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🔻 Declining ESCO reuse: cross-sector

Translate texts without adding, changing or omitting anything. Make sure the original message is conveyed. Don't express your own feelings and opinions.

preserve original text — translate texts without adding, changing or omitting anything. Make sure the original message is conveyed. Don't express your own feelings and opinions. McKinsey's Skill Change Index places it in the declining band (SCI 54.79/100) — a skill likely to fall in demand as AI and automation cover more of its ground by 2030. ESCO classifies it as a cross-sector (useful across many industries) skill within skills. It is currently listed by 2 occupations in our catalogue, including localiser, and sign language interpreter.

Category: skills › translating and interpreting SCI: 54.79/100 Also known as: maintain original text speech, respect original text, keep original text, preserving original text

Occupations that require preserve original text

Showing top 2 of 2 occupations · ranked by India employment volume, then AI-durability.

localiser · 🤖 5.0/10
sign language interpreter · 🤖 5.6/10

Frequently asked questions

What is preserve original text?

Translate texts without adding, changing or omitting anything. Make sure the original message is conveyed. Don't express your own feelings and opinions.

What category of skill is preserve original text?

ESCO classifies preserve original text under the skills category, specifically in the translating and interpreting subcategory.

Is preserve original text an AI-durable skill?

McKinsey's Skill Change Index places it in the declining band (SCI 54.79/100) — a skill likely to fall in demand as AI and automation cover more of its ground by 2030. Prioritise this skill only when it directly enables paid work today — plan for AI to absorb more of it every year.

Which jobs require preserve original text?

In our catalogue, 2 occupations list preserve original text as a required or important skill. The top occupations by employment volume include localiser, sign language interpreter.

How transferable is preserve original text between industries?

ESCO tags preserve original text as a cross-sector (useful across many industries) skill — a signal of how portable it is when you change field.

Is preserve original text the same as maintain original text speech?

Yes — preserve original text is also known as maintain original text speech, respect original text, keep original text, or preserving original text. They refer to the same underlying capability in the ESCO taxonomy.

How can I learn preserve original text?

The most reliable path is to pick a job or project that demands preserve original text and learn through delivery. Complement that with role-specific roadmaps and short courses. Explore the occupations below to see where this skill is used in practice.

Data: ESCO v1.2.1 (CC-BY-4.0). Durability framework informed by McKinsey Global Institute (Nov 2025). See our methodology.