Table 1Transition record

interpretertolexicographer

A interpreter already meets 36% of what the lexicographer role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.

From interpreter

36%

Overlap1

To lexicographer

8 Skills carried over

6 Required, not held

60.1 Difficulty2

Career overlap Distant match

36%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

60.1/ 100

Easy adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change Hard

1 Share of the lexicographer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the interpreter profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.

Why

Why this move works

A lexicographer role treats 5 of its required skills as things a interpreter already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

consult information sources
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 8 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 a interpreter background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held develop technical glossaries information skills
already held translate language concepts communication, collaboration and creativity
already held linguistics arts and humanities
already held spelling arts and humanities
already held use word processing software working with computers
already held consult information sources information skills

All 8 carried skills, including the 5 the lexicographer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 20 missing skills fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.

Skill to acquire Tier

01 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 3 supplementary

required, not held create definitions required
required, not held apply grammar and spelling rules required

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

02 management skills 1 required, 3 supplementary

required, not held follow work schedule required

optional, not held manage budgets optional
optional, not held supervise staff optional
optional, not held supervise work optional

03 arts and humanities 1 required, 2 supplementary

required, not held practical lexicography required

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

04 business, administration and law 1 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held copyright legislation required

optional, not held project management principles optional

05 working with computers 1 required

required, not held search databases required

06 information skills 4 supplementary

optional, not held create semantic trees optional
optional, not held do historical research optional
optional, not held identify new words optional
optional, not held use dictionaries 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 8 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held consult information sources skill
already held grammar knowledge
already held linguistics knowledge
already held scientific research methodology knowledge
already held spelling knowledge
already held develop technical glossaries skill
already held translate language concepts skill
already held use word processing software skill

The 1 learning area not shown above

Skill to acquire Tier

07 social sciences, journalism and information 1 supplementary

optional, not held search engines optional

14 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to acquire 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 manage budgets 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

46 held skills the lexicographer role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role answer incoming calls skill
not needed by the target role body language knowledge
not needed by the target role chuchotage interpreting knowledge
not needed by the target role communicate by telephone skill
not needed by the target role communicate with target community skill
not needed by the target role conduct scholarly research skill
not needed by the target role court interpreting knowledge
not needed by the target role create subtitles skill
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 follow interpreting quality standards skill
not needed by the target role interpret languages in conferences skill
not needed by the target role interpret languages in live broadcasting shows 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 liaise with government officials skill
not needed by the target role manage a good diction skill
not needed by the target role master language rules skill
not needed by the target role medical terminology knowledge
not needed by the target role memorise large amounts of information skill
not needed by the target role observe confidentiality skill
not needed by the target role operate audio equipment skill
not needed by the target role perceive context when interpreting 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 interpretations 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 provide advocacy interpreting services skill
not needed by the target role provide interpreting services in tours skill
not needed by the target role semantics knowledge
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 skill
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 translate texts skill

6 further entries not listed here

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 acquire Tier

required, not held copyright legislation required
required, not held 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

Index

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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.