Files
linguist/references/skills.md
2026-08-15 15:19:16 +02:00

4.0 KiB

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)

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 %