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5. Research For A Travel Guidebook
5. 为旅游手册做调研
There aren't many professions as romanticized and misunderstood as researching and writing for travel guidebooks. While the job is exhilarating — jetting you off to hundreds of places to try the local culture, food, and hotels — the reality of the work is a grind. Most guidebook researchers and writers report having to meet unrealistic deadlines that require them to work 12-to-14-hour days. In addition, seeing the sights is a small part of the job. Researchers and writers must crank out reports and articles, make maps of the areas they visit, and engage in extensive, tedious data entry。
很少有工作像为旅游手册做调研和写文章一样被误解成为一项很浪漫的工作。这份工作很振奋人心——让你去世界各地领略当地文化，品尝食物，住酒店——但事实上这是份苦差事。大多数旅游手册调研人员和作家坦言他们必须在不切实际的时间内完成工作，每天要工作12到14小时。而且，观光只是工作的一小部分。他们必须快速写出大量报告和文章，绘制当地的地图，长时间做乏味的数据录入。
Because of tightening budgets and an abundance of 20-somethings willing to do the job for next to nothing, guide writing is hardly a lucrative profession. But you can earn enough to make a living。
因为预算紧张而且大量二十多岁的年轻人愿意拿微薄的工资干这份工作，做旅游写手不是个有钱赚的工作，但是维持生计还是足够的。
