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Where an interpretation agency manager can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role an interpretation agency manager already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Interpretation agency managers oversee operations in the delivery of interpretation services. They coordinate the efforts of a team of interpreters who understand and convert spoken communication from one language to another. They ensure the quality of the service and the administration of the interpretation agency.

Also known as language translation agency director, language translation agency supervisor, translation service manager, language interpretation service manager, language interpreter, language translation service manager, language interpretation agency supervisor, language interpretation agency director, translation agency manager, interpretation agency director, interpretation agency supervisor, language translation agency manager.

Managers 42 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: interpreter, 63%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
interpreter 63% covered translation agency manager 52% covered sign language interpreter 42% covered foreign language corresponden… 39% covered lexicographer 34% covered interpretation agency man… You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from interpretation agency manager, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role an interpretation agency manager already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

An interpretation agency manager needs 25 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • interpreting modes arts and humanities
  • perform bilateral interpretation communication, collaboration and creativity
  • preserve meaning of original speech communication, collaboration and creativity
  • interpret spoken language between two parties communication, collaboration and creativity
  • manage a good diction communication, collaboration and creativity
  • translate spoken language consecutively communication, collaboration and creativity
  • translate spoken language simultaneously communication, collaboration and creativity
  • follow an ethical code of conduct for translation activities communication, collaboration and creativity
  • develop a translation strategy information skills
  • assess quality of services information skills
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what an interpretation agency manager does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Interpretation agency manager is filed under Managers, ISCO major group 1. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of an interpretation agency manager’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.