Translator

Position Summary: She/he provides support in the delivery of interpretation & translation services in support of the operational programs including variety of documents & messages from English to Arabic & vice versa. She/he will effectively interact with a diverse of staff.   ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES & DUTIES Check original texts or confer with authors to ensure that translations retain the content, meaning, and feeling of the original material Check translations of technical terms and terminology to ensure they are accurate & remain consistent throughout translation revisions. Compile terminology & information to be used in translations including technical terms. Listen to speakers’ statements in order to determine meanings and to prepare translations. Proofread, edit & revise translated materials. Read written materials such as legal documents, scientific works, or news reports, and rewrite material into specified languages from English to Arabic & vise versa. Refer to reference materials such as dictionaries, lexicons, encyclopedias, and computerized terminology banks as needed to ensure translation accuracy. Translate messages simultaneously or consecutively into specified languages, orally or by using hand signs, maintaining message content, context & style as much as possible. Follow ethical codes that protect the confidentiality of information. Identify & resolve conflicts related to the meanings of words, concepts, practices or behaviors.    Compile information about the content and context of information to be translated, as well as details of the groups for whom translation or interpretation is being performed. Interpreting the meaning of information for others – Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used. Getting information, observing, receiving and obtaining information from all relevant sources. Identifying objects, actions & events; identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities and detecting changes in circumstances or events. Processing information, compiling, coding, calculating, tabulating, auditing or verifying information or data.