# Competences — linguist

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/a9c7a04d-807a-41b5-b441-87c73c73c9c5).

## Essential

- **apply for research funding** (skill/competence)
- **apply research ethics and scientific integrity principles in research activities** (skill/competence)
- **apply scientific methods** (skill/competence)
- **communicate with a non-scientific audience** (skill/competence)
- **conduct research across disciplines** (skill/competence)
- **demonstrate disciplinary expertise** (skill/competence)
- **develop professional network with researchers and scientists** (skill/competence)
- **disseminate results to the scientific community** (skill/competence)
- **draft scientific or academic papers and technical documentation** (skill/competence)
- **evaluate research activities** (skill/competence)
- **grammar** (knowledge)
- **increase the impact of science on policy and society** (skill/competence)
- **integrate gender dimension in research** (skill/competence)
- **interact professionally in research and professional environments** (skill/competence)
- **linguistics** (knowledge)
- **manage findable accessible interoperable and reusable data** (skill/competence)
- **manage intellectual property rights** (skill/competence)
- **manage open publications** (skill/competence)
- **manage personal professional development** (skill/competence)
- **manage research data** (skill/competence)
- **mentor individuals** (skill/competence)
- **operate open source software** (skill/competence)
- **perform project management** (skill/competence)
- **perform scientific research** (skill/competence)
- **phonetics** (knowledge)
- **promote open innovation in research** (skill/competence)
- **promote the participation of citizens in scientific and research activities** (skill/competence)
- **promote the transfer of knowledge** (skill/competence)
- **publish academic research** (skill/competence)
- **scientific research methodology** (knowledge)
- **semantics** (knowledge)
- **speak different languages** (skill/competence)
- **spelling** (knowledge)
- **study acquisition of language** (skill/competence)
- **synthesise information** (skill/competence)
- **think abstractly** (skill/competence)
- **write scientific publications** (skill/competence)

## Optional

- anthropology (knowledge)
- apply blended learning (skill/competence)
- apply teaching strategies (skill/competence)
- computer engineering (knowledge)
- computer science (knowledge)
- conduct field work (skill/competence)
- conduct public surveys (skill/competence)
- cooperate in linguistic process steps (skill/competence)
- cultural history (knowledge)
- develop scientific theories (skill/competence)
- develop technical glossaries (skill/competence)
- develop terminology databases (skill/competence)
- forensic linguistics (knowledge)
- history (knowledge)
- history of literature (knowledge)
- improve translated texts (skill/competence)
- interview focus groups (skill/competence)
- journalism (knowledge)
- literature (knowledge)
- manage ICT semantic integration (skill/competence)
- philology (knowledge)
- postediting (knowledge)
- practical lexicography (knowledge)
- pronunciation techniques (knowledge)
- psycholinguistics (knowledge)
- teach in academic or vocational contexts (skill/competence)
- teach languages (skill/competence)
- terminology (knowledge)
- theoretical lexicography (knowledge)
- translate language concepts (skill/competence)
- use consulting techniques (skill/competence)
- use word processing software (skill/competence)
- write research proposals (skill/competence)

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## Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 47 ads, as of 2026-07-15)

Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.

### Hard skills

- translation — **77 %**
- transcription — **66 %**
- interpretation — **64 %**
- linguistic analysis — **28 %**
- summarization — **26 %**
- data analysis — **21 %**
- quality control — **21 %**

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