Translator: Rohingya/ Chattogram to English
Job Description
Title: Translator: Rohingya/ Chattogram to English
Company Name: COAST (Coastal Association for Social Transformation Trust)
Vacancy: Not specific
Job Location: Cox's Bazar
Employment Status: Full-time
Educational Requirements:
∎ Minimum of Bachelor Degree in English, Social Sciences or relevant degree.
Job Context:
∎ Mission: The Translator provides written translation services to the project. S/he listens to audio programmes produced in Rohingya and local language and provides a written translation into English, ensuring accuracy and professionalism in the translation. S/he reports any language problems to the Production Manager. S/he is able to work quickly and efficiently in developing written translations and advising on correct use of language in both Rohingya/ Local language and English.
∎ Reporting Relationship: S/he will be reportable to Production Manager
Job Responsibilities:
∎ Production Translation:
∎ Translate finished audio programs from Rohingya &/or local language into English using MSWord.
∎ Produce a high quality translation script for review.
∎ Make adjustments as requested
∎ Translate training documents as needed
∎ Monitoring and evaluation:
∎ Participate in translating survey information and other information from English into Rohingya, Chittagonian or Bangla.
Additional Requirements:
∎ Demonstrated experience working as a translator, with strong references
∎ Excellent knowledge of the MS Office suite of software
∎ High level language fluency in reading and writing in Rohingya, Chittagonian, Bangla and English
∎ Experience with community-led development projects
∎ Knowledge of issues facing Rohingya in Bangladesh
∎ Can work alone; motivated, good organizational skills
∎ Language: Both Rohingya and local Cox's Bazar dialect is required; Bangla and English fluency is also required.
Salary:
∎ BDT 45,000/- (Consolidated)
Application Deadline: September 22, 2019
Company Information:
∎ COAST (Coastal Association for Social Transformation Trust)
∎ Business : COAST Trust (www.coastbd.net) is a value based independent, non-profit and Non-Government Organization (NGO), with special consultative status with UN Economic and Social Council (UN ECOSOC), participating in survival strategies of coastal poor. It believes in integration of right based approach in micro finance, striving for people centered sustainable development initiatives, maintaining a level of transparency, participation, accountability, gender sensitivity and respect to human rights principles in management.
Category: NGO/Development
