新聞社のアルバイトはどう?卒業後、新聞社に就職したいことは知っているけど計画通りに進みそう? How is your part-time work at the newspaper? I know you hope to get a job at the newspaper, but do you think it will happen according to your plan?
仕事は忙しいけど楽しいわ。でも、入社できるかどうかはわからない。新聞業会は競争が激しくて、経験がある優秀なジャーナリストでも正社員になるのは大変みたい。 It’s busy, but I am enjoying it. I don’t know if I can get a job, though. It’s very competitive in the newspaper business and even experienced and skilled journalists seem to have difficulty getting a full time position.
あなたは前から将来のプランをもっていたようだけど、自分が何をやりたいか迷ったことはないの? You always seem to have plans for the future. Have you ever had a problem deciding what you wanted to do?
ジャーナリストになりたいと思ったのは子供の頃からで、それ以外の仕事に就くことは考えたこともないわね。 I always wanted to become a journalist since I was a small kid and I never thought about becoming anything else.
実は、そこが問題なのよ。日本でも本当にやりたい仕事があって就職したわけじゃないし、いまだに何がやりたいかを探している状態なのよ。 Actually, that is my problem. When I started working in Japan, I didn’t know what I really wanted to do, and I am still looking for what I want to do.
それは問題だわ・・・。自分探しが必要ね。一人で旅にでも出てじっくり考えてみたら? That is a problem. You need to do some soul searching. Maybe you ought to go travelling alone, and give yourself some time to think.