Translator

Key Accountabilities

• Read through original materials and rewrite into Chinese or English, ensuring that the style and meaning of the source text is retained

• Ensure the translations are precise and consistent, with the firms style in communication

• Use specialist dictionaries, thesauruses and reference books to find the closest equivalents for terminology and words used

• Research legal and technical phraseology to find the correct translation

• Proofread and edit final translated versions of documents

• Provide a grammatically correct, well-expressed final version of the translated text, usually as a word-processed document

• Use the internet and email as research tools throughout the translation process;

• Prioritise competing work in order to meet deadlines;

• Team player and able to communicate with all levels of stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Holds a recognised qualification in translation (certificate or degree).

• At least 2 years of translation experience within a professional services firm

• Familiar with computer-assisted translation (CAT) tools in which a computer database of previously translated sentences or segments (Translation Memories) may be used to translate new text.

• Ability to annotate PDF documents

• Previous experience / knowledge in using Indesign/Illustrator for text or basis edits, i.e. (fonts, colouring, size, positioning, etc)

• Able to perform simultaneous translations for Mandarin to English or vice versa