Explore Careers - Job Market Report Translators translate
written material from one language to another. Interpreters
translate oral communication from one language to another during
speeches, meetings, conferences, debates and conversation, or in
court or before administrative tribunals. Terminologists conduct
research to itemize terms connected with a certain field, define
them and find equivalents in another language. Sign language
interpreters use sign language to translate spoken language and
vice versa during meetings, conversations, television programs
or in other instances. Translators, terminologists and
interpreters are employed by government, private translation and
interpretation agencies, in-house translation services, large
private corporations, international organizations and the media,
or they may be self-employed. Sign language interpreters work in
schools and courts, and for social service agencies,
interpretation services, government services and television
stations, or they may be self-emp