I studied translation in the university but I consider it's not necessary to study translation. As translation is an art, not only a science, it depends on the background of the translator, but not only formal studies. I have met many good translators who never studied translation, but they have experience and they deliver very good translations.
Anyway, studies are a shortcut because we obtain the experience of many translators in a very short period of time. Additionally, studies help to avoid mistakes as one goes along.
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Julio Arturo Torres Jaubert
English-Spanish and French-Spanish translator
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