• Follow ethical codes that protect the confidentiality of information.
• Translate messages simultaneously or consecutively into specified languages, orally or by using hand signs, maintaining message content, context, and style as much as possible.
• Listen to speakers' statements to determine meanings and to prepare translations, using electronic listening systems as necessary.
• Compile terminology and information to be used in translations, including technical terms such as those for legal or medical material.
• Read written materials, such as legal documents, scientific works, or news reports, and rewrite material into specified languages.
• Identify and resolve conflicts related to the meanings of words, concepts, practices, or behaviors.
• Check translations of technical terms and terminology to ensure that they are accurate and remain consistent throughout translation revisions.
• Refer to reference materials, such as dictionaries, lexicons, encyclopedias, and computerized terminology banks, as needed to ensure translation accuracy.
• Train and supervise other translators or interpreters.
• Educate students, parents, staff, and teachers about the roles and functions of educational interpreters.
• Compile information on content and context of information to be translated and on intended audience.
• Proofread, edit, and revise translated materials.
• Check original texts or confer with authors to ensure that translations retain the content, meaning, and feeling of the original material.
• Discuss translation requirements with clients and determine any fees to be charged for services provided.
• 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.

• Data base user interface and query software — Microsoft Access
• Dictionary software — Electronic dictionaries
• Electronic mail software — Microsoft Outlook
• Foreign language software — AceTools.biz Ace Translator; Adapt It; Smart Link Corporation ImTranslator; Stormdance CatsCradle
• Internet browser software — Web browser software
• Office suite software — Microsoft Office
• Presentation software — Microsoft PowerPoint
• Spreadsheet software — Microsoft Excel
• Web platform development software — Extensible HyperText Markup Language XHTML ; Hypertext markup language HTML
• Word processing software — Microsoft Word

Hot Technology — a technology requirement frequently included in employer job postings.

• Active Listening — Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Speaking — Talking to others to convey information effectively.
• Reading Comprehension — Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
• Writing — Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
• Critical Thinking — Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
• Monitoring — Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
• Active Learning — Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
• Coordination — Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
• Instructing — Teaching others how to do something.
• Judgment and Decision Making — Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
• Learning Strategies — Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
• Service Orientation — Actively looking for ways to help people.
• Social Perceptiveness — Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
• Complex Problem Solving — Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
• Time Management — Managing one's own time and the time of others.