Occupation Atlastranslator
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/1a07bd7d-2e1d-4930-a84a-1a442b8f2a44
translator
Translators transcribe written documents from one or more languages to another ensuring that the message and nuances therein remain in the translated material. They translate material backed up by an understanding of it, which can include commercial and industrial documentation, personal documents, journalism, novels, creative writing, and scientific texts delivering the translations in any format.
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Job Zone
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- 2
- 3
- 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 (24)
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.
- apply grammar and spelling rules
- comprehend the material to be translated
- consult information sources
- develop a translation strategy
- follow an ethical code of conduct for translation activities
- follow translation quality standards
- grammar
- information confidentiality
- maintain updated professional knowledge
- master language rules
- observe confidentiality
- office software
- preserve original text
- proofread text
- provide written content
- review translation works
- revise translation works
- speak different languages
- spelling
- translate different types of texts
- translate tags
- translate texts
- update language skills
- use dictionaries
Optional (36)
- adapt text culturally
- analyse text before translation
- coach employees
- conduct scholarly research
- court interpreting
- create subtitles
- decode handwritten texts
- develop technical glossaries
- develop terminology databases
- follow work schedule
- identify new words
- improve translated texts
- keep up with language evolution
- linguistics
- literature
- make abstracts
- make surtitles
- perform project management
- perform sworn translations
- postediting
- scientific research methodology
- semantics
- technical terminology
- transcreation
- translate language concepts
- translate spoken language
- type texts from audio sources
- types of literature genres
- unseen translation
- use computer-aided translation
- use consulting techniques
- use translation memory software
- use word processing software
- work with authors
- 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 24 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
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interpreter
8 shared · 11 more of its ownfollow an ethical code of conduct for translation activities, update language skills, develop a translation strategy, master language rules
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interpretation agency manager
8 shared · 17 more of its ownfollow an ethical code of conduct for translation activities, develop a translation strategy, master language rules, spelling
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proofreader
6 shared · 7 more of its ownmaster language rules, use dictionaries, spelling, proofread text
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scopist
6 shared · 7 more of its ownuse dictionaries, provide written content, spelling, grammar
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foreign language correspondence clerk
5 shared · 5 more of its ownmaster language rules, spelling, grammar, apply grammar and spelling rules
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lawyer linguist
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