Freelance Translator – French into Finnish – Travel & Tourism

About the job

TransPerfect helps organizations navigate the global marketplace. It remains founder-led – and has striven to maintain the ethos and drive that led them to grow organically year-on-year for the past 30 years. Starting in an NYU dorm room in the early 1990s, TransPerfect is recognized as the largest translation and language services company in the world, with thousands of employees located in 90+ offices around the world, surpassing $1 billion in revenue in 2021.

Summary:

We are looking to grow our database of linguists to work on projects for our clients in the Travel & Tourism field.

The right person would have experience working on Translation and Proofreading projects for travel and tourism clients – Other work experience in the Tourism field is desirable as well.

Key Position Responsibilities:

• Translate and proofread various types of documents (based on subject matter expertise)
• Ensure translated documents mirror the original source document
• Efficiently maintain formal disciplined operational procedures across variety of client projects
• Track project-specific non-conformances and resolutions
• Personally perform project QA steps
• Properly utilize all appropriate supplemental materials (refer to client PAQ, reference materials, glossaries, etc.) making sure they are consistent throughout the jobs
• Be responsible for any errors/omissions associated with a project in which they are involved

Required Skills:

• Native level of Finnish
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in French
• Exceptional problem solving skills
• Satisfactory results on company tests
• Minimum passing grade (subject to individual language) on appropriate foreign language tests, as applicable
• Proven translation experience

TransPerfect provides equal employment opportunities to all individuals regardless of their race, color, creed, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local law.

We celebrate diversity as one of our core values and we have a clear goal: to be an inclusive workplace where a diverse mix of talented people want to come, stay and do their best work. Together with passionate, creative and collaborative colleagues, we are working to ensure accessibility is for everyone.

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