Description
Translate written texts from one language into another, preserving meaning, tone, and style while researching terminology and editing to deliver accurate, audience-appropriate content.
- • Follow ethical codes that protect the confidentiality of information.
- • Read source texts and translate them into target languages, preserving content, context, tone, and style.
- • Identify and resolve ambiguities or conflicts in meanings of words, concepts, or practices.
- • Proofread, edit, and revise translations.
- • Check translations of technical terms and terminology to ensure accuracy and consistency across revisions.
- • Refer to reference materials, such as dictionaries, lexicons, encyclopedias, and computerized terminology banks, to ensure accuracy.
- • Compile and maintain glossaries and terminology for use in translations, including legal, medical, or technical terms.
- • Check original texts or confer with authors, subject-matter experts, or clients to ensure translations retain the intended meaning and feeling.
- • Compile information on content, context, and intended audience before translating.
- • Read written materials, such as legal documents, scientific works, manuals, marketing copy, or news reports, and rewrite them in the specified language.
- • Adapt translations to the target audience's reading level and cultural context.
- • Adapt software, websites, and accompanying technical documents to another language and culture.
- • Discuss translation requirements, timelines, and fees with clients.
- • Use style guides, quality checks, and translation memories to maintain consistency across projects.
- • Train and mentor other translators or review their work.
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O*NET occupational data (work activities, skills, knowledge).
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
