Interpreters/Translators

Individuals who convert written language text or oral language statements into another language or facilitate communication between people who are deaf or hard of hearing and people who can hear by converting between spoken communication and sign language. Included are translators who translate written material from one language to another; interpreters who translate oral communications from one language to another during speeches, meetings, conferences, debates and conversations or in court; terminologists who conduct research to itemize terms connected with a certain field, define them and find equivalents in another language; and sign language interpreters who use sign language to translate spoken language and vice versa during meetings, conversations, television programs or in other instances. Specializations include conference interpreters who work at events with non-English attendees; guide or escort interpreters who accompany U.S. visitors abroad or foreign visitors in the United States to ensure that they are able to communicate during their stay; judiciary interpreters and translators who help people appearing in court who are unable or unwilling to communicate in English; literary translators who adapt written literature from one language into another; and localization translators who provide for the complete adaptation of a product for use in a different language and culture.