Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

lawyer linguisttolocaliser

A lawyer linguist already meets 34% of what the localiser role asks for. The move turns on 12 required skills not yet in the profile.

From lawyer linguist
34%
Overlap1
To localiser
15 Skills carried over
12 Required, not held
70 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

34%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

70/ 100

1 Share of the localiser role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the lawyer linguist 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 localiser role treats 8 of its required skills as things a lawyer linguist already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • apply grammar and spelling rules
  • grammar
  • improve translated texts
  • proofread text
  • review translation works
  • revise translation works

What stands in the way is 12 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 15 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A localiser role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a lawyer linguist background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held revise translation works communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held review translation works communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held improve translated texts communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held translate texts communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held follow translation quality standards management skills
  • already held read pre-drafted texts communication, collaboration and creativity

All 15 carried skills, including the 8 the localiser role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 35 missing skills fall into 6 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 8 required, 7 supplementary
  • required, not held use localisation tools required
  • required, not held comprehend the material to be translated required
  • required, not held translate tags required
  • required, not held adapt text culturally required
  • required, not held master language rules required
  • required, not held preserve original text required
  • required, not held provide written content required
  • required, not held update language skills required
  • optional, not held employ translation techniques optional
  • optional, not held attend gaming tests optional
  • optional, not held develop the product catalogue optional
  • optional, not held evaluate translation technologies optional
  • optional, not held analyse text before translation optional
  • optional, not held communicate with local residents optional
  • optional, not held liaise with advertising agencies optional
02 information skills 2 required, 8 supplementary
  • required, not held develop a translation strategy required
  • required, not held consult information sources required
  • optional, not held employ assessment techniques to anticipate translation efforts optional
  • optional, not held adapt developed game to the market optional
  • optional, not held contextualise artistic work optional
  • optional, not held develop terminology databases optional
  • optional, not held analyse cultural trends optional
  • optional, not held perform product testing optional
  • optional, not held study cultures optional
  • optional, not held use dictionaries optional
03 arts and humanities 1 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held spelling required
  • optional, not held unseen translation optional
  • optional, not held literature optional
  • optional, not held semantics optional
  • optional, not held types of literature genres optional
04 social sciences, journalism and information 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held postediting required
  • optional, not held anthropology optional
05 business, administration and law 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held transcreation optional
  • optional, not held content marketing strategy optional
06 working with computers 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held use translation memory software optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a localiser 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 15 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held apply grammar and spelling rules skill
  • already held grammar knowledge
  • already held improve translated texts skill
  • already held proofread text skill
  • already held review translation works skill
  • already held revise translation works skill
  • already held translate language concepts skill
  • already held translate texts skill
  • already held follow translation quality standards skill
  • already held linguistics knowledge
  • already held observe confidentiality skill
  • already held read pre-drafted texts skill
  • already held speak different languages skill
  • already held terminology knowledge
  • already held use computer-aided translation skill
23 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held employ assessment techniques to anticipate translation efforts optional
  • optional, not held employ translation techniques optional
  • optional, not held adapt developed game to the market optional
  • optional, not held anthropology optional
  • optional, not held attend gaming tests optional
  • optional, not held contextualise artistic work optional
  • optional, not held develop terminology databases optional
  • optional, not held develop the product catalogue optional
  • optional, not held evaluate translation technologies optional
  • optional, not held transcreation optional
  • optional, not held unseen translation optional
  • optional, not held analyse cultural trends optional
  • optional, not held analyse text before translation optional
  • optional, not held communicate with local residents optional
  • optional, not held content marketing strategy optional
  • optional, not held liaise with advertising agencies optional
  • optional, not held literature optional
  • optional, not held perform product testing optional
  • optional, not held semantics optional
  • optional, not held study cultures optional
  • optional, not held types of literature genres optional
  • optional, not held use dictionaries optional
  • optional, not held use translation memory software optional
17 held skills the localiser role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role EU law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role advise on legal decisions skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse legal evidence skill
  • not needed by the target role compile legal documents skill
  • not needed by the target role cooperate in linguistic process steps skill
  • not needed by the target role court interpreting knowledge
  • not needed by the target role court procedures knowledge
  • not needed by the target role draft legislation skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure consistency of translation works in multiple target languages skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure quality of legislation skill
  • not needed by the target role interpret law skill
  • not needed by the target role legal research knowledge
  • not needed by the target role legal terminology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role liaise with government officials skill
  • not needed by the target role study court hearings skill
  • not needed by the target role technical terminology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role use consulting techniques skill
9 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 postediting required
  • required, not held spelling required
  • optional, not held anthropology optional
  • optional, not held transcreation optional
  • optional, not held unseen translation optional
  • optional, not held content marketing strategy optional
  • optional, not held literature optional
  • optional, not held semantics optional
  • optional, not held types of literature genres optional
Index

Other moves recorded from lawyer linguist

Full index of moves from lawyer linguist

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.