Description
Translate text from one language to another, conserving the meaning and the nuances of the original text, without adding, changing or omitting anything and avoiding the expression of personal feelings and opinions.
It includes understanding and translating the jargon of an industrial or economic domain keeping the kind of professional language at the same level in the translated language.
Alternative labels
translating text
deliver translations of texts
translating texts
provide translations of texts
translate text
generate translations of texts
Skill type
skill/competence
Skill reusability level
sector-specific
Relationships with occupations
Essential skill
Translate texts is an essential skill of the following occupations:
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.
Lawyer linguist: Lawyer linguists interpret and translate legal pieces from one language to another. They provide legal analysis to the information before them and help in understanding technicalities of the content expressed in other languages.
Sign language interpreter: Sign language interpreters understand and convert sign language into spoken language and vice versa. They maintain the nuances and the stress of the message in the recipient language.
Localiser: Localisers translate and adapt texts to the language and culture of a specific target audience. They convert standard translation into locally understandable texts with flairs of the culture, sayings, and other nuances that make the translation richer and more meaningful for a cultural target group than it was before.
Optional skill
Translate texts is optional for these occupations. This means knowing this skill may be an asset for career advancement if you are in one of these occupations.
Interpreter: Interpreters understand and convert spoken communication from one language to another. They retain considerable amounts of information, often with the aid of note-taking, and communicate it immediately after whilst keeping the nuances and stress of the message in the recipient language.
References
- Translate texts – ESCO
