translation agency managertolawyer linguist
A translation agency manager already meets 50% of what the lawyer linguist role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.
50%
51.1/ 100
1 Share of the lawyer linguist role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the translation agency manager 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 this move works
A lawyer linguist role treats 8 of its required skills as things a translation agency manager already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- apply grammar and spelling rules
- follow translation quality standards
- grammar
- improve translated texts
- linguistics
- observe confidentiality
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 · What you already bring
Of the 14 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A lawyer linguist role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a translation agency manager background worth leading with.
- already held review translation works communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held follow translation quality standards management skills
- already held improve translated texts communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held use computer-aided translation working with computers
- already held court interpreting arts and humanities
- already held technical terminology arts and humanities
All 14 carried skills, including the 8 the lawyer linguist role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 18 missing skills fall into 4 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.
- required, not held ensure consistency of translation works in multiple target languages required
- required, not held translate texts required
- optional, not held ensure quality of legislation optional
- optional, not held cooperate in linguistic process steps optional
- optional, not held draft legislation optional
- optional, not held read pre-drafted texts optional
- optional, not held revise translation works optional
- optional, not held advise on legal decisions optional
- optional, not held interpret law optional
- optional, not held liaise with government officials optional
- required, not held legal research required
- required, not held legal terminology required
- optional, not held EU law optional
- optional, not held court procedures optional
- required, not held analyse legal evidence required
- required, not held compile legal documents required
- optional, not held study court hearings optional
- optional, not held terminology optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a lawyer linguist role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 ensure consistency of translation works in multiple target languages skill · occupation specific
- 02 translate texts skill · sector specific
- 03 analyse legal evidence skill · cross sector
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 14 skills that carry over
- already held apply grammar and spelling rules skill
- already held follow translation quality standards skill
- already held grammar knowledge
- already held improve translated texts skill
- already held linguistics knowledge
- already held observe confidentiality skill
- already held translate language concepts skill
- already held use computer-aided translation skill
- already held court interpreting knowledge
- already held proofread text skill
- already held review translation works skill
- already held speak different languages skill
- already held technical terminology knowledge
- already held use consulting techniques skill
12 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held ensure quality of legislation optional
- optional, not held EU law optional
- optional, not held cooperate in linguistic process steps optional
- optional, not held draft legislation optional
- optional, not held read pre-drafted texts optional
- optional, not held revise translation works optional
- optional, not held advise on legal decisions optional
- optional, not held court procedures optional
- optional, not held interpret law optional
- optional, not held liaise with government officials optional
- optional, not held study court hearings optional
- optional, not held terminology optional
37 held skills the lawyer linguist role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role adapt text culturally skill
- not needed by the target role analyse text before translation skill
- 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 coach employees skill
- not needed by the target role comprehend the material to be translated skill
- not needed by the target role conduct scholarly research 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 customer relationship management knowledge
- not needed by the target role decode handwritten texts skill
- not needed by the target role develop a translation strategy skill
- not needed by the target role develop technical glossaries skill
- not needed by the target role follow an ethical code of conduct for translation activities skill
- not needed by the target role identify new words skill
- 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 maintain updated professional knowledge skill
- not needed by the target role manage budgets skill
- not needed by the target role master language rules skill
- not needed by the target role musical genres knowledge
- not needed by the target role negotiate service with providers skill
- not needed by the target role negotiate settlements skill
- not needed by the target role office software knowledge
- not needed by the target role perform sworn translations skill
- not needed by the target role postediting knowledge
- 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 written content skill
- not needed by the target role quality standards knowledge
- not needed by the target role semantics knowledge
- not needed by the target role spelling knowledge
- not needed by the target role transcreation knowledge
- not needed by the target role translate different types of texts skill
- not needed by the target role unseen translation knowledge
- not needed by the target role write work-related reports skill
5 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held legal research required
- required, not held legal terminology required
- optional, not held EU law optional
- optional, not held court procedures optional
- optional, not held terminology optional
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.