51114 Translators, terminologists and interpreters
No. NOC 51114 is not on the high-wage list.
Not on the list TEER 1
TEER 0 to 3 work still counts for Canadian experience work-length points.
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Example job titles
- community interpreter
- conference interpreter
- court interpreter
- interpreter
- legal terminologist
- literary translator
- localiser - linguistics
- medical terminologist
- sign language interpreter
- terminologist
- translator
- translator adaptor
- translator-reviser
Main duties
- Translators and translator-revisers
- Translate a variety of written material such as correspondence, reports, legal documents, technical specifications and textbooks from one language to another, maintaining the content, context and style of the original material to the greatest extent possible
- Localize software and accompanying technical documents to adapt them to another language and culture
- Revise and correct translated material
- May train and supervise other translators.
- Terminologists
What changes on November 3, 2026
- A new Labour Market Integration factor replaces the Canadian work experience points.
- Canadian experience in a high-wage occupation adds 20, 40 or 70 points on top of work-length points.
- A job offer in a high-wage occupation gives 50, 70 or 100 points, and no LMIA is needed.
- The two routes do not add up. You get the higher one: up to 150 points (140 with a spouse).
- Invitation rounds pause for up to two weeks while IRCC recalculates every profile.
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