Certified Terminologists
Job description
These individuals list terms and define them. They also search for their equivalents in another language. They ensure standardization, particularly of publications. They are self-employed or work for:
- Internal translation and interpretation firms or services
- The public service
- Large companies
- International organizations
- From the media
Environment
- Controlled ambient temperature
Main tasks
- Define terms in use for companies and organizations.
- Establish terminology specific to a sphere of activity.
- Establish and maintain databases, glossaries, dictionaries and lexicons.
- Manage, update and disseminate the language information collected.
- Play a consulting role in project management in his or her field of activity.
- Collaborate with writers, researchers and specialists.
- Ensure, as required, the quality control of texts.
- Know and master the documentary resources.
- Provide consulting services to translators, interpreters and technical writers.
Training and requirements
Formation
University
Translation
Bachelor’s degree
Placement rate: 80.1%
10.2% of graduates pursue further studies
Master’s degree
Placement rate: 82.9%
11.4% of graduates pursue further studies
Also required
- Membership in the Ordre des traducteurs, terminologues et interprètes agréés du Québec (OTTIAQ [Quebec Order of Certified Translators, Terminologists and Interprets]) to practise under the title of Certified Terminologist (C. Term.).
- Language transfer course.
Main skills and characteristics
Skills
- Data collection
- Active listening
- Oral expression
- Reading comprehension
- Information processing
- Written expression
- Critical thought
- Result evaluation
- Active learning
- Coordination
- Teaching
- Judgment and decision-making
- Service oriented
- Social perception
- Learning strategies
- Time management
- Solving complex problems
Abilities
- Oral comprehension
- Verbal skills
- Speech recognition
- Speech clarity
- Written comprehension
- Written expression
- Near vision
- Information organization
- Awareness of issues
- Auditory attention
- Selective attention
- Hearing sensitivity
- Deductive reasoning
- Inductive reasoning
- Classification
- Originality
- Time sharing
- Perception speed
- Information processing speed
Knowledge and attributes
- Capacity to work under pressure
- Critical thinking
- Autonomy
- Capacity to adapt
- Spoken and written bilingualism (French and English)
- Rigour
- Attention to detail
- Knowledge of computer science, digital and electronics
- Capacity for synthesis
- Knowledge of a foreign language
Interests
- Draft, communicate, and inform
- Work in the arts, culture, music, or leisure
- Work in an office
- Carry out research
- Self-employment
Personality profiles (RIASEC)
- Investigative
- People with this profile prefer relying on theoretical knowledge before acting. They like observation, analysis and problem solving.
- Conventional
- People with this profile prefer specific, well-defined tasks. They like to respect the order of things and follow established rules.
- Social
- People with this profile prefer to be in contact with others, in particular to entertain, help or teach them.
Appellation d'emploi liée (à traduire)
Translators, terminologists and interpreters (CNP 5125)
Skill type
Art, culture, recreation and sport
Last update: April 28, 2023
