A Vietnamese translator's primary responsibilities are to translate written and spoken Vietnamese to English and English to Vietnamese. As a Vietnamese translator, you read, write, speak, and interpret both languages to assist with cultural understanding. Your duties may include translating documents with the knowledge that slang and expressions are not translated literally, proofreading and editing previously translated texts, assisting during meetings and mediations, helping speakers during travel, providing legal support to foreign speakers during trials, and relaying different concepts between the two cultures. You use colloquial language and formal terminology to ensure an accurate transfer of information.