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Originally Posted by Yapyap
It's a more competitive market, possibly, but most countries where English is spoken natively also have a lot of people - including any number of native speakers of other languages. This means that the pool of people to draw from is much greater to begin with, and in many cases, even if the translator isn't a native speaker of the language they are translating from, it's easier (or at least possible) to find people to consult; it's easier to do research, etc.
When you're a native speaker of a language that has ~1 million speakers worldwide, the pool of qualified, skilled, suitable people for any and every job is much smaller to begin with.
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That is what I meant by competitive. Probably I stated it badly
Helen