localiser

Code 2643.6.1

Localisers translate and adapt texts to the language and culture of a specific target audience. They convert standard translation into locally understandable texts with flairs of the culture, sayings, and other nuances that make the translation richer and more meaningful for a cultural target group than it was before.

Essential skills

Knowledge

  • grammar
  • spelling
  • postediting

Skills and competences

  • update language skills
  • adapt text culturally
  • preserve original text
  • consult information sources
  • proofread text
  • develop a translation strategy
  • master language rules
  • comprehend the material to be translated
  • improve translated texts
  • provide written content
  • review translation works
  • revise translation works
  • translate language concepts
  • translate tags
  • translate texts
  • use localisation tools

Transversal competences

  • apply grammar and spelling rules

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This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission and the Mapha Taxonomy developed by OTIC SOFOFA (CC BY 4.0), in an adapted version. Group codes come from the ILO's ISCO-08. See sources and licences