Use dictionaries

Description

Use glossaries and dictionaries to search for the meaning, the spelling, and synonyms of words.

Occupations requiring this skill

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Skill demand overview
  • Essential in 4 occupations
  • Optional in 4 occupations
  • Total: 8 occupations
  • Most common in: ISCO major group 2 (Professionals)

Essential for

  • 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 mate…
  • Typist
    Typists operate computers to type and revise documents and compile material to be typed, such as correspondence, reports, statistical tables, forms, and audios. They read instructi…
  • Scopist
    Scopists edit the transcripts created by court reporters to make them readable professional legal documents. They listen or read to the reports given to them to apply punctuation, …
  • Copy editor
    Copy editors ascertain that a text is agreeable to read. They ensure that a text adheres to the conventions of grammar and spelling. Copy editors read and revise materials…

Optional for

  • Language engineer
    A Language Engineer focuses on the development and enhancement of natural language processing (NLP) systems. These professionals work on technologies that enable computers to under…
  • Lexicographer
    A lexicographer is a linguistic professional who specializes in compiling, editing, and defining words and phrases for dictionaries and other reference materials. Lexicographers pl…
  • Court reporter
    Court reporters type in word processors or any other software each one of the words mentioned in the courtroom. They transcript the hearings that take place in court to…
  • 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 t…

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Last updated on February 19, 2026

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