(VM) Freelance Translator

ROUBAIX, France

Join our team at Trans4europe!

Trans4europe, created in 2006, is a language services company located in France and Belgium. The future translator will be responsible for the translation and layout of various documents. Ready to discover our business?

This offer is a long-term collaboration on one or more projects. You will work remotely as freelancer, while billing by hour or by word/character.


What will your job be?

Complete language service projects on time, respecting the required budget, volume and quality.

Language projects:

-  Project life cycle:

  • Understanding and following instructions and specifics of the project and the affiliated account;
  • Provision of the requested service in accordance with the procedures;
  • On Time Delivery;
  • Ensure the follow-up requested by the PMs.

- Technical knowledge of cat and QA software: MemoQ, Trados, MemSource and Wordfast. Xbench, QAD, Snellpell;

- Fluency in the language pairs, fields and styles of translations provided. 

Quality management:

  • Regular reading of quality reports, feedbacks and/or complaints;
  • If applicable, preparing quality reports and sharing feedbacks in case of proofreading or quality control.

Communication:

  • Constant communication with Project Managers.


 What is the ideal profile?

 Hard skills:

  •  Proficiency in IT and cat tools;
  • In terms of translation: ability to translate content and solve language content understanding problems, ability to transpose content into the target language in accordance with the client-PST agreement;
  • Linguistic and editorial skills in the source language and in the target language;
  • In terms of research, acquisition and processing of information (with experience in handling research tools, effective use of available sources of information);
  • Cultural: use of information and terminology related to behaviour, local values, and culture;
  • Technical: knowledge, skills and know-how;
  • In the translation field: ability to understand the content in the source language and translate it in the target language using the appropriate style and terminology.


Soft skills:

  • Common sense;
  • Team work;
  • Reliability;
  • Analytical skills;
  • Organisation;
  • Sense of priority
  • Communication;
  • Pedagogy in sending feedback;
  • Stress management.  


Required for Translator:

Qualifications (evidence of at least 1 of the following):

  • University degree in translation (diploma recognized by a higher education institution);
  • University degree in another field recognized by a higher education institution + 2 years of full-time professional experience (or equivalent) in translation;
  • Professional experience of more than 5 years full-time (or equivalent) in translation.

 

Required for Reviewer:

  • Professional skills of a translator;
  • Qualifications of a translator;
  • Experience in translation/revision in the required field. 


Required for Expert Reviewer:

  • Specialized in the required field;
  • Degree in the required field from a higher education institution and/or experience in this field.


Recruitment procedure:

  • Upload your CV and cover letter on our website;
  • Complete a recruitment questionnaire;
  • Provide your rate per word;
  • Take a translation test.

 Hourly or word rate varies depending on experience and market prices.

 

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