Translator-Reviser (French

The Pacific Community (spc)

The Pacific Community (SPC) is the principal scientific and technical organisation in the Pacific region, supporting development since 1947. We are an international development organisation owned and governed by our 27 country and territory members. In pursuit of sustainable development to benefit Pacific people, our unique organisation works across more than 25 sectors. We are known for our knowledge and innovation in such areas as fisheries science, public health surveillance, geoscience, and conservation of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture., SPC does not charge a fee to consider your application and will never ask for your banking or financial information during the recruitment process. Screening questions (maximum of 2,000 characters per question): 1. What is your approach to translation and revision? Please give examples. 2. Could you describe your experience with translation technologies, particularly in managing and using computer-assisted translation (CAT) tools and AI-based tools? Please give examples. 3. In your words, how can high-quality customer service be balanced with a versatile position? What constitutes excellent customer service? Please give examples.

MISSION

The role - the Translator-Reviser (French) will be responsible for translating documents from English into French, revising/quality controlling translations and managing the translation and interpretation team's translation and terminology tools, to enable SPC to operate as a bilingual organisation in compliance with its mandate so as to stimulate knowledge flows and for practical purposes., Translation, language pre-processing of documents and terminology * Produce translations and, most often, self-revised translations from English to French in a wide range of technical and scientific areas, as well as dealing with general SPC materials which may be highly sensitive and complex. * Pre-process and pre-translate, where needed, certain translation requests for work done in-house or outsourced. * Work in close collaboration with colleagues to ensure consistency and quality. * Add the original document and its translation into the relevant Logiterm modules for the database to be updated. * Help broaden the SPC terminology database by creating and processing terminology records in Logiterm. Revision & Quality Control, and Support in managing freelancers * Process freelancers' queries on content and terminology on the day they are received. * Liaise with clients to clarify issues and provide answers to the freelancers' questions. * Revise translations from freelancers and in-house translators within the timeframe agreed with clients. * For freelancers' self-revised translations: perform basic or detailed quality control (QC) according to timeframe and/or requirements, with evaluation sheets filled in accordingly. * Provide feedback to freelancers in the week following the revision/QC. * Proofread selected publications and engage with the publications team or divisional teams for any changes required. * Ensure that translation requests are sent to freelancers. * Under the supervision of the Translation Coordinator/Reviser (French), take part in selection of freelancers, maintain a file on the quality of services provided by the freelancers selected as part of the Request for Proposals (RFP), and help prepare the freelance survey. Translation project management * Prepare and manage complex translation projects (terminology, extensive project for outsourcing…), using both Logiterm and Trados Studio. * Ensure, from start to completion, follow-up on assigned translation projects. * Track and update the status of tasks and requests in ServiceNow. * Under the supervision of the Translation Coordinator/Reviser (French), support the work to anticipate and monitor SPC Divisions' translation needs (technical meetings, reports, etc.). Translation and terminology tools * Act as the Team's main resource person in maintaining and managing the translation and terminology tools (Logiterm and SDL Trados) * Reporting in the first instance to the Translation Coordinator, assess software needs, advise on the acquisition, deployment and maintenance of translation technologies within the Team. * Plan and coordinate the translation tools' upgrades in coordination with the vendors and the ICT Section. * Lead the procurement processes for the translation technologies as relevant. * Engage efficiently with the ICT Section on technical issues as well as with the software providers to escalate technical issues and submit other requests. * Work on introducing machine translation tools and processes in the team's workflow. * Prepare/update guides for the administration and use of translation and terminology tools. For a more detailed account of the key responsibilities, please refer to the online job description.