Answers To An Insipiring Translator

On his blog "About Translation" Riccardo Schiaffino,freelance translator, offers some intersting answers to one inspired translator.

He successfully deals with the following issues:

I'm currently learning French but I've across many websites stating that Italian is in demand. Is this true?

Is it necessary to speak a language fluently even though translation deals with reading and writing?

Is it absolutely necessary to live abroad for several years to become a translator?

Can I add languages just by learning to read and write in those languages?

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