CANCELLED: Financial translation workshop with Javier Gil, Tuesday 10 March 2015

STOP PRESS **With great regret we announce that Javier's workshop described below has had to be cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances. We hope to reschedule in future**

Following Tuesday's very enjoyable and enlightening seminar by Nick Rosenthal, we are looking forward to welcoming Javier Gil to Bristol to talk about the world of financial translation. The event is free and all are welcome. 

Venue: Arts Complex Lecture Theatre 2 (entrance via 3-5 Woodland Road for external visitors)

Time: 3-5pm, Tuesday 10 March 2015

Overview

Financial translation has proved to be one of the most resilient translation markets during the recent economic crisis. According to Deloitte, financial information worldwide has not stopped growing for the past 15 years and, since 2008, financial information has increased by 34%. This session will help students learn more about the fundamental aspects of financial translation such as its main features and the most common problems faced by financial translators. We will look at a brief classification of the main types of financial texts, using a number of real-life examples, and we will also discuss other professional aspects, such as job opportunities, rates, potential employers, etc. Finally, a step-by-step process to further specialise in financial translation will be explained, including a number of interesting websites and online resources for those interested in further exploring this field.

Javier Gil is a financial translator and a partner at eQuality Financial Translation Services, which is a financial translation boutique that provides translation services for the financial industry. He works for a number of international bodies, all of them within the economic and financial field. He has over 15 years of experience, including serving as an external translator for the European Central Bank (ECB) in Frankfurt and as the head of the Spanish Translation Service at KPMG Spain. His academic background includes a translation degree from the Universidad Europea de Madrid and a master’s degree in management and finance from Bath University (UK). Having worked as a university lecturer, he has also delivered over 30 financial translation seminars and workshops at universities and organisations in Spain and the UK, and he was awarded the American Translators Association award for the best financial translation presentation in 2012 in San Diego (California). 

WORKSHOP PROGRAMME

This is an introductory workshop and no previous financial background is required. It will be delivered in English and is open to speakers of any language.

Session 1: Financial Translation Overview

 

- Introduction - What is financial translation?

- Features of financial language

- Generic problems in financial translation

- The top 10 fields in financial translation with key features and sample texts (part 1)

Session 2:  Specialising in Financial Translation & Job Opportunities 

 

- The top 10 fields in financial translation with key features and sample texts (part 2)

- Why specialize in financial translation?

- How to specialize in financial translation?

- Key players in the financial translation industry / potential employers in Europe

- Outlook for the industry (rates, professional bodies, etc.)

- Going freelance or in-house? Pros and cons within the financial industry

- Conclusions

- Questions & Answers

For more events on translating taking place in the School of Modern Languages this spring, click here.

Upcoming translation events at Bristol

Only two sleeps until our translation study day for PhD and post-doctoral students on Friday, hurrah.

Will seize this opportunity to preview some of the other events coming up in the next few weeks at the University of Bristol:

Spring Events 2015

Friday 30 January                   Translation PhD and post-doctoral study day

                                                 Arts Complex G65, 2-5pm

Wednesday 11 February        Dr Valerie Pellatt, University of Newcastle

                                                 ‘Culture-specific items and untranslatability in                                                  Chinese-English translation’

                                                 Arts Complex G102, 2-4pm

                                            

Thursday 12 February            (ADDED) Russian Department Seminar 
                                                 Professor Anthony Briggs (Emeritus) on
                                                 translating War and Peace & Yevgeny Onegin.'
                                                     Arts Complex LR8, 5.15pm 
 

 Friday 20 February                Translation Studies Reading Group

                                                 Arts Complex room G33, 3-5pm

Tuesday 24 February             (ADDED) Nick Rosenthal MITI
                                                  Session 1: Building a career as a translator
                                                Session 2: Translating the Tour de France
                                                Arts Complex Lecture Theatre 2, 3-5pm

Tuesday 10 March                 Javier Gil
                                                Partner, eQuality Financial Translation Services 

                                                Financial translation workshop

                                                Arts Complex LT2, 3-5pm
**Please note due to unforeseen circumstances Javier's workshop has been cancelled. We hope to reschedule in future.**

Thursday 19 March               Russian Department literary translation evening

                                                Dr Muireann Maguire, translator, Red Spectres

                                                Anna Gunin, translator, The Sky Wept Fire

                                                Alessandro Gallenzi, publisher, Alma 
                                                Classics               

                                                Arts Complex LR8, 5.15-7pm

Friday 20 March                   (ADDED) Juliette Scott, translator and researcher
                                               Academic research, lawyers and legal translators: 
                                               Swimming in the same sea   

                                               Arts Complex LR1, 5-6pm

Tuesday 24 March                (ADDED) Jean-François Cornu 
                                               Research seminar: 
                                               'Principles for a history of film translation'
                                               Arts Complex LR8, 5.15-7pm

Wednesday 25 March          (ADDED) Jean-François Cornu
                                               Working in the film translation industry
                                               43 Woodland Road, LR2, 12 noon-1pm

All Arts Complex rooms can be accessed via nos.3-5 Woodland Road, Bristol BS8. Please note that 43 Woodland Road is not part of the Arts Complex.

For further information or details of reading group texts, please contact Dr Alice Colombo at alice.colombo at bristol.ac.uk.

For information on the Russian literary translation evening please contact Cathy McAteer at Cathy.McAteer at bristol.ac.uk .

trainee translator vacancy and two in-house posts

Temple Translations in London are looking for a trainee translator who can translate from German plus one of French/Russian/Spanish/Italian into English:

Temple Translations Ltd provides legal, financial and commercial translations to law firms and businesses operating in the City of London as well as nationally and internationally from our offices in London and New York.  We are looking to expand our in-house capabilities to facilitate greater turnaround in our prime language combinations.

The legal and financial sector is a fast-paced and dynamic environment in which to work; consequently we are looking for candidates with:

• an ability to grasp varied and often complex issues
• a high level of motivation and ability to use own initiative where appropriate
• a capacity to work consistently and under pressure, both independently and as part of a team

In addition to the attributes listed above we require the following:

• A postgraduate qualification in Translation,
• The ability to translate into English from German plus Russian/French/Spanish/Italian)
• English to mother-tongue standard.

Previous translation work experience and familiarity with legal and financial terminology would be beneficial but not a pre-requisite. Full mentoring and training will be provided for the first 12 months, with the aim of progressing to staff translator level. This position is located in our central London offices. If you would like to apply for this position or to receive further details, please e-mail your CV and covering letter to Woodie Dormandy: edward.dormandy at templetranslations.com. 

Also recently seen (via Uwe Muegge): two in-house posts, one for a German to English in-house translator in London, the other for an English to German translator/marketing copywriter in Utrecht (knowledge of French also desirable).

Translation traineeships and an in-house post

These look like great opportunities for qualified graduates with the right language pairs:

Trainee Translator Vacancies (Translation into English from German /Italian /Spanish /Russian /French)

Temple Translations Ltd currently has two vacancies for trainee translators to join our in-house translation team. Temple Translations Ltd provides legal, financial and commercial translations to law firms and businesses operating in the City of London as well as nationally and internationally from our offices in London and New York. We are looking to expand our in-house capabilities to facilitate greater turnaround in our prime language combinations. The legal and financial sector is a fast paced and dynamic environment in which to work; consequently we are looking for candidates with:

• an ability to grasp varied and often complex issues
• a high level of motivation and ability to use own initiative where appropriate
• a capacity to work consistently and under pressure, both independently and as part of a team

In addition to the attribute listed above we require the following:

• a post graduate qualification in Translation
• the ability to translate into English from at least two of the following source languages: German, Italian, Spanish, Russian and French,
• English to mother-tongue standard.

Previous translation work experience and familiarity with legal and financial terminology would be beneficial but not a pre-requisite. Full mentoring and training will be provided for the first 12 months, with the aim of progressing to staff translator level. The position is located in our central London office. If you would like to apply for this position or to receive further details, please e-mail your CV and covering letter to Woodie Dormandy: edward.dormandy at templetranslations.com.

Staff Translator

(Translation into English from German/Italian/Spanish/Russian/French)
Temple Translations Ltd provides legal, financial and commercial translations to law firms and businesses operating in the City of London as well as nationally and internationally from our offices in London and New York. We are looking to expand our in-house capabilities to facilitate greater turnaround in our prime language combinations.

The legal and financial sector is a fast-paced and dynamic environment in which to work; consequently we are looking for a candidate with:

• an ability to grasp varied and often complex issues
• a high level of motivation and ability to use own initiative where appropriate
• a capacity to work consistently and under pressure, both independently and as part of a team

In addition to the attributes listed above we require the following:

• A postgraduate qualification in translation
• English to mother-tongue standard
• 2 years' experience as a professional translator translating into English from at least two of the following languages: German, Italian, Spanish, Russian and French,
• The ability to consistently translate a minimum of 2500 words per day
• A willingness to assist with the training and mentoring of trainee translators

If you would like to apply for this position or to receive further details, please e-mail your CV and covering letter to Woodie Dormandy: edward.dormandy at templetranslations.com.

DE-EN in-house position, Credit Suisse, New York

I have just seen a link on the TranslationTimes blog to a job advertisement with Credit Suisse who are looking for a 'Senior Specialist Language Services' for the English department of its Language Services unit in New York. More information here. The job ID is 1041495.

Webinar on financial translation

For those of you who missed Javier Gil's seminar on financial translation at Portsmouth last spring, he's doing two webinars on the same topic over the next few weeks for ECPDwebinars.

Javier Gil, former head of the Spanish Translation Services at KPMG Spain for around 5 years, now works as a self-employed translator with a number of international private companies and organisations. He has recently been selected as an External Translator for the European Central Bank and also has experience delivering workshops and seminars at universities in various countries.

Part 1 (11:30 - November 18th, 2010) 
Cost: £15

For further information and to register, CLICK HERE

Part 2 (11:30 - November 25th, 2010)

Cost: £15

For further information and to register, CLICK HERE

Recordings are available if you cannot attend on the day. Simply register and pay as normal and a link to the recording will be sent to you after the webinar has taken place. 


You can see a short interview with Javier on the occasion of his visit to Portsmouth here.

summer school in financial translation, 7-9 July, Luxembourg

This has just come round from Chris Durban. It's organised by the SFT (Société française des Traducteurs) and it will interest those of you working in financial translation or considering it as a specialism. There may be funding available to attend, so do contact the organisers if you're interested! (I see the SFT also organise very practical-looking webinars on translation which may also interest those of you working with French).

5ème Université d’été de la traduction financière — Luxembourg, les 7, 8 et 9 juillet 2010

Si vous évoluez dans l’une des nombreuses spécialités du monde de la traduction financière, voici l’occasion d’encore mieux maîtriser votre sujet, d’actualiser vos connaissances sur des sujets pointus, de rencontrer des experts et de pratiquer le réseautage avec vos collègues.

Pour consulter le programme de cette conférence bisannuelle de la SFT, absolument unique en son genre, et pour vous inscrire, une seule adresse :

http://www.sft.fr/formation-traduction-5e-universite-dete-de-la-traduction-financiere.html

- La plupart des intervenants sont directement issus du secteur financier. Ils présenteront leurs exposés en français ou en anglais, et se prêteront volontiers au jeu des questions-réponses.

- Tout comme en 2008, nous avons prévu un atelier d’écriture pour le jeudi après-midi. (A German component will be added if there is sufficient interest).

- Pour les members de ATA : ce séminaire a été approuvé pour 10 “continuing education points”.

- Pour les traducteurs et interprètes libéraux installés en France : séminaire peut faire l'objet d'une prise en charge par le FIF-PL.

- Compte tenu de la forte demande, nous prévoyons que les 100 places disponibles seront rapidement prises. Si vous souhaitez participer à cette formation, inscrivez-vous sans tarder.

Et si vous avez des questions, faites-nous signe ! Nous vous répondrons avec grand plaisir.

Chris Durban / chris.durban at gmail.com

Dominique Jonkers / dominique.jonkers at skynet.be

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5th Summer School for Financial Translators / Luxembourg, July 7-9, 2010

If you work in financial translation -- in any of the many, many specialist areas this encompasses -- here’s your chance to consolidate your understanding of the big picture, gain up-to-date information on specific topics from industry experts, and network with peers.

The full program for this unique biennial conference organized by the SFT is now up at

http://www.sft.fr/formation-traduction-5e-universite-dete-de-la-traduction-financiere.html

You can register at the same address.

Please note:

- Most speakers work directly in the financial sector; their presentations will be in French or English, with ample time for questions.

- As in 2008, a writing workshop is scheduled on Thursday afternoon. (A German component will be added if there is sufficient interest).

- For freelancers based in France: this event qualifies for FIF-PL financing.

- For ATA members: this event has been approved for 10 continuing education points.

- Given strong interest, we expect all 100 places to be taken. If you plan to attend, you should sign up quickly.

And if you have questions, get in touch -- we’d be glad to answer them.

Chris Durban / chris.durban at gmail.com

Dominique Jonkers / dominique.jonkers at skynet.be

Financial translation workshop

Dear all,

The University of Portsmouth is pleased to announce a forthcoming introduction to the specialised field of financial translation, delivered by Xavier Gil of KPMG Spain:

Friday 29 January 2010
10.30am - 13.00pm

Room 3.24
Park Building
University of Portsmouth

This workshop will serve as an introduction to the principles and the professional issues around financial translation. It is aimed at students of translation and working translators who wish to know more about this important field in the international translation marketplace. *Please note that this workshop is non-language specific and translators working in all languages are welcome to attend.*

Xavier Gil is Head of the Spanish translation service for KPMG Spain, and External Director for the Masters in Financial Translation at the European University of Madrid. He has more than ten years’ experience in business and financial translation both in-house and as a freelancer. His areas of expertise include accounting, banking, finance, macroeconomics, stock exchange, marketing, anti-fraud technologies.

Students and staff of the University of Portsmouth may attend this event without charge. There is a small charge of £10 for external participants, who are asked to register in advance. For more information or to register as an external participant, please contact Dr Carol O’Sullivan on carol.osullivan at port.ac.uk.

financial translation conference, Spain

Dear all,
This may be of interest to colleagues or students with Spanish or with an interest in financial/legal translation.
Carol

CLS COMMUNICATION HOSTS THE IV FINANCIAL TRANSLATION CONFERENCE
CLS Communication will be hosting the IV Financial Translation Conference in Madrid on October 10th and 11th, 2008. The event boasts a revered line-up of speakers hailing from both the translation and the financial worlds. An interesting range of subjects will be presented and discussed amongst our speakers and audience including financial market regulation, translation of IFRS compliant texts, leveraging the use of TMs in financial translation, legal translation and other hot topics pertaining to today's global translation market. A diverse group of financial translators fromaround the world attended the last three editions of the FTC and experienced a vibrant atmosphere rife with opportunities to establish newcontacts and network with peers. You will find detailed information on ourwebsite http://www.cls-communication.com/ivftc or contact Silvia Sánchez by phone at +34/91 535 09 62 or via e-mailsilvia.sanchez@cls-communication.com.