Summer 2027 - Student Opportunities in Translation

Cse Cst; Ottawa; Hybrid; CAD 32,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

The Communications Security Establishment (CSE) is seeking passionate student translators for its Linguistic Services team in Ottawa. You will translate technical and administrative documents from English to French and support the organization with linguistic advisory services.

Responsibilities include drafting content in both official languages, collaborating with Creative Services, Web Design and Marketing, and maintaining the terminology database to improve translation quality.

Qualifications

• Must be registered as a full-time student in a recognized post-secondary program in Canada in translation.
• Transcript from most recent term required.
• Onsite in Ottawa, security clearance condition of employment.

Responsibilities

• Translate documents from English to French and verify accuracy against reference materials.
• Maintain and update the terminology database and inform clients about deadlines.
• Consult reference materials to ensure accurate meaning in both official languages.

Skills

Translation

Bilingual English/French

Education

Full-time translation student in Canada

Job description

Summer 2027 - Student Opportunities in Translation

$23.79 - $38.62

Closing Date:

2026-10-01

Reference number : RF-16974

About CSE

The Communications Security Establishment (CSE) is Canada’s agency responsible for foreign signals intelligence, cyber operations and cyber security. Learn more about our mission .

Student positions at CSE are unlike most others. We offer both practical and developmental work experience and allow students to be part of meaningful, exciting, projects, with the hope that they will want to join us full-time following their studies.

CSE Student jobs are unlike most others. We offer both practical and developmental work experience, as well as attractive salaries. What's more, our students can be involved in exciting projects that contribute to CSE’s mission.

The CSE’s Linguistic Services team, whose work consists mainly of translating technical and administrative documents from English to French, intends to offer students the opportunity to pursue a full-time career in translation within the organization upon completion of their studies if their profile matches our needs.

We’re looking for passionate students from a diverse range of backgrounds, who will thrive working in an open-minded environment and value the different perspectives of others.

As a student member of CSE’s Linguistic Services team, your responsibilities may include:

• Analyzing documents in the source language to comprehend their meaning and translating the content into the other official language.
• Offering routine translation services for information and ensuring the maintenance of the statistics database. This entails communicating with clients regarding deadlines, conducting searches for translations, and documenting the search results, alongside other team members, to build the terminology database.
• Consulting specific reference materials to gain a deeper understanding of text meanings and providing linguistic advice in both official languages to clients throughout the organization.
• Assisting in drafting content in both official languages for various organizational needs.
• Working collaboratively with communications colleagues in the Creative Services, Web Design and Marketing teams.

To find out more about our student salary scale visit the Compensation page on our website.

Area of selection

Open to Canadian citizens.

Location

Ottawa, Ontario. All jobs require onsite presence in one of our two accessible facilities.

A valid Enhanced Reliability Status (ERS) or an Enhanced Top Secret (ETS) security clearance is a condition of employment that must be met before an offer can be made.

In order to be considered, your cover letter must clearly explain how you meet the following education and experience requirements.

Education

You must be registered as a full-time student in a recognized post-secondary program* in Canada in translation.

Note: The educational program must be recognized in Canada, and you must be able to provide a transcript from your most recent term. Students graduating prior to, or during, the work term are not eligible to apply.

The following technical, behavioural and leadership competencies will be assessed at a later date. You do not need to include information about them in your application.

• Cognitive thinking skills
• Service
• Achieving results