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

translation agency managertolocaliser

A translation agency manager already meets 60% of what the localiser role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.

From translation agency manager
60%
Overlap1
To localiser
24 Skills carried over
5 Required, not held
49 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

60%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

49/ 100

1 Share of the localiser 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

Why this move works

A localiser role treats 15 of its required skills as things a translation agency manager already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • adapt text culturally
  • apply grammar and spelling rules
  • comprehend the material to be translated
  • consult information sources
  • develop a translation strategy
  • grammar

What stands in the way is 5 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 24 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 translation agency manager background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held adapt text culturally communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held comprehend the material to be translated communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held postediting social sciences, journalism and information
  • already held review translation works communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held transcreation business, administration and law
  • already held develop a translation strategy information skills

All 24 carried skills, including the 15 the localiser role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 26 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 5 required, 7 supplementary
  • required, not held use localisation tools required
  • required, not held revise translation works required
  • required, not held translate tags required
  • required, not held translate texts 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 read pre-drafted texts optional
  • optional, not held communicate with local residents optional
  • optional, not held liaise with advertising agencies optional
02 information skills 8 supplementary
  • 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 3 supplementary
  • optional, not held literature optional
  • optional, not held terminology optional
  • optional, not held types of literature genres optional
04 business, administration and law 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held content marketing strategy optional
05 social sciences, journalism and information 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held anthropology 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 24 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held adapt text culturally skill
  • already held apply grammar and spelling rules skill
  • already held comprehend the material to be translated skill
  • already held consult information sources skill
  • already held develop a translation strategy skill
  • already held grammar knowledge
  • already held improve translated texts skill
  • already held master language rules skill
  • already held postediting knowledge
  • already held preserve original text skill
  • already held proofread text skill
  • already held provide written content skill
  • already held review translation works skill
  • already held spelling knowledge
  • already held translate language concepts skill
  • already held analyse text before translation skill
  • already held follow translation quality standards skill
  • already held linguistics knowledge
  • already held observe confidentiality skill
  • already held semantics knowledge
  • already held speak different languages skill
  • already held transcreation knowledge
  • already held unseen translation knowledge
  • already held use computer-aided translation skill
21 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 read pre-drafted texts optional
  • optional, not held analyse cultural trends 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 study cultures optional
  • optional, not held terminology optional
  • optional, not held types of literature genres optional
  • optional, not held use dictionaries optional
  • optional, not held use translation memory software optional
27 held skills the localiser role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • 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 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 customer relationship management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role decode handwritten texts 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 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 project management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role quality standards knowledge
  • not needed by the target role technical terminology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role translate different types of texts skill
  • not needed by the target role use consulting techniques skill
  • 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held anthropology optional
  • optional, not held content marketing strategy optional
  • optional, not held literature optional
  • optional, not held terminology optional
  • optional, not held types of literature genres optional
Index

Other moves recorded from translation agency manager

Full index of moves from translation agency manager

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.