Philologist, etymologist

Translators, interpreters and other linguists translate from one language into another or study the origin, development and structure of languages.

• studying the relationships between ancient parent languages and modern language groups, tracing the origin and evolution of words, grammar and language forms, and presenting findings;
• advising on or preparing language classification systems, grammars, dictionaries and similar materials;
• translating written material from one language into another, ensuring that the content of the original is rendered accurately and faithfully and that the phraseological and terminological meaning and style of literary works are conveyed as far as possible;
• developing methods for using computers and other tools to improve the productivity and quality of translation;
• providing simultaneous interpretation from one language into another at conferences, meetings and similar events, ensuring that the meaning, accuracy and fidelity of the original are preserved;
• providing sign language interpretation;
• editing and proofreading translated material.
• Examples of occupations in this unit group:
• Philologist
• Linguist
• Translator
• Interpreter, sign language
• Translator-editor