Arabic editor individual contractor

UN Atlas; Genf; Híbrido; CHF 90 000 - 120 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

UN Atlas seeks an experienced Arabic editor to revise the Rotterdam Convention website translation for the BRS Secretariat. You will ensure terminology aligns with UN and UNEP standards and annotate mistranslations with track changes.

Five years of Arabic editing within UN/IGOs are required, with three years of EN→AR translation/editing experience desirable. Knowledge of legal and scientific terminology is essential.

Qualificações

• Minimum five years of Arabic editing within the UN or similar intergovernmental organizations.
• Three years of experience translating or editing English→Arabic documents within UN, international tribunals, or legal bodies is desirable.
• Experience with environment-related intergovernmental organizations in Arabic is desirable.

Responsabilidades

• Edit the Arabic translation of the Rotterdam Convention website provided as an MS Word document with track changes.
• Review ~4,957 words of automatically translated Arabic content against the English source.
• Ensure revised translation reflects official Rotterdam Convention terminology and maintains UN/UNEP vocabulary consistency.
• Add comments to identify mistranslations from the source.

Conhecimentos

Arabic editing

UN terminology

Linguistics

Law terminology

UNEP terminology

Attention to detail

Accuracy

Official terminology

Communication

Formação académica

Five years Arabic editing in UN/IGOs

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Work arrangement Remote / Home-based

Organizational Context

The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) leads global environmental efforts, promoting sustainable development within the UN system. The Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam, and Stockholm Conventions (BRS) works to protect human health and the environment from hazardous chemicals and wastes. This role supports the BRS Secretariat's clearing-house mechanism for information exchange.

Job Purpose

This role serves to review and revise the automatic Arabic translation of the Rotterdam Convention website, ensuring accuracy and adherence to official terminology. The contractor will identify and correct translation errors, particularly those impacting legal, scientific, and technical meanings, and enhance the language model. The ultimate goal is to produce a high-quality, revised Arabic version of the website content, maintaining consistency with UN and UNEP standards and official convention texts, thereby supporting the BRS Secretariat's mandate for information exchange.

Responsibilities

The primary responsibility is to edit the Arabic translation of the Rotterdam Convention website, provided as an MS Word document with track changes. This involves reviewing approximately 4,957 words of automatically translated Arabic content against the original English webpages. The contractor must ensure the revised translation accurately reflects official Rotterdam Convention terminology, as found in the Convention Text and reports. Focus will be on correcting mistranslations that affect meaning, legal, scientific, or technical terms, while maintaining UN and UNEP terminology and vocabulary consistency. Comments should be added to identify specific mistranslations from the English source.

Work Experience

A minimum of five years of experience in Arabic editing within the UN or similar intergovernmental organizations is required. Three years of experience translating or editing documents from English to Arabic for UN, international tribunals, or legal bodies is desirable. Experience with environment-related intergovernmental organizations in Arabic is also desirable.

Skills

Arabic editing, translation, linguistics, law, UN terminology, UNEP terminology, attention to detail, accuracy, adherence to official terminology, communication (for clarification).

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