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O*NET detailed work activityTranslate information for others
AI-assistExplain it clearly
5 jobs11 tasks
Use AI to prepare: simpler wording, analogies, likely questions and a one-page handout. The conversation itself is yours.
Part of Interpret language, cultural, or religious information for others, under the O*NET work activity group Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others. Individual tasks below can carry a different label when their own wording calls for it (0 AI-ready, 10 AI-assist, 1 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Translate messages simultaneously or consecutively into specified languages, orally or by using hand signs, maintaining message content, context, and style as much as possible.
- Identify and resolve conflicts related to the meanings of words, concepts, practices, or behaviors.
- Listen to speakers' statements to determine meanings and to prepare translations, using electronic listening systems as necessary.
- Recover data or decrypt seized data.
- Adapt translations to students' cognitive and grade levels, collaborating with educational team members as necessary.
- Adapt software and accompanying technical documents to another language and culture.
- Resolve garbled or indecipherable messages, using cryptographic procedures and equipment.
- Read written materials, such as legal documents, scientific works, or news reports, and rewrite material into specified languages.
- Translate or request translation of reference materials.
- Travel with or guide tourists who speak another language.