RecordMove

Interpretation agency manager to lexicographer

An interpretation agency manager already meets 34% of what the lexicographer role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.

Fig. 1 · Skill transfer ESCO v1.2.1 · directional

From interpretation agency manager

Distant match

To lexicographer

7 You already bring

6 Still to learn

28 Skills in the target role2

Learning distance Substantial retraining

61.7/ 100

adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change

1 How much of what a lexicographer is expected to do is already part of an interpretation agency manager’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the lexicographer role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.

Why

Why this move works

A lexicographer role treats 5 of its required skills as things an interpretation agency manager already does. You would walk in with these on day one.

apply grammar and spelling rules
grammar
linguistics
scientific research methodology
spelling

What stands in the way is 6 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 7 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A lexicographer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an interpretation agency manager background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held translate language concepts communication, collaboration and creativity
already held linguistics arts and humanities
already held spelling arts and humanities
already held grammar arts and humanities
already held apply grammar and spelling rules communication, collaboration and creativity
already held scientific research methodology education

All 7 carried skills, including the 5 the lexicographer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you may need to learn

The 21 missing skills fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.

Skill to pick up Tier

01 information skills 1 required, 5 supplementary

still to learn consult information sources required

optional, not held create semantic trees optional
optional, not held do historical research optional
optional, not held identify new words optional
optional, not held develop technical glossaries optional
optional, not held use dictionaries optional

02 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 3 supplementary

still to learn create definitions required

optional, not held edit dictionary entries optional
optional, not held consult with editor optional
optional, not held translate foreign language optional

03 arts and humanities 1 required, 2 supplementary

still to learn practical lexicography required

optional, not held typology optional
optional, not held theoretical lexicography optional

04 management skills 1 required, 2 supplementary

still to learn follow work schedule required

optional, not held supervise staff optional
optional, not held supervise work optional

05 business, administration and law 1 required, 1 supplementary

still to learn copyright legislation required

optional, not held project management principles optional

06 working with computers 1 required, 1 supplementary

still to learn search databases required

optional, not held use word processing software optional

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a lexicographer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 7 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held apply grammar and spelling rules skill
already held grammar knowledge
already held linguistics knowledge
already held scientific research methodology knowledge
already held spelling knowledge
already held manage budgets skill
already held translate language concepts skill

The 1 learning area not shown above

Skill to pick up Tier

07 social sciences, journalism and information 1 supplementary

optional, not held search engines optional

15 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to pick up Tier

optional, not held edit dictionary entries optional
optional, not held typology optional
optional, not held create semantic trees optional
optional, not held do historical research optional
optional, not held identify new words optional
optional, not held search engines optional
optional, not held consult with editor optional
optional, not held develop technical glossaries optional
optional, not held project management principles optional
optional, not held supervise staff optional
optional, not held supervise work optional
optional, not held theoretical lexicography optional
optional, not held translate foreign language optional
optional, not held use dictionaries optional
optional, not held use word processing software optional

35 held skills the lexicographer role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role assess quality of services skill
not needed by the target role assume responsibility for the management of a business skill
not needed by the target role build business relationships skill
not needed by the target role chuchotage interpreting knowledge
not needed by the target role customer relationship management knowledge
not needed by the target role develop a translation strategy skill
not needed by the target role follow an ethical code of conduct for translation activities skill
not needed by the target role interpret spoken language between two parties skill
not needed by the target role interpreting modes knowledge
not needed by the target role lead a team skill
not needed by the target role liaise with colleagues skill
not needed by the target role liaise with financiers skill
not needed by the target role liaise with government officials skill
not needed by the target role manage a good diction skill
not needed by the target role manage office facility systems skill
not needed by the target role master language rules skill
not needed by the target role motivate employees skill
not needed by the target role observe confidentiality skill
not needed by the target role perform bilateral interpretation skill
not needed by the target role perform sight translation skill
not needed by the target role perform sworn translations skill
not needed by the target role phonetics knowledge
not needed by the target role preserve meaning of original speech skill
not needed by the target role preserve original text skill
not needed by the target role project management knowledge
not needed by the target role provide advocacy interpreting services skill
not needed by the target role show intercultural awareness skill
not needed by the target role speak different languages skill
not needed by the target role tape transcription knowledge
not needed by the target role technical terminology knowledge
not needed by the target role translate spoken language consecutively skill
not needed by the target role translate spoken language simultaneously skill
not needed by the target role unseen translation knowledge
not needed by the target role write research proposals skill
not needed by the target role write work-related reports skill

6 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to pick up Tier

still to learn copyright legislation required
still to learn practical lexicography required
optional, not held typology optional
optional, not held search engines optional
optional, not held project management principles optional
optional, not held theoretical lexicography optional

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FAQ

Common questions about this move

Can an interpretation agency manager become a lexicographer?

Yes, and it is a substantial move. An interpretation agency manager already covers 34% of what a lexicographer is expected to do: 7 skills carry over, 5 of which the lexicographer role treats as required.

What skills does an interpretation agency manager need to become a lexicographer?

6 required skills are missing, plus 15 optional ones. They fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by information skills. The single most important is create definitions.

How hard is the move from interpretation agency manager to lexicographer?

Its learning distance is 61.7 out of 100, which is the substantial band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.

Note

How this record was compiled

Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.