Becoming an Interpreter in Queensland

About this role

Interpreters transfer spoken or signed languages into other spoken or signed languages, usually within a limited timeframe in the presence of the participants requiring the translation.

What you might do day-to-day in this job

Typical tasks for an Interpreter include:

• provides simultaneous and consecutive verbal or signed renditions of speeches into another language
• renders the meaning and feeling of what is said and signed into another language in the appropriate register and style in a range of settings such as courts, hospitals, schools, workplaces and conferences.