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Freelance Translator

  • Translation, Localization, Interpretation Jobs

Description

We are on the lookout for professional freelance translators to join our select translator pool at Schneiders-Sprach-Service. This is a fantastic opportunity for you to grow your career as a freelance translator and develop your existing skills.

Responsibilities

• Retain and develop knowledge in specialist areas of translation

• Follow various translation-quality standards to ensure legal and ethical obligations

• Excellent proofreading skills with the ability to identify grammar, spelling, and punctuation errors

• Maintain translation database by using translation management software

• Provide quality assurance for the translation process

• Resolve issues associated with translation & localisation

• Implement feedback and changes whenever possible

 

Qualifications and Skillset

• Proven work experience as a Translator, Interpreter, or similar role

• Minimum four years’ experience in the translation field

• Any certificates to verify your professionalism

• Ability to convert written materials into a second language

• Excellent translation, writing, and communication skills

• Fluency in at least two of the target languages

• Ability to work under tight deadlines

• Proficiency in MS Office Suite

• Familiarity with CAT tools such as Trados, Memsource, memoQ, Wordfast

We are looking for translators with the following language pairs.

To/from English, German, and Spanish to:

Arabic, Bengali, Bulgarian, Chinese, Czech, Danish, French, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Bahasa Indonesia, Italian, Japanese, Kannada, Korean, Lao, Bahasa Malaysia, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Russian, Swedish, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese

How it works

If you are not a certified translator in the abovementioned language pairs, we will give you a couple short writing samples to translate so we can check the professionality and precision of your work. After that, we will contact you and let you know if your application was successful. After a successful application, you will be asked to sign a contract that outlines your freelance position and various non-disclosure agreements.

Hard Skills

  • Microsoft Office
  • Advanced language knowledge