Interpretation agency manager to translation agency manager
An interpretation agency manager already meets 52% of what the translation agency manager role asks for. The move turns on 13 required skills not yet in the profile.
57.2/ 100
1 How much of what a translation agency manager 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 translation agency manager role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A translation agency manager role treats 18 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
- assess quality of services
- assume responsibility for the management of a business
- build business relationships
- customer relationship management
- develop a translation strategy
What stands in the way is 13 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 23 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A translation agency manager 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.
- already held perform sworn translations communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held follow an ethical code of conduct for translation activities communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held develop a translation strategy information skills
- already held unseen translation arts and humanities
- already held assess quality of services information skills
- already held preserve original text communication, collaboration and creativity
All 23 carried skills, including the 18 the translation agency manager role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 28 missing skills fall into 8 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.
- still to learn comprehend the material to be translated required
- still to learn negotiate settlements required
- still to learn review translation works required
- still to learn translate different types of texts required
- still to learn negotiate service with providers required
- still to learn proofread text required
- still to learn provide written content required
- still to learn use consulting techniques required
- optional, not held create subtitles optional
- optional, not held improve translated texts optional
- optional, not held adapt text culturally optional
- optional, not held analyse text before translation optional
- optional, not held coach employees optional
- still to learn consult information sources required
- still to learn maintain updated professional knowledge required
- optional, not held identify new words optional
- optional, not held conduct scholarly research optional
- optional, not held decode handwritten texts optional
- optional, not held develop technical glossaries optional
- still to learn quality standards required
- optional, not held transcreation optional
- still to learn office software required
- still to learn follow translation quality standards required
- optional, not held court interpreting optional
- optional, not held musical genres optional
- optional, not held semantics optional
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a translation agency manager role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 comprehend the material to be translated practise this
- 02 follow translation quality standards practise this
- 03 negotiate settlements practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 23 skills that carry over
- already held apply grammar and spelling rules skill
- already held assess quality of services skill
- already held assume responsibility for the management of a business skill
- already held build business relationships skill
- already held customer relationship management knowledge
- already held develop a translation strategy skill
- already held follow an ethical code of conduct for translation activities skill
- already held grammar knowledge
- already held lead a team skill
- already held liaise with colleagues skill
- already held manage budgets skill
- already held master language rules skill
- already held observe confidentiality skill
- already held preserve original text skill
- already held project management knowledge
- already held speak different languages skill
- already held spelling knowledge
- already held write work-related reports skill
- already held linguistics knowledge
- already held perform sworn translations skill
- already held technical terminology knowledge
- already held translate language concepts skill
- already held unseen translation knowledge
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held postediting optional
- optional, not held use computer-aided translation optional
15 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held create subtitles optional
- optional, not held identify new words optional
- optional, not held improve translated texts optional
- optional, not held postediting optional
- optional, not held transcreation optional
- optional, not held adapt text culturally optional
- optional, not held analyse text before translation optional
- optional, not held coach employees optional
- optional, not held conduct scholarly research optional
- optional, not held court interpreting optional
- optional, not held decode handwritten texts optional
- optional, not held develop technical glossaries optional
- optional, not held musical genres optional
- optional, not held semantics optional
- optional, not held use computer-aided translation optional
19 held skills the translation agency manager role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role chuchotage interpreting knowledge
- 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 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 motivate employees 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 phonetics knowledge
- not needed by the target role preserve meaning of original speech skill
- not needed by the target role provide advocacy interpreting services skill
- not needed by the target role scientific research methodology knowledge
- not needed by the target role show intercultural awareness skill
- not needed by the target role tape transcription 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 write research proposals skill
7 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- still to learn office software required
- still to learn quality standards required
- optional, not held postediting optional
- optional, not held transcreation optional
- optional, not held court interpreting optional
- optional, not held musical genres optional
- optional, not held semantics optional
Other moves recorded from interpretation agency manager
Common questions about this move
Can an interpretation agency manager become a translation agency manager?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. An interpretation agency manager already covers 52% of what a translation agency manager is expected to do: 23 skills carry over, 18 of which the translation agency manager role treats as required.
What skills does an interpretation agency manager need to become a translation agency manager?
13 required skills are missing, plus 15 optional ones. They fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is comprehend the material to be translated.
How hard is the move from interpretation agency manager to translation agency manager?
Its learning distance is 57.2 out of 100, which is the substantial band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
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.