolerance, waiting and a mind set that is willing to sit for hours for the work (to read, understand and then translate).
Translation, finally done with heart helps one not only to earn enough money but also helps one to evolve humanly that also includes professional evolution.
