Job Description

Duties and Responsibilities

1. Proofread and finalize documentation, correspondence, reports, publications and other materials prepared in Chinese, following established templates, guidelines and procedures;
2. Support the production of documentation and publications by preparing the layout of final products using desktop publishing software for print and/or electronic dissemination;
3. Improve Chinese results in WMO’s computer-assisted translation (CAT) tool by pre-aligning English and Chinese publications (and other language pairs, as required), validating aligned segments and correcting them, as necessary;
4. Identify new terminology material and submit it for the consideration by the Chinese linguist;
5. Translate, as required, occasional session documents, correspondence or other materials from English into Chinese;
6. Support the cleaning and preparation of Chinese bitexts and terminology lists for retraining LSP’s customized machine-translation engine;
7. Perform other related tasks as required.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

Higher education degree (Bachelor or higher) in publishing, graphic design, language studies or another field relevant to multilingual publishing and document production.

Experience:

Applicants are not required to have professional work experience for participation in the internship programme.

Other Requirements:

Sense of responsibility and initiative; ability to work autonomously and as part of a team; attention to detail; good written and oral communication skills. Some knowledge of the activities of WMO or other United Nations organizations would be an asset.

Languages:

Chinese as mother tongue. Excellent knowledge of English (both oral and written). Knowledge of other official languages of the Organization (Arabic, French, Russian, Spanish) would be an advantage.

Additional Information

The intern will gain practical experience in linguistic support and multilingual

documentation production in an international organization. In particular, the

intern will:

• Gain experience in multilingual publishing and desktop publishing processes;
• Learn to use WMO’s CAT tools, terminology resources and reference materials;
• Gain practical exposure to translation, alignment, terminology and machine-translation workflows;
• Develop an understanding of the translation, editing and publication process within WMO; and
• Gain experience working collaboratively with linguists, publishing assistants, authors and administrative staff in a multilingual environment.

Applications:

Applications should be made online through the WMO e-recruitment system.

Do not send your application via multiple routes. WMO no longer accepts applications via post or email. Only applicants for whom WMO has a further interest will be contacted. Shortlisted candidates may be required to sit a written test and/or an interview.

Statements:

WMO is committed to achieving diversity and a balanced workforce. Applications are welcome from qualified women and men, including those with disabilities. The statutory retirement age is 65. Pursuant to WMO Standing Instructions, the minimum age to be eligible for consideration for vacant positions is 18, and the maximum age must enable the candidate to serve for at least the term of the contract before reaching mandatory age of separation.

Sexual harassment, exploitation, and abuse of authority

WMO does not tolerate harassment, sexual harassment, exploitation, discrimination and abuse of authority. All selected candidates, therefore, undergo relevant checks and are expected to adhere to the respective standards and principles.

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