How do they match: Interpreters and Translators

  • Language Interpreter
  • Language Translator
  • American Sign Language Interpreter
  • Foreign Language Interpreter
  • Sign Language Interpreter
  • Sign Language Translator

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

  • Adapt software and accompanying technical documents to another language and culture.
  • Educate students, parents, staff, and teachers about the roles and functions of educational interpreters.
  • 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.
  • Travel with or guide tourists who speak another language.