The European Commission is currently looking for translators into English from two source languages, the first one of which must be one of the following: Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian or Swedish.
The second source language must be different from the first source language and can be any of the languages mentioned above or French, German, Italian or Spanish.
The duration of contracts is 1 to 4 years with a possible one-off extension of a maximum of two years.
For further information please see the European Commission website here.
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Disclaimer: The above does not contain all details of the job opportunity and is provided as a heads-up only. Please refer to the europa website for all information.
Credit: Hat tip to John Evans for this news.
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I suppose this is for very junior translators only, since a freelance translator with clients cannot possibly let his or her own business down for a one-year contract (maybe more, but the problem is the same: what next ?), after spending an awful lot of time at applying (in the middle of August, vacation time for most people…), participating in a competition, being interviewed, taking a medical examination, etc etc etc.
To me, it’s only interesting for very junior translators who want to have a career at the EU later on and who consider this as some sort of trial period – if only to see if they like it.
Indeed, it’s a very special functionaries’ atmosphere at the EU… 😉
So, they will not learn how to start a business in a functionaries’ atmosphere, but they can use their EU experience as a proof of their competence later on, in order to build their own business…
As to the start-level remuneration, it is not more than the money I was making, working 7 days a week for the Belgian judiciary system at extremely low rates compensated by a great many invoiceable lines (that was before they reduced the volume of work as from 2009 because of the economic crisis, of course…).
So, the EU remuneration is comfortable, but you will not become a millionaire either… 😉
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An interesting temporary (1 to 4 years + possibly 2 years) EU Commission job offer for (probably junior) translators into English from two source languages, the first one of which must be one of the following: Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian or Swedish.
The second source language must be different from the first source language and can be any of the languages mentioned above or French, German, Italian or Spanish.