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| Adapt software and accompanying technical documents to another language and culture. |
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| Adapt translations to students' cognitive and grade levels, collaborating with educational team members as necessary. |
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| Check original texts or confer with authors to ensure that translations retain the content, meaning, and feeling of the original material. |
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| Check translations of technical terms and terminology to ensure that they are accurate and remain consistent throughout translation revisions. |
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| Compile information on content and context of information to be translated and on intended audience. |
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| Compile terminology and information to be used in translations, including technical terms such as those for legal or medical material. |
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| Discuss translation requirements with clients and determine any fees to be charged for services provided. |
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| Educate students, parents, staff, and teachers about the roles and functions of educational interpreters. |
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| Follow ethical codes that protect the confidentiality of information. |
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| Identify and resolve conflicts related to the meanings of words, concepts, practices, or behaviors. |
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| Listen to speakers' statements to determine meanings and to prepare translations, using electronic listening systems as necessary. |
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| Proofread, edit, and revise translated materials. |
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| Read written materials, such as legal documents, scientific works, or news reports, and rewrite material into specified languages. |
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| Refer to reference materials, such as dictionaries, lexicons, encyclopedias, and computerized terminology banks, as needed to ensure translation accuracy. |
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| Train and supervise other translators or interpreters. |
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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. |
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| Travel with or guide tourists who speak another language. |