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Where a sign language interpreter can go next

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

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.

Also known as business sign language interpreter, remote sign language interpreter, police sign language interpreter, interpreter of sign language, conference sign language interpreter, community sign language interpreter, television sign language interpreter, court sign language interpreter, medical sign language interpreter, social sign language interpreter, sworn sign language interpreter, guide sign language interpreter.

Professionals 31 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: interpreter, 36%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
interpreter 36% covered lexicographer 28% covered interpretation agency manager 25% covered translator 24% covered foreign language corresponden… 24% covered sign language interpreter You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from sign language interpreter, 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 sign language interpreter already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

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

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A sign language interpreter needs 14 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
  • sign language arts and humanities
  • translate spoken language simultaneously communication, collaboration and creativity
  • translate spoken language communication, collaboration and creativity
  • translate texts communication, collaboration and creativity
  • communication related to hearing impairment arts and humanities
  • preserve original text communication, collaboration and creativity
  • semantics arts and humanities
  • hearing disability health and welfare
  • screen reader information and communication technologies (icts)
  • translate language concepts communication, collaboration and creativity
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Sign language interpreter 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 sign language interpreter’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.