272412 INTERPRETER
Transfers a spoken or signed language into another spoken or signed language, usually within a limited time frame in the presence of the participants requiring the translation.
Skill Level: 1
Specialisation:
Kai Whakaruruhau (Advisor) (NZ)
2724 Social Professionals
2724 SOCIAL PROFESSIONALS
SOCIAL PROFESSIONALS research and study human behaviour, society and institutions from current and historical perspectives, and verbally render spoken statements, and transcribe text and recorded spoken material from one language into another.
Indicative Skill Level:
In Australia and New Zealand:
Most occupations in this unit group have a level of skill commensurate with a bachelor degree or higher qualification (ANZSCO Skill Level 1).
Tasks Include:
assembling historical data by consulting sources of information such as historical indexes and catalogues, archives, court records, diaries, newspaper files and other materials
organising, authenticating, evaluating and interpreting historical, political, sociological, archaeological, anthropological and linguistic data
undertaking historical and cultural research into human activity, and preparing and presenting research findings
providing simultaneous and consecutive verbal or signed renditions of speeches into another language
rendering the meaning and feeling of what is said and signed into another language in the appropriate register and style in a range of settings such as courts, hospitals, schools, workplaces and conferences
studying original texts and transcripts of recorded spoken material to comprehend subject matter and translating them into another language
rendering the meaning and feeling of written material, such as literary, legal, technical and scientific texts, into another language in the appropriate register and style, so that it will read as an original piece rather than as a translation