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

translatortointerpretation agency manager

A translator already meets 37% of what the interpretation agency manager role asks for. The move turns on 16 required skills not yet in the profile.

From translator
37%
Overlap1
To interpretation agency manager
16 Skills carried over
16 Required, not held
66.6 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

37%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

66.6/ 100

1 Share of the interpretation agency manager role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the translator 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 interpretation agency manager role treats 9 of its required skills as things a translator already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • apply grammar and spelling rules
  • develop a translation strategy
  • follow an ethical code of conduct for translation activities
  • grammar
  • master language rules
  • observe confidentiality

What stands in the way is 16 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 16 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A interpretation agency manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a translator background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held perform sworn translations communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held follow an ethical code of conduct for translation activities communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held develop a translation strategy information skills
  • already held unseen translation arts and humanities
  • already held preserve original text communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held master language rules communication, collaboration and creativity

All 16 carried skills, including the 9 the interpretation agency manager 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 9 required, 5 supplementary
  • required, not held manage a good diction required
  • required, not held perform bilateral interpretation required
  • required, not held preserve meaning of original speech required
  • required, not held build business relationships required
  • required, not held interpret spoken language between two parties required
  • required, not held liaise with colleagues required
  • required, not held translate spoken language consecutively required
  • required, not held translate spoken language simultaneously required
  • required, not held write work-related reports required
  • optional, not held perform sight translation optional
  • optional, not held provide advocacy interpreting services optional
  • optional, not held liaise with financiers optional
  • optional, not held liaise with government officials optional
  • optional, not held show intercultural awareness optional
02 management skills 3 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held assume responsibility for the management of a business required
  • required, not held lead a team required
  • required, not held manage budgets required
  • optional, not held motivate employees optional
03 business, administration and law 2 required
  • required, not held project management required
  • required, not held customer relationship management required
04 arts and humanities 1 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held interpreting modes required
  • optional, not held chuchotage interpreting optional
  • optional, not held tape transcription optional
  • optional, not held phonetics optional
05 information skills 1 required
  • required, not held assess quality of services required
06 working with computers 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held manage office facility systems optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a interpretation agency manager 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 16 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held apply grammar and spelling rules skill
  • already held develop a translation strategy skill
  • already held follow an ethical code of conduct for translation activities skill
  • already held grammar knowledge
  • already held master language rules skill
  • already held observe confidentiality skill
  • already held speak different languages skill
  • already held spelling knowledge
  • already held translate language concepts skill
  • already held linguistics knowledge
  • already held perform sworn translations skill
  • already held preserve original text skill
  • already held scientific research methodology knowledge
  • already held technical terminology knowledge
  • already held unseen translation knowledge
  • already held write research proposals skill
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held chuchotage interpreting optional
  • optional, not held perform sight translation optional
  • optional, not held provide advocacy interpreting services optional
  • optional, not held tape transcription optional
  • optional, not held liaise with financiers optional
  • optional, not held liaise with government officials optional
  • optional, not held manage office facility systems optional
  • optional, not held motivate employees optional
  • optional, not held phonetics optional
  • optional, not held show intercultural awareness optional
44 held skills the interpretation agency manager role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • 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 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 court interpreting knowledge
  • not needed by the target role create subtitles skill
  • 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 develop terminology databases skill
  • not needed by the target role follow translation quality standards skill
  • not needed by the target role follow work schedule skill
  • not needed by the target role identify new words skill
  • not needed by the target role improve translated texts skill
  • not needed by the target role information confidentiality knowledge
  • not needed by the target role keep up with language evolution skill
  • not needed by the target role literature knowledge
  • not needed by the target role maintain updated professional knowledge skill
  • not needed by the target role make abstracts skill
  • not needed by the target role make surtitles skill
  • not needed by the target role office software knowledge
  • not needed by the target role perform project management skill
  • not needed by the target role postediting knowledge
  • not needed by the target role proofread text skill
  • not needed by the target role provide written content skill
  • not needed by the target role review translation works skill
  • not needed by the target role revise translation works skill
  • not needed by the target role semantics 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 translate spoken language skill
  • not needed by the target role translate tags skill
  • not needed by the target role translate texts skill
  • not needed by the target role type texts from audio sources skill
  • not needed by the target role types of literature genres knowledge
  • not needed by the target role update language skills skill
  • not needed by the target role use computer-aided translation skill
  • not needed by the target role use consulting techniques skill
  • not needed by the target role use dictionaries skill

4 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 project management required
  • required, not held customer relationship management required
  • required, not held interpreting modes required
  • optional, not held chuchotage interpreting optional
  • optional, not held tape transcription optional
  • optional, not held phonetics 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.