The Directorate-General for Translation of the European Commission is seeking to recruit translators on the basis of temporary contracts of a maximum duration of three years.

Place of work: Brussels or Luxembourg.

Successful applicants will be required to translate documents into English from at least two official EU languages.

Candidates must

· be nationals of an EU Member State;

· be university graduates, having completed a first degree of at least three years' duration;

· have a perfect command of English as their main language, an excellent knowledge of either French or German and a very sound knowledge of a further EU official language;

· be prepared to relocate to Brussels or Luxembourg if they are recruited.

Documented experience in translation would be an asset.

After screening the CVs submitted, the selection board will invite the most suitable applicants to sit selection tests (scheduled for April).

The selection tests will comprise:

· a translation into English from German or French;

· a translation into English from a second EU official language offered by the candidate, and

· an oral test intended to assess the candidate’s professional skills and knowledge of EU affairs.

Candidates must state in their application letter their choice of first and second source languages for the

written tests.

For the written tests, candidates may use their own non-electronic (paper format) dictionaries.

Candidates are advised to consult the EU Staff Regulations (Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Communities) here for details of the conditions of employment.

Interested candidates are invited to e-mail an up-to-date CV (preferably using the Europass model: click here for details), together with a covering letter, to mailto:DGT-AT-EN-2010@ec.europa.eu by 18:00 on 15 February 2010.

CINTRA Ltd

DPSI Tutors Required

Cintra Ltd, an interpreting agency based in Cambridge, is looking for language tutors for students currently on their DPSI courses, to start work as soon as possible.

We need:

A Lithuanian tutor for the DPSI Law course DPSI Law or Dip Trans (with relevant experience in legal sector) qualified

A Slovak and a Lithuanian tutor for the DPSI Health course. Ideally, we would like applicants with DPSI Health, however we would consider DPSI Law interpreters with experience in the health sector, or translators with a Dip Trans (and the relevant experience in the sector)

Location is not crucial – our courses are based elsewhere, and tutoring via Skype is an option.

For more information, or to apply, please contact Amy Davis-Poynter on 01223 346873, amy@cintra.org.uk

IoL Educational Trust

Examination Assistant
£20,000

Examination Board requires full-time examination assistant for processing examination material, enquiries, office routines and record keeping.

Essential Requirements:

Meticulous attention to detail
Experience of confidential work
Good communication skills
Mature attitude
Good organisational and I.T skills
Knowledge of a foreign language

For a full job description, please click here.

To apply, please send letter with CV to Director of Examinations, IoL Educational Trust, Chartered Institute of Linguists, Saxon House, 48 Southwark Street SE1 1UN by 30/1/10.

Interviews 10/2/10.

Immediate start preferred.

DPSI Tutor Required - Scotland

Adam Smith College is looking for a suitably qualified DPSI tutor to start work in February/March 2010.

Priority Language: POLISH

Applications from speakers of other languages are also welcome.

To apply for this position, or for more information, please contact Ms Barbara Beedham by clicking here.

Role: Assessors - Examiners & Interlocutors (Native Speakers)
Languages: Various
Basis: Temporary/Freelance

The Institute of Linguists Educational Trust is the only independent examination board in the UK specialising in language examinations. We offer a range of vocational public examinations from “A” Level equivalent to postgraduate level in over 40 languages. We are currently seeking to expand our national database of native-speakers to act as examiners in the following languages:

Category 1 (high priority)
Albanian, Amharic, Armenian East, Armenian West, Bengali, Bengali/Sylheti, Czech, Dari, Farsi, Greek, Gujarati, Hindi, Latvian, Lithuanian, Pashto, Serbian, Slovak, Somali, Swahili, Tamil, Tigrinya, Ukrainian, Urdu/Mirpuri

Category 2 (medium priority)
Arabic MSA, Bulgarian, Cantonese, Croatian, Hungarian, JKurdish/Sorani, Mandarin, Panjabi, Panjabi/Urdu, Polish, Portuguese Brazilian, Portuguese European, Swahili, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese

Category 3 (low priority)
French, German, Spanish

All our examiners are remunerated and receive full training.

Requirements:
- Native speaker of the language/s applied for
- National Insurance Number or Tax Reference Number
- Signed Code of Conduct
- Two (2) professional references

For further details and a copy of the application please click on this link to contact our Database Administrator:

*Please note that all Assessors are employed strictly on a freelance basis. IoLET does NOT guarantee regular or continuing work for Assessors.

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IoL Language Services Ltd

Native Speakers

IoL Language Services Ltd is currently recruiting native speakers of the following languages within specific roles to assist with a number of potential projects on a freelance basis:

Oral and Written Assessor (Examiners), Interlocutors and Translators in:

Acholi, Afrikaans, Amharic, Azeri, Belorussian, Bravanese, Burmese, Catalan, Eastern Armenian, Estonian, Ewe, Ga, Georgian, Greek, Gujarati, Hakka, Hindi, Ibibio, Kurdish (Bahdini, Kurmanji and Sorani), Lithuanian, Malay, Malayalam, Mende, Nepalese, Panjabi (Indian and Pakistani), Pashto, Somali, Swahili (DRC), Thai, Tigrinya and Zulu

TRANSLATORS

Field:Legal, Finance, Medical and Pharmaceutical, Insurance, Wine Industry and Sworn Translators

Into English:Bengali, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, German, Gujarati, Hindi, Hungarian, Japanese, Korean, Kurdish Sorani, Latvian, Norwegian, Polish, Panjabi (Indian and Pakistani), Pashto, Somali, Swedish, Sylheti, Tamil, Thai and Turkish

Out of English: Arabic, Bengali, Bulgarian, Catalan, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, Flemish, French (Sworn translators and Consulate approved only), Galician, German, Greek, Gujarati, Hindi, Hungarian, Japanese, Korean, Kurdish Sorani, Latvian, Lithuanian, Luxembourgish, Nepalese, Norwegian, Panjabi (Indian and Pakistani), Pashto, Somali, Spanish (Sworn translators and Consulate approved only), Swedish, Sylheti, Tamil, Thai, Tibetan and Turkish

TRAINERS

Qualified and experienced interpreter and/or translator with a minimum of 2 years of experience in running training courses for interpreters and/or translators i.e. DPSI tutor, University Lecturers for Interpreting/Translation, Trainer at NVQ Level 6

INTERESTED?

Please e-mail us your updated CV highlighting all your qualifications and experience related to the freelance position you would like to apply for. Please refer to our criteria below before applying.

If you are applying for freelance translator/commercial interpreter position please specify the points below in your CV:

Language pair
Specialisms
Your rates
Projects/Assignments you have worked on
2 contacts of referees related to any of the projects

If you are applying for Oral and/or Written Assessor please specify your qualifications and experience related to these roles and 2 contacts of referees.

Please click below for more information:

Code of Conduct

Criteria of Recruitment

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