Translator
Winston Hawthorne & Co.
Overview
Languages
English
Education
- Bachelor’s degree
Experience
1 year to less than 2 years
On site
Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.
Work setting
- Private company, corporation or industry
Responsibilities
Tasks
- Interpret oral communication from one language to another aloud or using electronic equipment
- Provide interpretation services in court
- Circulate updated linguistic information
- Conduct terminological research on a given subject or in response to inquiries
- Identify the terminology used in a field of activity
- Maintain the content, context and style of the original material
- Perform quality control and proofreading
- Provide consultative services to translators, interpreters and technical writers
- Translate a variety of written material
Supervision
- 1 to 2 people
Experience and specialization
Translation specialization
- Business
Terminology specialization
- Terminological research
- Management of linguistic information
- Distribution of linguistic information
Additional information
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Tight deadlines
- Attention to detail
- Sitting
- Large caseload
Personal suitability
- Accurate
- Client focus
- Excellent written communication
- Judgement
- Initiative
- Organized