| Pages in topic: < [1 2] | Is in-house translator a dying breed? Thread poster: Anna Dundiy (X)
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ricky liu 
China
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Member (2013)
English to Chinese
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| In-house translators are responsible for Quality Control/Assurance | Feb 10, 2009 |
Olivia MAHÉ wrote:
Hi Anna,
I confess that up to now I have properly no experience in this field, but I'm quite interested in this argument and I think it would be nice to hear more often of those who chose to or try to relocate abroad for a while, or for the rest of their lives...
(By the way, why not opening a forum on this theme?)
I myself dream of going away, far, far in the east, but I never happened to see any offer coming from (let's say) INDIA, of someone looking for an in-house native French translator(...). I guess over there they have plenty of resident French-speaking persons meeting their needs...
Well, unfortunately I think that to find a position as an in-house translator, you have to live already in the country, and that as far as you are not an English-speaking native, it is HOPELESS!!!
Anyway, good luck!
Olivia
Hello Olivia,
I have been working as an in-house English-Chinese translator for 6 years in China, and though outsourcing to freelancers is the industry trend, in-house translators are necessary to professional language service providers.
Those companies which only have simple translation requirements for email translation, phone communication or document translation, or regional agencies for global companies, both have such in-house translator needs. However, candidates are expected to do more than translation, sometimes secretary jobs are also required. While in professional language service providers, like a translation company or localization provider, you can seek a position which is dedicated to translation. Such jobs require senior translation experiences and knowledge in many domains. These in-house translators are usually responsible for quality control of the translations outsourced to freelancers. We used have two in-house translators for French, German, Italian and Spanish, but reduced to one due to the economic crisis.
If you like to come to east, consider China. There are many opportunities out there.
Kind regards,
Ricky
| | | | | thousands of in house translators | May 12, 2012 |
Here in Afghanistan there is so much translation going and there is no concept of freelance translation. Almost every public and private office has one or more than one in house translators.
So it all depends on which pair you working in.
Mohammad
| | | | Seth Phillips
United States
Local time: 00:27
Member (2011)
Spanish to English
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| Also in search for in-house translator position in US | Sep 1, 2014 |
It's 2014, and I'm not finding much (updated/current) information about searching in-house translator positions in the US (my native country). After freelancing for almost 4 years mostly abroad, I'm soon going to be searching for such position, objectively with a law firm, financial institution or translation company specialized in legal and/or financial translation. My working languages are Spanish and Portuguese (into English), with focus on legal and business / finance (for which I'm planning... See more It's 2014, and I'm not finding much (updated/current) information about searching in-house translator positions in the US (my native country). After freelancing for almost 4 years mostly abroad, I'm soon going to be searching for such position, objectively with a law firm, financial institution or translation company specialized in legal and/or financial translation. My working languages are Spanish and Portuguese (into English), with focus on legal and business / finance (for which I'm planning to specialize in the long-term). If you have any tips, suggestions and/or information in this regard, please feel free to email me at [email protected]. Thanks in advance.
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