Language – Career Pathways

Accent Trainer

admin — Sat, 01 Apr 2023 11:45:39 +0000

Accent is the way a person speaks. Accent trainers ensure effective communication skills involving proper pronunciations, listening, voice modulation, and speaking skills. It helps trainees effectively communicate with foreign counterparts. Accent training has become a lucrative career option with the influx of ITeS businesses like BPOs, Call Centres and International Businesses.

Interpreter

admin — Sun, 26 Mar 2023 19:08:47 +0000

An Interpreter is a speech professional who translates between two or more parties for a language they do not understand. They have to be impartial in their interpretation and have to present all facts stated legibly and in a coherent as well as concise manner.

Dubbing Artist or Voice Actor

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A Dubbing Artist, also known as a Voice Actor, is a professional who utilizes their voice to portray characters or convey information to a target audience.

English Literature Scholar

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An English Literature Scholar is involved in the study of texts from around the world, written in the English language or languages translated into English.

Linguist

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Linguistics is the scientific study of human language, from semantics to psychology and sociology. One of the main jobs of Linguists is to document, analyse, and preserve endangered languages by conducting fieldwork and establishing literacy programs. They work as a community to preserve a language.

Translator

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Translators are professionals who can accurately convert writing from one language to another. Their work is important for making legal, scientific and business texts available to different countries and languages. A good translator would retain the concept and meaning of the original document as much as possible.

Lexicographer

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A Lexicographer writes and edits words in a dictionary. They constantly review newspapers, magazines, books and social media for new words which are added to the dictionary. A new word, phrase or term when used across several media is accepted and made part of the dictionary.

Foreign Language Teacher

admin — Thu, 23 Feb 2023 09:34:00 +0000

A Foreign Language Teacher teaches students to speak, to understand words as well as write in a new language. They also train the student in the cultural history of the country whose language is being taught.