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.
Also called: linguistic coordinator, sworn translator, scientific translator, financial translator, medical translator, video game translator, translator coordinator, literary translator
- 24
- essential skills
- 36
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
- 2643
- ISCO-08 group
Where you can go from here
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Essential skills
24- 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 skills
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
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