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Interpreters and Translators

SOC 27-3091.00

Interpret oral or sign language, or translate written text from one language into another.

Zone 4 Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media

Skills

Knowledge

Job Zone

Green

Top Skills 8

Active Listening

4.1

Speaking

4.1

Reading Comprehension

4.0

Writing

3.8

Critical Thinking

3.6

Monitoring

3.5

Active Learning

3.2

Learning Strategies

3.1

Knowledge Areas 8

English Language

4.9

Foreign Language

4.9

Customer and Personal Service

4.1

Law and Government

3.5

Communications and Media

3.5

Education and Training

3.4

Computers and Electronics

3.2

Clerical

3.0

Key Tasks

1Follow ethical codes that protect the confidentiality of information.

2Translate messages simultaneously or consecutively into specified languages, orally or by using hand signs, maintaining message content, context, and style as much as possible.

3Listen to speakers' statements to determine meanings and to prepare translations, using electronic listening systems as necessary.

4Compile terminology and information to be used in translations, including technical terms such as those for legal or medical material.

5Read written materials, such as legal documents, scientific works, or news reports, and rewrite material into specified languages.

Also Known As

American Sign Language ASL/English Interpreter American Sign Language ASL/English Sign Language Interpreter/RID Certified American Sign Language Interpreter (ASL Interpreter) Arabic Translator Audio Narrator Bilingual Interpreter Bilingual Secretary Braille Transcriber Braille Transcriber/Tactile Graphics Specialist Braille Translator