jobs, internships, PhD funding etc.

A few translation opportunities, seen recently around the web:

An advertisement in the Guardian for an experienced Project Manager in London. Posted today. No deadline given.

The company Synonyme in Madrid is advertising for a multitasking English native speaker with French, German or Spanish as interpreter, translator and project manager. Also looking for conference interpreters. Contact a.edwards at synonyme.net. Found on the website of the Chartered Institute of Linguists; other positions also advertised.

The pharmaceutical company Roche is looking for an English Sprachexperte for their language service in Basel (German-English translation, translation revision, etc.). Found via the ITI website. Further details here.

Seen on the BDÜE website (job postings can be found under Aktuelles):

The company Comlogos is looking for a project manager based in Stuttgart. The company also seems from their website to offer internships. Other posts also regularly advertised.

In Europe, the EPSO competitions for Estonian, Irish, Latvian and Portuguese translators close on 14 August. The link is here. The deadline for translation traineeships in the European institutions beginning in March 2013 is 31 August. There are two rounds of these a year; more information here.

Two PhD studentships at the School of Applied Language and Intercultural Studies at Dublin City University for the academic year 2012-13. The scholarships cover fees and maintenance for the first year of study; may be extended subject to suitable progress, etc. 

There's a PhD studentship offered in Denmark in the field of intercultural business encounters which may interest translation researchers. Deadline is imminent: 15 August.

As always, the writer of this blog makes no guarantees about, and has no vested interest in, any of these opportunities. Good luck to any of our readers who apply.

ITI forthcoming translation events

 Three Institute of Translation and Interpreting events are coming up which may be of interest to readers:

1) JOINT ITI / EU / CIOL CLEAR WRITING SEMINAR

Thursday 5 July 2012, 10.00 to 16.00

This seminar is organised jointly by the ITI and the Chartered Institute of Linguists. It is generously supported by the European Commission Representation in the UK and will be held at its offices in Smith Square in central London.

The event is aimed at all translators who are keen to improve the clarity of their written language and will include presentations by representatives from the Plain English Commission, Clarity and the European Commission’s Directorate General for Translation, as well as a number of practical exercises.

Speakers:

Martin Cutts (Research Director at the Plain Language Commission and author of Lucid Law and the Oxford Guide to Plain English).
Daphne Perry (Clarity)
The Directorate General for Translation at the European Commission will be represented by David Monckom from the Editing Unit and Jonathan Stockwell from the Web Translation Unit.

Early-bird booking closes Tuesday 5 June 2012. Discounts for students and ITI/CIOL members.
More information and a booking form can be found at the ITI's website.

2 & 3) STARTING WORK AS A TRANSLATOR OR INTERPRETER
Two events arranged jointly by the Universities of Salford and Westminster and the ITI, with support from the National Networks for Translation and Interpreting.

University of Salford, Monday 28th May 2012, 9.30-16.30
University of Westminster, Saturday 9th June 2012, 09.30-16.30

Are you interested in working as a translator or interpreter, but unsure how to start?
This one-day seminar should answer questions for new translators / interpreters on:

• Training
• Generalist or specialist translating & different types of interpreting
• Building a portfolio of clients
• Working for translation companies
• Marketing
• Pricing

Fees:
Undergraduate students - free of charge
Postgraduate students at other universities - £20 including VAT (Salford students can attend the Salford workshop for free)
ITI/ FIT organisation members - £35 including VAT
Nonmembers - £45 including VAT
More information and booking forms can be found at the ITI's website.

MA graduate student poster presentations, ITI conference: deadline 15 February

Hello gentle readers,

It's been a little while, what with the new year and the snow and the tottering inbox. I hope you're all well! There's a bunch of fun stuff coming up. A snippet for current students and recent graduates of MA translation programmes:

ITI is offering current or immediate past MA/MSc students the opportunity to present a poster session at the Institute’s 25^th anniversary conference in Birmingham, 7-8 May 2011.
The poster session may be based on work you have done in connection with your translation and/or interpreting course, dissertation or project or on an aspect of translation and/or interpreting work that particularly interests you.
The aim of the poster sessions is to enable practising translators and interpreters to learn about ongoing research and study as part of MA/MSc courses and to give grant recipients an opportunity to meet and network with practising and established translators and interpreters.
The conference is being held at the NEC Galleries, Birmingham, which offers good road, rail and air connections.
If you would like to present your poster, please send an e-mail to education at iti.org.uk with:
Your name, university, and university department
Year of study
Title of your poster session and a short outline of the content (max 300 words)
Your daytime telephone number, email and postal address
Final date for submissions: 15 February 2011
We will select a maximum of four dissertations. We would like to include both translation and interpreting topics.
If you are selected to take part, you will be required to:

• produce and set up a poster display illustrating your research (for tips, Google ‘poster session’ or see http://writing.colostate.edu/guides/speaking/poster/)
• be available to discuss it with conference participants
• give an 8-minute presentation in a conference session organised for this purpose
• write a short article for ITI Bulletin.

You will receive £100 towards your travel, materials and expenses, and free registration for the conference day when you are presenting.
The platform presentation is scheduled for the pre-lunch session on Sunday, 8 May 2010. More information on the 2011 Conference is available at:
http://www.iti-conference.org.uk/conference-2011/

Getting into translation

Many thanks to Tanja for pointing out a really useful page on the ITI website with presentations about how to start out as a translator. I thought Sarah Griffin-Mason's presentation on getting started in translation and Anna Davies' presentation on what translation companies really want were both excellent - and lots of other informative goodies too.

Unfortunately the ITI site didn't seem to like my direct link to the page, but if you go to the ITI homepage and search for the uncommon noun 'Griffin' it should bring up a link to 'events' where you will find the list of talks. Video recordings of the talks by Sarah, Anna and others can be found here on the Routes into Languages website.

ITI event on starting work as a translator/interpreter

The ITI event 'Starting Work as a Translator or Interpreter' takes place in London on 7
June 2008. This event is being organised jointly with the University of Westminster, with
support from the national networks for translation and for interpreting, and is relevant for
undergraduates as well as anyone else interested in translation and interpreting,
including what we call 'late converters' (i.e. people who are switching from another
career). The event is free for university students and cheap for everyone else, but all
should please register in advance using the form on the ITI website
www.iti.org.uk - ITI events section.