Occupation information for Interpreters and Translators District Of Columbia

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

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Currently Employed: 900

Projected Annual Job Openings: 130

Typical Hourly Wage: $25.24 - $48.82

Typical Annual Salary: $52,500 - $101,540

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Typical education needed for entry: Bachelor's degree

Typical work experience needed for a job in this occupation: No work experience

Typical on-the-job training once you have a job in this occupation: No on-the-job training

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Translate messages simultaneously or consecutively into specified languages, orally or by using hand signs, maintaining message content, context, and style as much as possible.
Listen to speakers' statements to determine meanings and to prepare translations, using electronic listening systems as necessary.
Compile terminology and information to be used in translations, including technical terms such as those for legal or medical material.
Adapt translations to students' cognitive and grade levels, collaborating with educational team members as necessary.
Refer to reference materials, such as dictionaries, lexicons, encyclopedias, and computerized terminology banks, as needed to ensure translation accuracy.
Check translations of technical terms and terminology to ensure that they are accurate and remain consistent throughout translation revisions.
Identify and resolve conflicts related to the meanings of words, concepts, practices, or behaviors.
Check original texts or confer with authors to ensure that translations retain the content, meaning, and feeling of the original material.
Compile information on content and context of information to be translated and on intended audience.
Adapt software and accompanying technical documents to another language and culture.

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