Job Description

In a world of possibilities, pursue one with endless opportunities. Imagine Next!At Parsons, you can imagine a career where you thrive, work with exceptional people, and be yourself. Guided by our leadership vision of valuing people, embracing agility, and fostering growth, we cultivate an innovative culture that empowers you to achieve your full potential. Unleash your talent and redefine what’s possible.

Translator

Dubai, UAE

What You'll Be Doing:

• Proofreads and performs difficult and/or complex writing and editorial functions, including formatting and stylesheet verification, copy editing, rewriting, revising, writing, proofreading, and production planning.

• Ensures compliance of all assigned documents with their required presentation, correct use of paragraph headings and numbering, referencing of illustrative and tabular matter, and applicable bibliographic styles.

• Ensures consistency in application of technical abbreviations and acronyms, figure and table callouts and captions, and handling of boilerplate materials.

• Compiles and verifies tables of content, lists of figures and tables, references, and printer’s dummy.

• Marks copy to provide word processors and graphic designers with clear, legible instructions relating to spacing, indentation, and changes or corrections.

• Conducts research in the preparation of copywriting assignments and verification of acronyms, terms, etc.

• Recasts or writes new portions of text subject to the review and approval of the requestor.

• Ensures, when applicable, that text references are consistent and comply with client requirements.

• Coordinates both the scheduling and production of deliverables by working with lead technical writers/editors, authors/requestors, and required technical publications resources.

• May also interface with various personnel assigned to a specific project or client effort as required.

• Reviews and verifies materials after reproduction to ensure conformance to the printer’s dummy.

• Serves as part of a functional team and can work independently to complete assignments according to scheduled deadlines.

• Performs other responsibilities associated with this position as appropriate.

What Required Skills You'll Bring:

• Bachelor's degree in linguistics, translation or engineering (related discipline)

• Must be an Arabic speaker

• Able to translate from Arabic to English and vice versa

• 5 years minimum of related work experience, including at least 3 years experience proofreading and editing all facets of technical engineering publications, specifications, and proposals from rough draft through print ready.

• Strong written and oral communication, organizational, research, and interpersonal skills are required.

• Demonstrated proficiency in keyboard skills and a working knowledge of MS Windows and related software, including Microsoft Word, Adobe Acrobat, and Adobe InDesign.

• Experience in construction field is a must

Parsons equally employs representation at all job levels no matter the race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability or genetic information.

We truly invest and care about our employee’s wellbeing and provide endless growth opportunities as the sky is the limit, so aim for the stars! Imagine next and join the Parsons quest—APPLY TODAY!

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