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Job Purpose:
- Translators convert written material from one or more 'source languages' into the 'target language', ensuring that the translated version conveys the meaning of the original as clearly as possible.
- The target language is normally the translator’s mother tongue.
- Responsibilities and duties
- Check translations of technical terms and terminology to ensure that they are accurate and remain consistent throughout translation revisions.
- Compile terminology and information to be used in translations, including technical terms such as those for legal or medical material.
- Proofread, edit, and revise translated materials.
- Reading original material and rewriting it in the target language, ensuring that the meaning of the source text is retained.
- Using the internet and email as research tools throughout the translation process.
- Prioritizing work to meet deadlines.
- Researching legal, technical and scientific phraseology to find the correct translation.
- Liaising with clients to discuss any unclear points.
- Using specialist dictionaries, thesauruses and reference books to find the closest equivalents for terminology and words used.
Job Requirements
Technical Knowledge
Information Gathering and Researching
Active Learning
Product Inspection
Key skills for translators:
- This position requires the individual to have an excellent background in technical translation and technical writing, especially in legal and engineering settings.
Information Gathering and Researching
- Knowing how to find information and identifying essential information.
Active Learning
- Working with new material or information to grasp its implications.
Product Inspection
- Inspecting and evaluating the quality of products.
Key skills for translators:
- Ability to work to deadlines
- Good general knowledge
- Excellent spoken and written in required language
- Fluency in at least two foreign languages
- IT skills