interpretation agency managertolexicographer
A interpretation agency manager already meets 34% of what the lexicographer role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.
34%
61.7/ 100
1 Share of the lexicographer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the interpretation agency manager profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.
Why this move works
A lexicographer role treats 5 of its required skills as things a interpretation agency manager already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- apply grammar and spelling rules
- grammar
- linguistics
- scientific research methodology
- spelling
What stands in the way is 6 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 7 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A lexicographer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a interpretation agency manager background worth leading with.
- already held translate language concepts communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held linguistics arts and humanities
- already held spelling arts and humanities
- already held grammar arts and humanities
- already held apply grammar and spelling rules communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held scientific research methodology education
All 7 carried skills, including the 5 the lexicographer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 21 missing skills fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.
- required, not held consult information sources required
- optional, not held create semantic trees optional
- optional, not held do historical research optional
- optional, not held identify new words optional
- optional, not held develop technical glossaries optional
- optional, not held use dictionaries optional
- required, not held create definitions required
- optional, not held edit dictionary entries optional
- optional, not held consult with editor optional
- optional, not held translate foreign language optional
- required, not held practical lexicography required
- optional, not held typology optional
- optional, not held theoretical lexicography optional
- required, not held follow work schedule required
- optional, not held supervise staff optional
- optional, not held supervise work optional
- required, not held copyright legislation required
- optional, not held project management principles optional
- required, not held search databases required
- optional, not held use word processing software optional
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a lexicographer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 create definitions skill · occupation specific
- 02 consult information sources skill · cross sector
- 03 copyright legislation knowledge · cross sector
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 7 skills that carry over
- already held apply grammar and spelling rules skill
- already held grammar knowledge
- already held linguistics knowledge
- already held scientific research methodology knowledge
- already held spelling knowledge
- already held manage budgets skill
- already held translate language concepts skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held search engines optional
15 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held edit dictionary entries optional
- optional, not held typology optional
- optional, not held create semantic trees optional
- optional, not held do historical research optional
- optional, not held identify new words optional
- optional, not held search engines optional
- optional, not held consult with editor optional
- optional, not held develop technical glossaries optional
- optional, not held project management principles optional
- optional, not held supervise staff optional
- optional, not held supervise work optional
- optional, not held theoretical lexicography optional
- optional, not held translate foreign language optional
- optional, not held use dictionaries optional
- optional, not held use word processing software optional
35 held skills the lexicographer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role assess quality of services skill
- not needed by the target role assume responsibility for the management of a business skill
- not needed by the target role build business relationships skill
- not needed by the target role chuchotage interpreting knowledge
- not needed by the target role customer relationship management knowledge
- not needed by the target role develop a translation strategy skill
- not needed by the target role follow an ethical code of conduct for translation activities skill
- not needed by the target role interpret spoken language between two parties skill
- not needed by the target role interpreting modes knowledge
- not needed by the target role lead a team skill
- not needed by the target role liaise with colleagues skill
- not needed by the target role liaise with financiers skill
- not needed by the target role liaise with government officials skill
- not needed by the target role manage a good diction skill
- not needed by the target role manage office facility systems skill
- not needed by the target role master language rules skill
- not needed by the target role motivate employees skill
- not needed by the target role observe confidentiality skill
- not needed by the target role perform bilateral interpretation skill
- not needed by the target role perform sight translation skill
- not needed by the target role perform sworn translations skill
- not needed by the target role phonetics knowledge
- not needed by the target role preserve meaning of original speech skill
- not needed by the target role preserve original text skill
- not needed by the target role project management knowledge
- not needed by the target role provide advocacy interpreting services skill
- not needed by the target role show intercultural awareness skill
- not needed by the target role speak different languages skill
- not needed by the target role tape transcription knowledge
- not needed by the target role technical terminology knowledge
- not needed by the target role translate spoken language consecutively skill
- not needed by the target role translate spoken language simultaneously skill
- not needed by the target role unseen translation knowledge
- not needed by the target role write research proposals skill
- not needed by the target role write work-related reports skill
6 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held copyright legislation required
- required, not held practical lexicography required
- optional, not held typology optional
- optional, not held search engines optional
- optional, not held project management principles optional
- optional, not held theoretical lexicography optional
Other moves recorded from interpretation agency manager
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.