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TRANSLATOR

Paris

  • Organization: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
  • Location: Paris
  • Grade: Mid level - P-3, International Professional - Internationally recruited position
  • Occupational Groups:
    • Translations and Languages
    • Translation
  • Closing Date: Closed

Under the overall authority of the Director of the Bureau for the Management of Support Services, and the direct supervision of the Chief of the Russian Translation Unit (RTU), the incumbent will perform the following responsibilities\:

  • Translate in a timely manner on-screen official documents and material from English and French into Russian, for periodicals and publications, general or specialized (education, science, social and human sciences, culture, communication, administration, etc.).
  • Carry out the requisite research or obtain the necessary reference materials.
  • Compile in a timely manner, on-screen, summary and verbatim records of meetings of governing bodies and other meetings.
  • When sufficiently experienced, and if required, translate on a self-revised basis, revise and edit on-screen documents drafted in Russian, and participate in reading committees.
  • Participate in the Unit’s terminology work.

Education

  • Advanced university degree (Master’s or equivalent) in languages or translation

Work Experience

  • Minimum three years of professional experience of translation in an international organization.
  • Experience in summary and verbatim records writing.

Skills/Competencies

  • Very good knowledge of UNESCO's major fields of competence (education, science, social and human sciences, culture and/or communication and information).
  • Ability to work quickly and accurately, often under pressure, and to respect the tight deadlines.
  • Ability and willingness to work on shift and during weekends when unavoidable.
  • Ability to maintain good working relations in a multicultural environment and to work effectively in a team.
  • Good IT skills, including proficiency in word-processing.
  • Good knowledge of language technologies and of Computer-Assisted Translation (CAT) and terminological tools.

Languages

  • Excellent knowledge of Russian (principal language), combined with very good knowledge of English and French.


 

Work Experience

  • Experience of translation in an organization of the United Nations system.
  • Experience in working with linguistic software used in the United Nations system.

Skills/Competencies

  • Knowledge of documents workflow management in the UN system.
  • Successful completion of United Nations competitive examination for Russian translators will be an asset.

 

 

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