English language is the world's most dominant language. Maybe not in terms of the sheer number of native speakers, as English ranks only as the third most spoken language
The English language is globally dominant because it is the language most used by global businesses. It is also heavily used in several important fields, such as communications, science, information technology, and entertainment. With these facts, one can say that English translators-especially the most efficient of them-are some of the most in-demand professionals in the language translation field.
English's success as a language is mainly attributable to the fact of the immense industrial successes of English-speaking countries, such as the United States, the United Kingdom, and their former colonies. The growth and domination of the British Empire, which spanned hundreds of years, has led to the global spread and usage of the English language. These days, you will actually find it hard to encounter someone or something that does not have at least an English word, or a product manual or user's guide without an English translation-all thanks to the competency of professional English translators.
Another undeniable indication of the English language's importance in current world usage is the fact that about 80 percent of the world's digital information is stored in English. Be it in electronic books, archives, and other information, rest assured that majority of these are in the English language.
And there is Hollywood and its highly influential "products"-the movies, television shows, and every other form of media related to entertainment. Each time an "awesome" Hollywood movie is released, for example, comes an urgent, massive need for the services of professional English translators to translate the said film into various languages, from Hindi, to Chinese, to Arabic. Aside from voice-overs and translated dubbing, there is also work to provide translated English subtitles.
In this context one can clearly understand how English translators have worked to spread the use of their language across the world. As translators, they are engaged in the conversion of a very popular language into another language, and their efficiency in doing so ensures the effective communication or inter-communication of different cultures whose sole common ground is the usage of this "first global lingua franca." As the very people who are directly responsible for ensuring the smooth and accurate conversion of a globally important language into another minor, but still significant, national language, English translators have a huge responsibility on their shoulders-one that they should be only proud to bear.
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