2019年伊始，我總算踏出新的一步，那就是開始承接英文編輯校對的工作。這個工作之前並非沒有做過，而是做得比較零散，東邊忙一下、西邊碰一下，一整年下來好像無甚進展，遑論覺得自己已經晉階成為英文編輯。
多得澳洲翻譯協會（NAATI），我手上的專業認證譯者資格必須上一些新課程才能得到更新，因為協會希望旗下成員在專業翻譯與寫作領域中不斷精益求精。我於是在網上學了英文的編輯校對功夫，自己再下手修改文章，2018年下半年頗有進展，現在也正處理一些英文編輯校對的案子，希望接下來愈做愈順心。
人望高處，水向低流，我亦不想一輩子只是個譯者。我希望他日拿著客戶出版新的英文書或推介新的英文文章和網站內容，以前出自我的翻譯手筆，以後出自我的編輯手筆，亦是一樁美事。
Starting 2019, I am embarking upon English editing and proofreading work. Such work has been on and off before this, and those were scattering projects. And you can imagine, touching up things here and there doesn’t qualify you as an English editor. Needless to say, I did not make much progress in editing. Neither did I feel myself upgrading to the level of an English editor.
Thanks to NAATI Australia, I need to learn new things and take up new courses to renew my certification as a certified translator. NAATI sets such requirements to make sure professional members continue making progress in professional translation and writing.
I then took up some online editing courses and edited some articles. Second half of 2018 saw some progress and I am now editing some projects. I do hope for a smooth progress ahead.
Humans struggle to move upwards; water flows downwards, as the Cantonese saying goes. I certainly want to be more than a translator.
From my translation pen to my editing pen, I will be very proud to edit and introduce clients’ new English books, articles and online contents.
NAATI Australia (National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters)
https://www.naati.com.au/
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