Traineeships Lawyer-Linguist, European Central Bank (DE, IT, FR, EN)

The European Central Bank has four vacancies for trainee lawyer-linguists in the following: German, French, Italian and English as main language.

Hurry to apply for the German vacancy (closes today), although the English vacancy closes on 1 December, the Italian vacancy closes on 2 December, and the French vacancy closes on 5 December. Continue reading

Job opportunity – Translator, World Trade Organization

The Secretariat of the World Trade Organization (WTO) is seeking to fill the post of Translator in the English Translation Section of the Language, and Documentation Services and Division. This is a fixed-term contract funded through the regular budget. The duration will be two years with the possibility of extension. Continue reading

Job opportunity – Principal Dutch Translator, European Central Bank

The European Central Bank (ECB) is seeking a Principal Dutch Translator for a “fixed-term contract which may be converted into a permanent contract after three years subject to individual performance and organisational needs”.

Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Closing date: 18 October 2022.  Continue reading

Job opportunities – Council of Europe (EN>FR)

The Council of Europe in Strasbourg is holding an external recruitment competition for a French mother tongue Translator at the Registry of the European Court of Human Rights.

As a French mother tongue Translator, you will:

  • translate, from English into French, documents of a primarily legal nature drafted by Judges of the Court and members of its Registry;
  • ensure the linguistic quality of legal texts written in French by nonnative speakers;

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Job opportunity – World Trade Organization (Reviser, FR)

With apologies for short notice (the closing date for this job is tomorrow!)… The World Trade Organization is seeking a Reviser of French language translations at their office in Geneva, Switzerland.

Le Secrétariat de l’OMC cherche à pourvoir deux postes de réviseur de langue française à la Section française de traduction de la Division des services linguistiques et de la documentation. Continue reading

Job opportunity – Linguistic Assistants at EU institutions (ET, HR, IT, NL, PL, PT)

The EU Institutions are looking for Croatian, Dutch, Estonian, Italian, Polish, and Portuguese linguistic assistants (grade AST 1).

“As a linguistic assistant, you will help linguists, translators and lawyer-linguists in translation, revision and finalisation work and you will ensure document management.” Continue reading

Job opening – English Precis-writers/Translators, United Nations

The United Nations Office at Geneva invites applications to examination for placement on the Global Language Roster of English précis-writers/translators. The aim is to expand the Global Language Roster of English précis-writers/translators as qualified for employment through temporary appointments or on WAE contracts by the Department for General Assembly and Conference Management. Continue reading

Job opportunity – Translation Officer, ICC

The Integrated Services Division (ISD) within the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague is seeking a Translation Officer for a fixed-term appointment until 31/12/2022.

Experience required: A minimum of five (5) years (seven (7) years with a first-level university degree) of relevant work experience in translation, language services or linguistics, preferably in an international organisation. Continue reading