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| Translation Manager |
Language is Everything Ltd, a £1.6 million interpreting and translation company based in East Yorkshire, is looking to appoint a new translation manager.
The successful candidate will:
a) Have a stellar track record within the translation industry
b) Be able to give translation customers intelligent, shrewd and expert advice
c) Know how to get the very, very best out of freelance translators based around the world.
It is thought that the successful candidate will take up the post around about January 2009. However, there is no fixed timetable: this is a critical appointment for the company, and the recruitment process will take as long as is necessary.
To request further information, please email your CV.
All applications will be treated as confidential.
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Role: 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)
Arabic MSA, Bengali, Bengali/Sylheti, Bulgarian, Czech, Dari, English, Latvian, Lithuanian, Pashto, Romanian, Russian, Somali, Tamil, Tigrinya, Urdu, Urdu/Mirpuri
Category 2 (medium priority)
Amharic, Arabic Maghrebi, Cantonese, Croatian, Farsi, Gujarati, Hindi, Hungarian, Kurdish/Sorani, Mandarin, Panjabi, Panjabi/Urdu, Polish, Portuguese Brazilian, Portuguese European, Swahili, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese
Category 3 (low priority)
Albanian, Armenian East, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Serbian, Slovak, Spanish, Ukrainian
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 contact our Database Administrator:
E: lesley.hall@iol.org.uk
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IoL Language Services Ltd
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Native Speakers
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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, French, Galician, German, Greek, Gujarati, Hindi, Hungarian, Japanese, Korean, Kurdish Sorani, Latvian, Lithuanian, Luxembourgish, Nepalese, Norwegian, Panjabi (Indian and Pakistani), Pashto, Somali, 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:
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IoL Language Services Ltd
Translation and Production Departments
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Graduate Internship
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IoL Language Services Ltd (LSL) is currently offering a unique opportunity for a post-graduate translation or linguistics student to gain first-hand experience of working for the Translation and Production Departments of a successful language organisation. Applicants with a degree in Modern Languages (minimum 2:1) will also be considered. The position will involve project management tasks combined with in-house translation activities, and the successful applicant will participate in a wide range of activities (please see below for details) and may get the chance to familiarise him/herself with translation tools such as Trados and SDLX. LSL prides itself on an inclusive and culturally diverse environment and will endeavour to create a supportive and rewarding experience for the intern. The ideal candidate will have excellent communication skills, show knowledge of the translation field and be aware of the financial and marketing implications of their actions. S/he will also have exceptional computer literacy and a reasonable degree of the usual personal requirements associated with management of projects; i.e. accuracy, numeracy, literacy, the ability to prioritise tasks and meet deadlines, initiative, quality control, the ability to work unsupervised, efficiency, integrity and discretion. The internship is open for a minimum period of 3 months, available from the beginning of February, May, August, and November. Please note that start dates may vary. The role is unpaid, but travel expenses within the London area will be covered. The position is full-time (9am-5pm, Monday to Friday) and is based at our offices in London.
Please send your CV and a covering letter specifying your preferred starting date(s) to the Director of LSL, Translation Internship, IoL Language Services Ltd, Saxon House, 48 Southwark Street, London, SE1 1UN. Applications should be received at least 5 weeks before the relevant starting date.
Download your copy of the Job Description (PDF, 20kb).
LSL website: www.languageservicesltd.com
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| How not to do it |
What happens when you FAIL TO employ a qualified translator - An authentic example
London, April 2000 |
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Distinguished Manager:
We place make you participate of a commercial initiative totally grotuitous for you in our condition of Agents of Publicity of the Spanish company...
Half statement of press publishes and distributes free sectors publications of the most representative Spanish industry in order to collaborating exporter of the products and manufactured of happiness in the expansion companies, for the one which we have considered you could be of their interest know to the the detail the reference of the fabric industrial Spaniard, of the that they are facilitated the reasons social, complete adresses and description of the productive activity for medium from journalistic reports.
The publicity activity of... from it press this financed by the own companies that they are announced in the right, which you the possibility of consenting all the information managerial that it contains some without cost.
For it, if you are found interested in receiving free..., we requested have the kindness of filling and refer to the editorial company the bulletin association so that this sent you regularly she refered publication.
We thank their attention, greeting it sincerely,
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