Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a localiser can go next

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

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.

Also known as localisation games tester, localiser quality assurance tester, localisation tester, localisation translator, localisation project manager, localiser QA tester.

Professionals 50 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: translator, 65%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
translator 65% covered lawyer linguist 55% covered translation agency manager 46% covered proofreader 39% covered sign language interpreter 39% covered localiser You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from localiser, 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 a localiser 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

A localiser needs 20 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
  • use localisation tools communication, collaboration and creativity
  • translate tags communication, collaboration and creativity
  • adapt text culturally communication, collaboration and creativity
  • comprehend the material to be translated communication, collaboration and creativity
  • revise translation works communication, collaboration and creativity
  • postediting social sciences, journalism and information
  • review translation works communication, collaboration and creativity
  • update language skills communication, collaboration and creativity
  • develop a translation strategy information skills
  • improve translated texts communication, collaboration and creativity
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a localiser does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Localiser is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. 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 a localiser’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.