Graduate Junior Translator Scheme
Who are we? We are a boutique translation agency based in Newquay, Cornwall in Southwest England. We specialise in website, app and marketing translation in German, French and English. With a dedicated team of in-house translators and project managers who are native speakers of the languages they manage, complemented by a solid network of over 50 top-notch translators, we offer an extensive range of services including translation, copywriting, multilingual social media management and international SEO.
What is the Graduate Junior Translator Scheme? Here at AJT we love to support recent translation graduates as they embark upon their journey onto the translation market. That’s why we are one of the few translation agencies to offer a Junior Translator Scheme, where we employ recent graduates, with little or no professional translation experience, and give them their first break. We work closely with them and support them in every aspect of being a professional translator, working on real projects for some of the world’s best know brands. We recognise that, in this industry, gaining translation experience is paramount, and strongly believe that graduate translators should be fairly rewarded and supported in your work from the outset.
Who are we looking for? We are looking for translators who have recently completed English > German (variant: • their translation studies (BA or German_Germany) Masters) and are looking to gain English > French (variant: • their first experience as freelance French_France) translators in a supportive English > Dutch (variants: • environment. Dutch_Netherlands, Dutch_Belgium) We are excited to announce that French > English (variant: English_UK) • we are opening up our graduate German > English (variant: • scheme to graduates with the English_UK) following language combinations:
Why should you join our scheme? • The opportunity to work with a • On-going support and constructive company that truly cares about your written feedback from a team of personal development and growth experienced translation professionals and editors • Paid freelance translation work at our junior rate, with a review of your • Training on the use of CAT tools, such per word rate after 6 months as Smartling and Memsource, including one-to-one Skype sessions • The opportunity to translate a to answer any question you may have variety of live projects, from marketing texts to app translations, • Regular webinars about CAT tools, to e-commerce and B2B marketing translation methodology and other texts topics to help you on your journey
The process 3 Once you have accepted our 2 1 Send your CV and cover letter We will review your application, terms and conditions, we will to and if you are eligible for our send you information about the jobs@anjajonestranslation.co.uk scheme, we will email you our rates we pay and a short, unpaid quoting AJTJUN02 in the terms and conditions, which you test translation (up to 500 subject line. will need to accept. words) to complete. 4 5 6 We will invite you to a welcome We review your translation, Once the first project becomes webinar where we will show and if you pass the test, we will available, we will contact you to you the CAT tools we use, and invite you to join our Graduate check your availability and where you can ask any Junior Translator Scheme. assign you the work. questions you might have. 7 8 9 We review your work and We will continue to assign you After six month, we will conduct provide detailed feedback to to suitable projects regularly, a final review, and if you are you. We might have a Skype and continue to provide regular successful, we will invite you as chat to go through the feedback. a regular freelancer to our team. feedback in more detail.
What happens next? • If you’d like to apply to join our Graduate Junior Tanslator Scheme, please email your CV and cover letter to jobs@anjajonestranslation.co.uk quote reference AJTJUN02. • We aim to respond back to you within 5 working days. If you have any questions that you would like us to answer before you apply, please either email or call us and we’ll be happy to help.
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