Independent Contractor (Spanish/English) Transcription/Translation

Audio Transcription Center; España; Remote; EUR 18,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Work from home

Job summary

Audio Transcription Center is seeking freelance, home-based transcriptionists and translators (Spanish–English) to convert audio, video, or handwritten material into accurate text. Strong editing, research, and deadline discipline are essential.

You will work with diverse content, from historical interviews to webinars, and must adhere to our transcription style guidelines. Ideal candidates are fast typists (≥80 wpm) with excellent language and punctuation skills, and the ability to verify terms

Qualifications

• Bilingual transcriptionists/translators of Spanish and English.
• Fast and accurate typists (minimum of 80 wpm).
• Ability to verify names and terms via brief internet research.

Responsibilities

• Transcribe audio/video/handwritten material into text with high accuracy.
• Follow transcription style manual and project instructions.
• Deliver completed transcripts by deadline and maintain confidentiality.

Skills

Bilingual Spanish–English

Fast 80 wpm typing

Attention to detail

Research skills

Tools

Dropbox

Open Office

ExpressScribe

Job description

What you will do:

As an independent contractor, you will be working from home as a freelance transcriptionist and translator, making an accurate text document of the contents of audio, video, typed or handwritten material. We transcribe oral history interviews (with WWII veterans, women in academia, farmers, midwives…), focus groups, financial forecasts or quarterly reports, tech webinars, commencement addresses, interviews about NGO work, educational reform or health care access, or anything else you could think of, and even occasionally TV shows. We don't do medical transcription.

Who we’re looking for:

• U.S. Citizens or U.S. Resident Alien as described on IRS form W-9.
• Bilingual transcriptionists/translators of Spanish and English.
• Fast and accurate typists (minimum of 80 wpm), who can deliver files on deadline without question.
• People with a wide range of interests or educational experiences.

As the subject matter varies broadly, it’s easier to understand the flow of conversation when you have some context for what is being discussed.

Requirements

• Strong language, style, and punctuation skills, and the capability and willingness to follow our transcription style manual as well as project-specific instructions.
• Ability to verify names and terms via brief internet research. Much of the work we do is for archives, so these transcripts will become part of a historical record and need to be of high quality to reflect that permanence.

What you will need

• A reliable internet connection is a must. ATC sends project files via Dropbox links, so no special FTP setup is necessary.
• For confidentiality reasons, we require that you use an email address that no one else has access to.
• Transcripts should be returned to ATC as .doc files. You are not strictly required to use Microsoft Word; you can also use Open Office or some other program that has the capability to save as a .doc file as long as the formatting requirements are met and the functionality of the end product is indistinguishable from a document completed in Word.
• ATC highly recommends the use of transcription software (such as ExpressScribe) controlled via hotkeys or a foot pedal, and the use of good-quality headphones to cut down on ambient noise while you are transcribing.