English to French Translator- Freelance

Job title: English to French Translator- Freelance

Job description: General Overview

Translations.com’s Montreal office is looking for English to French translator-revisers with varying levels of experience (intermediate or senior) in the field of retail, multicultural marketing, manufacturing, construction, IT , technical medical content, travel/tourism, corporate HR, legal/contracts. You will be responsible for translating and revising documents belonging to various clients or a single client.

Job Description:

• Translate and proofread various types of documents (based on subject matter expertise)
• Ensure that translated documents reflect the original source document.
• Effectively maintain formal and disciplined operating procedures in a variety of client projects.
• Track non-compliances and project-specific resolutions
• Personally carry out the quality assurance steps of the project
• Properly use all appropriate additional documents (refer to client QAP, reference documents, glossaries, etc.) ensuring they are consistent throughout the work.
• Be responsible for any errors/omissions associated with a project in which they are involved

Required Skills:

• Possess excellent communication skills (written and oral) and cultural knowledge in the source and target languages (English and French in Canada).
• Pay particular attention to language points, spelling and grammar.
• Provide creative translations for high visibility slogans and texts that may not be easily and adequately translated into other languages.
• Possess excellent organizational skills and ability to stay focused on the tasks at hand.
• Quickly acquire new skills and have ease in working with various technologies and interfaces.
• Be able to handle a multitude of projects and manage constantly changing priorities with ease while accurately monitoring and meeting each deadline.
• Maintain professionalism in all situations, particularly in the event of tight deadlines.
• Adopt a positive attitude towards change, a customer-focused mindset and a preventative approach to avoid and resolve problems.

Experience and skills required:

• Have at least a bachelor’s degree or certificate in translation or the equivalent.
• Perfectly master Canadian French and speak English fluently.
• Have experience translating and revising documents related to the field.
• Have excellent command of MS Office suite and Adobe software (i.e., for marking up PDF documents), and computer-assisted translation tools. Having experience with other document sharing platforms is considered an asset.
• Have the appropriate number of years of experience working

Requirements

• Essential – Bachelor’s Degree in Translation or the equivalent
• Essential – Fluent in English and French

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