Translator - Cape Town Durban and Pretoria at HSRC (Human Sciences Research Council)

• The Publishing unit of the Human Sciences Research Council requires a freelance translator to provide high quality translation services for its scholarly publications and for its database. In addition to the duties and requirements set out below, the freelancer will receive a project-specific brief.

Minimum Requirements    

• Must be an English mother tongue speaker with and excellent grasp of English grammar, English syntax and general English usage
• Proven high competency in source languages, i.e. any one or more of the indigenous South African languages and any language spoken on the African, European, South American and Asian continents (provide qualifications or list experience here)
• Proven minimum of THREE years translation experience in scholarly/academic/non-fiction publishing as well as a minimum of TEN published scholarly or academic books or academic journals translated into English

In your CV, provide a list of

• Language/s that you’re able to translate from into English along with an indication of the years’ experience and level of competency in each language
• ten relevant books/journals that you have edited (state publisher & date of publication)
• for all titles in your list of relevant books, state which of the following referencing styles you followed: Oxford, Harvard, Modern Language Association (MLA), American Sociological Association (ASA), American Psychological Association (APA).

The following are not essential, but will be an advantage:

• A major in English language/literature/linguistics or a tertiary qualification in any of the social- or health sciences
• Proven accreditation from a bona fide translation institute
• Translation or editing experience in the field of the social sciences will be an advantage.

Duties & Responsibilities    

• Using the MSWord files of the text supplied, translate the content according to the Press guidelines. Translations are mainly from source language to English but occasionally back-translation may be required to check the accuracy of a translation.
• On completion of a translation, check the English text for grammatical errors and flag any content queries for the attention of the author.