Skills
54 skills are associated with this occupation.
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Essential knowledge
3 skills
Essential skills / competences
16 skills
Optional knowledge
11 skills
Optional skills / competences
24 skills
Overview
Interpreters convert spoken communication from one language to another, retaining information through listening and note-taking while preserving meaning, nuance and emphasis for the receiving audience.
In job descriptions, look for consecutive or simultaneous interpreting, bilateral dialogue, confidentiality, diction, language rules, terminology work, telephone or remote interpreting and preparation for medical, court, conference or public-service settings.
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Interpreting happens in live communication where delay, accuracy and trust matter. The interpreter listens, remembers, takes notes when useful and renders spoken meaning into another language while keeping tone, emphasis, terminology and the relationship between speakers clear.
Skills and specializations
Useful strengths include consecutive and simultaneous interpreting, bilateral dialogue, memory, diction, confidentiality, grammar and terminology preparation. Some roles specialize in medical, court, conference, public-service, telephone, remote, tour or live-broadcast interpreting.
Salary context
Salary context is shaped by language combination, interpreting mode, preparation time, setting, confidentiality requirements and whether assignments are short, remote, on-site or conference-based. Specialist terminology, sworn interpretation or high-pressure simultaneous work may be evaluated differently from routine bilateral interpreting.
Career paths
Experience can lead toward conference interpreting, court or medical interpreting, terminology management, translation work, subtitling, language quality review or coordination of interpreting assignments. Continuous language development and glossary building are central for more specialised work.
Good to know
Read adverts for the interpreting mode and domain. Check whether the role requires consecutive, simultaneous, whispered, telephone or remote interpreting; medical or legal terminology; note-taking; confidentiality; travel; audio equipment; or work with public authorities and community users.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context. It is not official labour-market statistics or role-specific salary data.
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Alternative labels
court interpreter
public service interpreter
consecutive interpreter
simultaneous interpreter
remote interpreter
sworn interpreter
community interpreter
conference interpreter
police interpreter
bilingual health advocate
advocate interpreter
telephone interpreter
social interpreter
guide interpreter
medical interpreter
bilateral interpreter
television interpreter
business interpreter
Occupation group
Translators, interpreters and other linguists (2643)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/23e692a9-a242-4d4f-988f-ed562f757864 |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 2643.2 |
| ISCO group | 2643 |
| Concept type | Occupation |