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English to German - Legal (Judiciary) Translator and /or Editor

Global Language Strategies

Role overview

Qualifications

  • Three years of experience providing professional legal language services.
  • Native German language skills are required.
  • Extensive legal language service experience is required.
  • Bachelor's degree in a foreign language, linguistics, or comparable field required.

Responsibilities

  • Perform legal services for a United States Government client.
  • Translate and/or edit legal content from English to German.
  • Use CAT tools and experience using Trados.
  • Be available during 9-5 EST to take on-demand assignments.

Key facts

Hard skills

Other skills

  • Organizational Skills
  • Communication

About the company

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Global Language Strategies

  • Translation & Localization
  • 2–10
Global Language Strategies (GLS) is an 8a certified woman-owned small business focused on the provision of quality certified translation, interpretation, distance learning and program/project management services. We provide language and instructional services in more than 100 languages. GLS serves a diverse client base, but our primary client is the US government. Agencies GLS has served include, but are not limited to, the following: Department of State, Foreign Service Institute, Department of Defense (all branches of the US military), Department of Labor and the Millennium Challenge Corporation, among others. We also provide translation and language training, including ESL instruction, to commercial clients such as law firms and insurance agencies. GLS adheres to the principles of ISO quality management and follows a rigorous quality control plan when performing language and training services. Additionally, GLS is a corporate member of the American Translators Association (ATA) and Project Management Institute (PMI). We are dedicated to our management and linguist teams, realizing that they are a reflection of the company's overall commitment to excellence and to achieving 100% client satisfaction. Call, email or fill out this translation request form (https://rfq.gl-strategies.com/) for a quote NOW !
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Job description

This is a remote position.

English to German - Legal (Judiciary) Translator and/or Editor – Freelance 

**Requirement: U.S. citizenship
**Location: Remote / as needed
Global Language Strategies seeks a freelance / contract linguist (legal translator and/or editor to perform legal services for a United States Government client. Must possess at least three years of experience translating and/or editing legal content with knowledge of correct U.S. legal and technical terms in English to German. This is a freelance, as-needed position and is ongoing.

** Applicants must be U.S. citizens willing to undergo security clearance processing and fingerprinting **




Requirements


Qualifications include: 

  • Three years of experience providing professional legal language services.
  • Native German language skills are required.
  • Extensive legal language service experience is required.
  • Bachelor's degree in a foreign language, linguistics, or comparable field required.
  • Must be able to use CAT tools (if translator or editor); experience using Trados required.
  • Excellent organizational skills and understanding of language services.
  • Advanced proficiency in reading/writing/listening and speaking in English and the target foreign language(s).
  • Available during 9-5 EST most days to take on-demand assignments at least 15 hours per week if needed.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

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