[pandayanyan]

This Japan language proficiency test (or whatever it is called)
*Is it hard?
*Can you re-take it to get a better score?
*How much does it decide your career?

And...
*Is there a program like the JET Program that helps jump-start into translation?
*Is translating for manuals and that sort of thing different in experience than translating manga and video games? Or does one help for the other?
*Is this more of a part-time job or a 50+hour work week? Or is it like an at home job that requires as much attention as I would like to make money?


Also,
*You need to be in Japan to fluently learn the language.. you need to fluently learn the language in order to get a job.... but you have to have a job to have a visa to be in japan right? So isn't it kind of a catch 22?
I really can't afford to vacation there just to learn the language every few months....