Intermediate Translator, Language Services

2 months ago

Ottawa, Canada University of Ottawa Full time

**Job Type**:
Employee

**Duration in Months** **(for fixed-term jobs):
7

**Job Family**:
Language Services

**# of Open Positions**:
1

**Faculty/Service - Department**:
Language Services

**Campus**:
Main Campus

**Union Affiliation**:
SSUO

**Date Posted**:
septembre 23, 2024

**Closing Date**:
octobre 04, 2024
**Note**: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the Posting End Date above

**Hours per week**:
35

**Salary Grade**:
SSUO Grade 10

**Salary Range**:
$77 637,00 - $98 070,00

**Position purpose**

As part of the Office of Communications and Government Relations team, helps ensure quality of University communications. Provides French to English translation services as well as English-language editing, proofreading and adaptation of diverse texts from all University sectors. Advises on terminology and language and contributes to the smooth running of the service.

**In this role, your responsibilities will include**:

- Translates from French to English, and edits, proofreads and adapts a wide range of moderately to highly complex French-language documents from all sections of the University.
- Manages assigned client files and projects, negotiates deadlines and maintains ongoing relations with many internal and external clients and partners.
- Provides expert advice to colleagues and other members of the University community on language, translation and terminology.
- Depending on operational requirements, helps coordinate common language service tasks: evaluating service requests and assigning work in an optimal manner to both internal and external language professionals, and adjusting workload based on changing priorities.
- Monitors the quality of translations and other texts produced internally and externally, particularly with regard to language precision, style and content.
- Has extensive knowledge of standard professional language tools (translation software, service databases) and uses them efficiently to process requests quickly and effectively and to advise clients on the resources available to them.

**What you will bring**:

- Bachelor’s in translation or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience
- Certification by a professional association (an asset)
- Three years’ recent experience in a position in which at least 70% of the work involved actual translation in a translation service or a structured environment with language professionals
- Sufficient mastery of translation, editing, writing, adaptation, terminology and proofreading techniques to work completely independently
- Strong command of written English, with solid understanding of French
- Excellent customer service skills, with proven ability to provide in-depth advice on language to a diverse clientele, to ensure high-quality communication and standardized usage
- Considerable versatility, including the proven ability to translate, edit and adapt promotional and journalistic texts as readily as complex administrative, technical or scientific documents
- Proven ability to take on a heavy workload, adjust priorities and quickly renegotiate deadlines in a high-pressure work environment characterized by many emergencies and frequent interruptions
- Initiative, strong problem-solving skills and proven ability to manage complex translation and editing projects involving numerous parties
- Working knowledge of print and electronic reference tools used in the profession, including translation memories
- Ability to communicate effectively and tactfully in English and French, both orally and in writing

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**Key Competencies at uOttawa**:
Here are the required competencies for all or our employees at uOttawa:
**Planning**:Organize in time a series of actions or events in order to realize an objective or a project. Plan and organize own work and priorities in regular daily activities.
**Initiative**:Demonstrate creativity and initiative to suggest improvements and encourage positive results. Is proactive and self-starting. Show availability and willingness to go above and beyond whenever it is possible.
**Client Service Orientation**:Help or serve others to meet their needs. This implies anticipating and identifying the needs of internal and external clients and finding solutions on how to meet them.
**Teamwork and Cooperation**:Cooperate and work well with other members of the team to reach common goal(s). Accept and give constructive feedback. Able to adjust own behaviour to reach the goals of the team.

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