Linguistic Revisor - French and German into English

RWS Group
London
1 month ago
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French and German into English - Linguistic Revisors


We currently have vacancies for full-time Linguistic Revisors within our Intellectual Property Services division based at our Head Office in Chalfont St. Peter, Buckinghamshire. We are looking for high-calibre graduate linguists with a variety of language and degree combinations.


We are recruiting for graduate linguists with French and German communication skills to ensure that terminology and wording have been used following client-specific instructions.


If you have recently graduated and are interested in learning and developing your skills within the translation industry, this opportunity is tailored to you. There is real possibility of professional development with us and a big community to help you, assist you and allow you to become your best.


🔹Job Type:Full-time job - 37.5 hours per week (7.5 hours per day and 5 days a week)


🔹Location:Chalfont St. Peter but we are open to considering candidates from anywhere in EU.


🔹Requirements:

• English mother tongue with a degree in German and/or French

• Degree level qualification

• Excellent language skills

• Well-developed critical faculties

• Good powers of concentration

• Production to efficiently manage and schedule the department’s workload


🔹Responsibilities:

• Word-by-word checking of translations prepared by in-house and external technical staff

• Ensure that all typographical and linguistic errors have been found

• Ensure that consistent terminology and wording have been used and that client-specific instructions have been followed.

• Ongoing feedback on your work to maintain the highest quality

• Working with the world’s number one intellectual property services company


🔹About RWS:

RWS Holdings plc is the world’s leading provider of technology-enabled language, content management and intellectual property services. We help our customers to connect with and bring new ideas to people globally by communicating business critical content at scale and enabling the protection and realization of their innovations.


Our vision is to help organizations interact effectively with people anywhere in the world by solving their language, content and market access challenges through our collective global intelligence, deep expertise and smart technology.


Customers include 90 of the globe’s top 100 brands, the top 10 pharmaceutical companies and 18 of the top 20 patent filers worldwide. Our client base spans Europe, Asia Pacific, and North and South America across the technology, pharmaceutical, medical, legal, chemical, automotive, government and telecommunications sectors, which we serve from offices across five continents.


Founded in 1958, RWS is headquartered in the UK and publicly listed on AIM, the London Stock Exchange regulated market (RWS.L).


For further information, please visit:www.rws.com


RWS embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunity, we are an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind. RWS is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at RWS are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, religion, nationality, ethnicity, sex, age, disability or sexual orientation. RWS will not tolerate discrimination based on any of these characteristics.


Every RWS story starts with an application and our aim is to ensure every applicant has a world-class experience at every step. We are an equal opportunity employer where we promote diversity and inclusion and our assessment process is designed for you to showcase your experience, skills and fit to our values. When you apply for a role at RWS, anywhere in the world, we want you to have the opportunity to understand who we are, what we do for our clients and to meet with people who will inspire you and answer your questions. At no stage will RWS ask an applicant to pay for any aspect of your assessment, on-boarding or training.


Please apply to the opportunity with your CV in English language.


After CV review and pre-selection, candidates will be asked to complete a translation test and due to the high volume of applications we receive, we will only be able to reply to the shortlisted candidates.


Thank you very much for your interest. I am looking forward to receiving your application.


For any questions related to recruitment, please do not hesitate to contact

Maru Ballesteros ()

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