Occupation Atlasinterpreter
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/23e692a9-a242-4d4f-988f-ed562f757864
interpreter
Interpreters understand and convert spoken communication from one language to another. They retain considerable amounts of information, often with the aid of note-taking, and communicate it immediately after whilst keeping the nuances and stress of the message in the recipient language.
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Job Zone
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- 4
- 5
Zone 4: Considerable Preparation Needed
Considerable preparation. Usually a bachelor's degree plus several years of work-related experience, knowledge, or training.
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Occupational interest profile
CASConventional · Artistic · Social — the three strongest interests, in order
- C Conventional4.79
- A Artistic4.28
- S Social3.48
- I Investigative3.19
- E Enterprising1.90
- R Realistic1.89
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Interpreters and Translators (27-3091.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, a broader O*NET occupation that includes this one, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (19)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- develop a translation strategy
- follow an ethical code of conduct for translation activities
- follow interpreting quality standards
- grammar
- interpret spoken language between two parties
- interpreting modes
- manage a good diction
- master language rules
- memorise large amounts of information
- observe confidentiality
- perceive context when interpreting
- perform bilateral interpretation
- preserve meaning of original speech
- speak different languages
- spelling
- translate language concepts
- translate spoken language consecutively
- translate spoken language simultaneously
- update language skills
Optional (35)
- answer incoming calls
- body language
- chuchotage interpreting
- communicate by telephone
- communicate with target community
- conduct scholarly research
- consult information sources
- court interpreting
- create subtitles
- develop technical glossaries
- interpret languages in conferences
- interpret languages in live broadcasting shows
- liaise with government officials
- linguistics
- medical terminology
- operate audio equipment
- perform sight translation
- perform sworn interpretations
- phonetics
- preserve original text
- provide advocacy interpreting services
- provide interpreting services in tours
- scientific research methodology
- semantics
- show intercultural awareness
- tape transcription
- technical terminology
- translate spoken language
- translate texts
- type texts from audio sources
- unseen translation
- use consulting techniques
- use word processing software
- write research proposals
- write scientific publications
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
Closest occupations
Compare any occupation →ESCO occupations that share the most of this occupation's 19 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
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