How do they match: Interpreters and Translators

  • Compile information on content and context of information to be translated and on intended audience.
  • Compile terminology and information to be used in translations, including technical terms such as those for legal or medical material.
  • Follow ethical codes that protect the confidentiality of information.
  • Read written materials, such as legal documents, scientific works, or news reports, and rewrite material into specified languages.
  • Translate messages simultaneously or consecutively into specified languages, orally or by using hand signs, maintaining message content, context, and style as much as possible.

  • Compile technical information or documentation.
  • Conduct research to inform art, designs, or other work.
  • Provide educational information to the public.
  • Translate information for others.