3.4 KiB
3.4 KiB
Competences — translator
Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/1a07bd7d-2e1d-4930-a84a-1a442b8f2a44).
Essential
- apply grammar and spelling rules (skill/competence)
- comprehend the material to be translated (skill/competence)
- consult information sources (skill/competence)
- develop a translation strategy (skill/competence)
- follow an ethical code of conduct for translation activities (skill/competence)
- follow translation quality standards (skill/competence)
- grammar (knowledge)
- information confidentiality (knowledge)
- maintain updated professional knowledge (skill/competence)
- master language rules (skill/competence)
- observe confidentiality (skill/competence)
- office software (knowledge)
- preserve original text (skill/competence)
- proofread text (skill/competence)
- provide written content (skill/competence)
- review translation works (skill/competence)
- revise translation works (skill/competence)
- speak different languages (skill/competence)
- spelling (knowledge)
- translate different types of texts (skill/competence)
- translate tags (skill/competence)
- translate texts (skill/competence)
- update language skills (skill/competence)
- use dictionaries (skill/competence)
Optional
- adapt text culturally (skill/competence)
- analyse text before translation (skill/competence)
- coach employees (skill/competence)
- conduct scholarly research (skill/competence)
- court interpreting (knowledge)
- create subtitles (skill/competence)
- decode handwritten texts (skill/competence)
- develop technical glossaries (skill/competence)
- develop terminology databases (skill/competence)
- follow work schedule (skill/competence)
- identify new words (skill/competence)
- improve translated texts (skill/competence)
- keep up with language evolution (skill/competence)
- linguistics (knowledge)
- literature (knowledge)
- make abstracts (skill/competence)
- make surtitles (skill/competence)
- perform project management (skill/competence)
- perform sworn translations (skill/competence)
- postediting (knowledge)
- scientific research methodology (knowledge)
- semantics (knowledge)
- technical terminology (knowledge)
- transcreation (knowledge)
- translate language concepts (skill/competence)
- translate spoken language (skill/competence)
- type texts from audio sources (skill/competence)
- types of literature genres (knowledge)
- unseen translation (knowledge)
- use computer-aided translation (skill/competence)
- use consulting techniques (skill/competence)
- use translation memory software (skill/competence)
- use word processing software (skill/competence)
- work with authors (skill/competence)
- write research proposals (skill/competence)
- write scientific publications (skill/competence)
Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 40 ads, as of 2026-07-20)
Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.
Hard skills
- translation — 88 %
- quality assurance — 32 %
- interpretation — 30 %
- transcription — 28 %
- terminology management — 22 %
- localization — 20 %
Responsibilities
- documentation translation — 30 %
- training material translation — 30 %
- project management — 30 %