Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

translatortotranslation agency manager

A translator already meets 68% of what the translation agency manager role asks for. The move turns on 12 required skills not yet in the profile.

From translator
68%
Overlap1
To translation agency manager
38 Skills carried over
12 Required, not held
41 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 41

This move: 41 of 100 · moderate

1 Share of the translation agency manager role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the translator 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.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 38 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A translation agency manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a translator background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held translate different types of texts communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held comprehend the material to be translated communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held adapt text culturally communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held identify new words information skills
  • already held perform sworn translations communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held follow an ethical code of conduct for translation activities communication, collaboration and creativity

All 38 carried skills, including the 19 the translation agency manager role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 13 missing skills fall into 5 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 5 required
  • required, not held negotiate settlements required
  • required, not held build business relationships required
  • required, not held liaise with colleagues required
  • required, not held negotiate service with providers required
  • required, not held write work-related reports required
02 business, administration and law 3 required
  • required, not held project management required
  • required, not held customer relationship management required
  • required, not held quality standards required
03 management skills 3 required
  • required, not held assume responsibility for the management of a business required
  • required, not held lead a team required
  • required, not held manage budgets required
04 information skills 1 required
  • required, not held assess quality of services required
05 arts and humanities 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held musical genres optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a translation agency manager 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 38 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held apply grammar and spelling rules skill
  • already held comprehend the material to be translated skill
  • already held consult information sources skill
  • already held develop a translation strategy skill
  • already held follow an ethical code of conduct for translation activities skill
  • already held follow translation quality standards skill
  • already held grammar knowledge
  • already held maintain updated professional knowledge skill
  • already held master language rules skill
  • already held observe confidentiality skill
  • already held office software knowledge
  • already held preserve original text skill
  • already held proofread text skill
  • already held provide written content skill
  • already held review translation works skill
  • already held speak different languages skill
  • already held spelling knowledge
  • already held translate different types of texts skill
  • already held use consulting techniques skill
  • already held adapt text culturally skill
  • already held analyse text before translation skill
  • already held coach employees skill
  • already held conduct scholarly research skill
  • already held court interpreting knowledge
  • already held create subtitles skill
  • already held decode handwritten texts skill
  • already held develop technical glossaries skill
  • already held identify new words skill
  • already held improve translated texts skill
  • already held linguistics knowledge
  • already held perform sworn translations skill
  • already held postediting knowledge
  • already held semantics knowledge
  • already held technical terminology knowledge
  • already held transcreation knowledge
  • already held translate language concepts skill
  • already held unseen translation knowledge
  • already held use computer-aided translation skill
1 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held musical genres optional
22 held skills the translation agency manager role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role develop terminology databases skill
  • not needed by the target role follow work schedule skill
  • not needed by the target role information confidentiality knowledge
  • not needed by the target role keep up with language evolution skill
  • not needed by the target role literature knowledge
  • not needed by the target role make abstracts skill
  • not needed by the target role make surtitles skill
  • not needed by the target role perform project management skill
  • not needed by the target role revise translation works skill
  • not needed by the target role scientific research methodology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role translate spoken language skill
  • not needed by the target role translate tags skill
  • not needed by the target role translate texts skill
  • not needed by the target role type texts from audio sources skill
  • not needed by the target role types of literature genres knowledge
  • not needed by the target role update language skills skill
  • not needed by the target role use dictionaries skill
  • not needed by the target role use translation memory software skill
  • not needed by the target role use word processing software skill
  • not needed by the target role work with authors skill
  • not needed by the target role write research proposals skill
  • not needed by the target role write scientific publications skill
4 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 project management required
  • required, not held customer relationship management required
  • required, not held quality standards required
  • optional, not held musical genres optional
Index

Other moves recorded from translator

Full index of moves from translator

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.