RecordMove

Subtitler to foreign language correspondence clerk

A subtitler already meets 28% of what the foreign language correspondence clerk 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 subtitler

Distant match

To foreign language correspondence clerk

5 You already bring

6 Still to learn

26 Skills in the target role2

Learning distance Substantial retraining

63.6/ 100

adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change

1 How much of what a foreign language correspondence clerk is expected to do is already part of a subtitler’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 foreign language correspondence clerk role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.

Why

Why this move works

A foreign language correspondence clerk role treats 4 of its required skills as things a subtitler already does. You would walk in with these on day one.

apply grammar and spelling rules
grammar
spelling
translate foreign language

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 5 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A foreign language correspondence clerk role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a subtitler background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held translate foreign language communication, collaboration and creativity
already held spelling arts and humanities
already held use word processing software working with computers
already held grammar arts and humanities
already held apply grammar and spelling rules communication, collaboration and creativity

All 5 carried skills, including the 4 the foreign language correspondence clerk role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you may need to learn

The 21 missing skills fall into 5 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 communication, collaboration and creativity 4 required, 6 supplementary

still to learn communicate commercial and technical issues in foreign languages required
still to learn master language rules required
still to learn speak different languages required
still to learn translate language concepts required

optional, not held communicate by telephone optional
optional, not held disseminate internal communications optional
optional, not held draft corporate emails optional
optional, not held liaise with managers optional
optional, not held liaise with typists optional
optional, not held translate spoken language optional

02 information skills 1 required, 1 supplementary

still to learn ensure proper document management required

optional, not held file documents optional

03 business, administration and law 1 required

still to learn company policies required

04 management skills 5 supplementary

optional, not held handle mail optional
optional, not held deliver correspondence optional
optional, not held organise business documents optional
optional, not held perform office routine activities optional
optional, not held use office systems optional

05 working with computers 3 supplementary

optional, not held use an application-specific interface optional
optional, not held manage digital documents optional
optional, not held use spreadsheets software optional

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a foreign language correspondence clerk 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 5 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held apply grammar and spelling rules skill
already held grammar knowledge
already held spelling knowledge
already held translate foreign language skill
already held use word processing software skill

15 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to pick up Tier

optional, not held file documents optional
optional, not held handle mail optional
optional, not held use an application-specific interface optional
optional, not held communicate by telephone optional
optional, not held deliver correspondence optional
optional, not held disseminate internal communications optional
optional, not held draft corporate emails optional
optional, not held liaise with managers optional
optional, not held liaise with typists optional
optional, not held manage digital documents optional
optional, not held organise business documents optional
optional, not held perform office routine activities optional
optional, not held translate spoken language optional
optional, not held use office systems optional
optional, not held use spreadsheets software optional

19 held skills the foreign language correspondence clerk role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role ICT software specifications knowledge
not needed by the target role adapt to type of media skill
not needed by the target role audiovisual products knowledge
not needed by the target role captioning software knowledge
not needed by the target role computer equipment knowledge
not needed by the target role condense information skill
not needed by the target role consult information sources skill
not needed by the target role create subtitles skill
not needed by the target role describe scenes skill
not needed by the target role hearing disability knowledge
not needed by the target role linguistics knowledge
not needed by the target role make surtitles skill
not needed by the target role multimedia systems knowledge
not needed by the target role perform video editing skill
not needed by the target role speech recognition knowledge
not needed by the target role transcribe dialogues skill
not needed by the target role transcription methods knowledge
not needed by the target role translate soundtrack skill
not needed by the target role type at speed skill

1 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 company policies required

Index

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FAQ

Common questions about this move

Can a subtitler become a foreign language correspondence clerk?

Yes, and it is a substantial move. A subtitler already covers 28% of what a foreign language correspondence clerk is expected to do: 5 skills carry over, 4 of which the foreign language correspondence clerk role treats as required.

What skills does a subtitler need to become a foreign language correspondence clerk?

6 required skills are missing, plus 15 optional ones. They fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is company policies.

How hard is the move from subtitler to foreign language correspondence clerk?

Its learning distance is 63.6 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.