For example, the internet has meant boom time for those who work in translation services. The translation industry is one that has benefitted greatly from the growth of the world wide web as people from all over the world can now search for services offered in different countries, sometimes thousands of miles away and pay for them securely using tools like paypal which deliver the money safely and with guarantees.

The internet hasn't only helped consumers, but translators themselves. Online agencies can arrange English translation services, for example, without being located within England. They can recruit and pay translators via the net, thus reducing overheads and, in particular, recruitment costs.

Russian translation services, for example, could be offered by Ukranian firms, but who would you rather translated your Russian text? A Russian or a Ukranian (some of whom still hold a grudge against their former occupiers)? If you wanted Czech translation services you would rather have a native Czech speaker translate for you, wouldn't you?

One of the more marginal areas of the translation sector is for Dutch translation services into English. This can be attributed to the excellent teaching of English in Dutch state schools. This said, Norwegian translation services remain popular, possibly because the older generation of Norwegians who currently run the nation's industry were educated slightly before the boom in English liguistic imperialism which characterised the twentieth century.