3.6 KiB
Market evidence report — translator
Source: 40 real job ads (JSearch API, countries: us 26, gb 14), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-20. This report contains extracted, aggregated facts only — no ad text is reproduced (copyright / platform terms).
Seniority distribution
| Seniority | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|
| mid | 30 | 75 % |
| n/a | 8 | 20 % |
| senior | 1 | 2 % |
| junior | 1 | 2 % |
Tools — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Epic software | 12 | 30 % |
| 2 | Microsoft Office | 9 | 22 % |
| 3 | Microsoft Excel | 3 | 8 % |
Hard skills — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | translation | 35 | 88 % |
| 2 | quality assurance | 13 | 32 % |
| 3 | interpretation | 12 | 30 % |
| 4 | transcription | 11 | 28 % |
| 5 | terminology management | 9 | 22 % |
| 6 | localization | 8 | 20 % |
| 7 | terminology maintenance | 5 | 12 % |
| 8 | summarization | 4 | 10 % |
Methods — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|
Responsibilities — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | documentation translation | 12 | 30 % |
| 2 | project management | 12 | 30 % |
| 3 | training material translation | 12 | 30 % |
| 4 | software string translation | 7 | 18 % |
| 5 | tender translation | 7 | 18 % |
| 6 | software localization | 5 | 12 % |
| 7 | material translation | 4 | 10 % |
| 8 | accurate translation | 3 | 8 % |
| 9 | audio transcription | 3 | 8 % |
| 10 | written translation | 3 | 8 % |
Regional breakdown
Corpus note: 40 relevant ads in total — below the 100-ad target for a fully reliable ranking. Percentages above should be read as indicative.
US (us)
Insufficient evidence — 26 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.
UK (gb)
Insufficient evidence — 14 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.
EU/DACH (de, at, ch, nl)
Insufficient evidence — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.
Job title variants in the market
| Title | Ads |
|---|---|
| Norwegian Translator | 7 |
| German Translator | 5 |
| INTERVIEWER/ TRANSLATOR | 2 |
| [GAMING] English into Chinese [Traditional] Translator | 1 |
| App & Website Localization English to French | 1 |
| Arabic Hassaniya (Mauritian) Linguist CAT III | 1 |
| Bilingual Arabic & French Translator & Interpreter | 1 |
| Billingual Translator - Temporary Assignment | 1 |
| Contracted Interpreter/Translator | 1 |
| English into French Patent Freelance Translator/LQA reviewer | 1 |
| Foreign Language Translator | 1 |
| Freelance Translator_EN>Korean | 1 |
| Georgian Translator Legal & LSS (Remote) | 1 |
| Hourly Translator | 1 |
| Korean <> English Translator - Molecular Biology, Embryonic, Cellular, and Evolutionary | 1 |
| Language Interpreter / Translator | 1 |
| Legal Translator and Editor | 1 |
| Primary Level Translators - Multiple Languages | 1 |
| Professional Translator - Diplomatic and Government Services | 1 |
| Senior Level Translators - Multiple Languages | 1 |
| Software Domain Expert Translator | 1 |
| Somali Translator/Linguist | 1 |
| Spanish Interpreter/Translator Intern | 1 |
| Spanish Linguist with Security Clearance | 1 |
| Tamashek/Tamasheq Translator/Linguist | 1 |
Methodology: entities extracted per ad ({hard_skills, tools, methods, responsibilities, seniority}), normalized, counted as DISTINCT ads per entity; report threshold ≥ 3 ads. Headline sections in skills.md/tools.md use the stricter ≥ 20 % threshold.