Languages Work factsheets
Careers in translation (pdf 543KB)
Find out about the different career paths available to professional translators, including those working on computing software and film subtitling.
Building skills: Languages for the built environment (Colour, pdf 843KB)
Building skills: Languages for the built environment (B&W, pdf 368KB)
How are languages useful in these global professions? What opportunities are there to study a language alongside a degree in Engineering or the Built Environment? These Factsheets* are packed with information and advice for Sixth Formers, and have been produced in association with the relevant professional bodies.
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Careers in translation and interpreting (pdf 95KB)
A fact sheet for professionals with excellent language skills and cultural knowledge considering working as a translator or interpreter. It looks at what's involved, what skills are needed and steps into specialist language professions.
Also try the Translation and Interpreting interactive quiz here.
Engineering success: Languages for engineering (Colour, pdf 678KB)
Engineering success: Languages for engineering (B&W, pdf 293KB)
Making sense: A career in translation or interpreting (Colour, pdf 1.46MB)
Making sense: A career in translation or interpreting (B&W, 467KB)
What’s involved in translation and interpreting? What skills do I need? How much can I earn? How about qualifications? This factsheet*, produced in conjunction with professional bodies, also includes case studies, links for further information and a short quiz. Suitable for students aged 16+.
Also try the Translation and Interpreting interactive quiz here.
Mind
your language: How languages can work for you (Colour, pdf 193KB)
Mind your language: How languages can work for you (B&W, pdf 833KB)
A punchy factsheet aimed at younger students (aged 10-14) showing how languages can help you get on in lots of different ways.
Mixing
it up: Combining a language with your chosen university course (Colour, pdf 317KB)
Mixing it up: Combining a language with your chosen university course (mono) (B&W, pdf 274KB)
Cymysgwch Hi!: Yn cyfuno iaith â'ch cwrs prifysgol dewisedig (Welsh version) (pdf 317KB)
A comprehensive factsheet aimed at older students, providing case studies, information and advice on combining a languages with other degree options at university.
Olympics Factsheet
Spanish
Skills: Using Spanish at work and play (Colour, pdf 1.42MB)
A language specific factsheet, primarily for KS4 students which highlights key socio-economic data relating to both Spain and Latin America and how this impacts upon career opportunities.
Talking prospects (pdf 203KB)
Talking prospects is a leaflet for parents produced by the DCSF to form part of the Languages Work suite of materials. It provides information for parents whose children are making GCSE option choices and makes a strong case for them to continue with a language.
Copies be obtained from the teachernet website using code DCSF-00885-2007. For hard copies please call Prolog on 0845 60 222 60, quoting reference: 00885-2007LEF-EN.
Use it or lose it: any language skill is an asset for life (Colour, pdf 1.48)MB
Use it or lose it: any language skill is an asset for life (B&W, pdf 648KB)
Answers questions from secondary school pupils and their parents who already speak another language in addition to English. How can I get my skills recognised? How do I know what level I’m at? What options do I have at university? What sort of job will these skills help me get?
Work
talk: A guide to languages and careers (Colour, pdf 257KB)
Work talk: A guide to languages
and careers (B&W, pdf 237KB)
A more sophisticated presentation of the Languages Work messages, together with further sources of information for older students, careers advisers, teachers, parents and others looking for career pathways with languages.