WORKING IN NEW ZEALAND

Verbally renders spoken statements from one language into another.

SKILL LEVEL:

The entry requirement for this occupation is a bachelor degree or higher qualification.

TASKS INCLUDE:

• provides simultaneous or consecutive verbal renditions of speeches into another language
• renders the meaning and feeling of what is said in courts, hospitals and schools into another language
• may provide verbal renditions of written texts
• may specialise in one or more languages and subject areas or higher qualification.

Occupations in this group include:

Anthropologist

Archaeologist

Criminologist

Linguist

Political Scientist

Prehistorian

Sociologist