Table 1Transition record

sign language interpretertolexicographer

A sign language interpreter already meets 28% of what the lexicographer role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.

From sign language interpreter

28%

Overlap1

To lexicographer

6 Skills carried over

7 Required, not held

66.2 Difficulty2

Career overlap Distant match

28%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

66.2/ 100

Easy adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change Hard

1 Share of the lexicographer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the sign language interpreter 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

Why this move works

A lexicographer role treats 4 of its required skills as things a sign language interpreter already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

consult information sources
grammar
linguistics
scientific research methodology

What stands in the way is 7 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 6 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 sign language interpreter background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held translate language concepts communication, collaboration and creativity
already held linguistics arts and humanities
already held use word processing software working with computers
already held consult information sources information skills
already held grammar arts and humanities
already held scientific research methodology education

All 6 carried skills, including the 4 the lexicographer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 22 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.

Skill to acquire Tier

01 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 3 supplementary

required, not held create definitions required
required, not held apply grammar and spelling rules required

optional, not held edit dictionary entries optional
optional, not held consult with editor optional
optional, not held translate foreign language optional

02 arts and humanities 2 required, 2 supplementary

required, not held practical lexicography required
required, not held spelling required

optional, not held typology optional
optional, not held theoretical lexicography optional

03 management skills 1 required, 3 supplementary

required, not held follow work schedule required

optional, not held manage budgets optional
optional, not held supervise staff optional
optional, not held supervise work optional

04 business, administration and law 1 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held copyright legislation required

optional, not held project management principles optional

05 working with computers 1 required

required, not held search databases required

06 information skills 5 supplementary

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

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

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.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 6 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held consult information sources skill
already held grammar knowledge
already held linguistics knowledge
already held scientific research methodology knowledge
already held translate language concepts skill
already held use word processing software skill

The 1 learning area not shown above

Skill to acquire Tier

07 social sciences, journalism and information 1 supplementary

optional, not held search engines optional

15 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to acquire Tier

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 manage budgets 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

25 held skills the lexicographer role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role analyse text before translation skill
not needed by the target role body language knowledge
not needed by the target role communicate using non-verbal language skill
not needed by the target role communication related to hearing impairment knowledge
not needed by the target role conduct scholarly research skill
not needed by the target role court interpreting knowledge
not needed by the target role fingerspelling knowledge
not needed by the target role hearing disability knowledge
not needed by the target role interpret languages in conferences skill
not needed by the target role interpret spoken language between two parties skill
not needed by the target role lipspeaking knowledge
not needed by the target role preserve original text skill
not needed by the target role screen reader knowledge
not needed by the target role semantics knowledge
not needed by the target role show intercultural awareness skill
not needed by the target role sign language knowledge
not needed by the target role speak different languages skill
not needed by the target role support people with hearing impairment skill
not needed by the target role translate spoken language skill
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 translate texts skill
not needed by the target role voice interpreting knowledge
not needed by the target role write research proposals skill
not needed by the target role write scientific publications skill

7 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier

required, not held copyright legislation required
required, not held practical lexicography required
required, not held spelling 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

Index

Other moves recorded from sign language interpreter

Full index of moves from sign language interpreter

Note

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.