The quest for knowledge has spawned some new job opportunities in the academic world. One of these is translation work. Countries all over the world want academic knowledge disseminated in their language. Scholars also want to have their work published in many different languages. After all, who does not want global name and fame? That is why people who are skilled in diverse languages are starting to find out that clients are prepared to pay big money for their services. These people also make a good living from this line of work. They are even motivated to learn new languages for the sake of their livelihood.