serve as
彼は私たち両方のために読師を務めることはできない。
He can't serve as the reader for both of us.
彼はジョンにかわりを務めるように命じた。
He ordered John to take his place.
実験の助手を務めるグリムです
I'm Grim, the experiment's assistant.
— es[エス] (2001)
首相の留守中は外務大臣が代理を務める。
The foreign minister will serve as acting prime minister while the prime minister is away.