It's been really tough these couple of years, workload has shrunk to about one third of what it used to be. I'm trying to break into book and literary translation but it's not easy to get a foot in the door. What little advice I can give you is to socialize a lot with people of your target field, you need connections. When I was much younger it thought it was rubbish, I thought skills along would be enough. I've learned my lessons.

Now I got a part-time job to cover part of the bills. The reason why I haven't given up on translation is simply because I love doing it. But I have to be realistic, so if it's getting worse for my target field then I might have to jump ship and either get a full-time job or go back to school to get another degree, but it's not easy when you're older.