Intern in the Director General's Cabinet - Translation and Terminology

European Space Agency - ESA; Paris; Presencial; EUR 10.000 - 15.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

European Space Agency - ESA in Paris invites an intern to join the Director General's Cabinet, Language Services and Minute-Writing Division. You will translate texts from English into French, support terminology management, and draft records for ESA documents.

The role focuses on scientific, technical, legal, financial and administrative content, with emphasis on multilingual terminology and CAT tools. Native French proficiency and good English required.

Formación

• You must be a university student enrolled for the entire internship duration.
• Preference for final or penultimate year of master's studies.

Responsabilidades

• Translate texts from English into French for ESA materials.
• Conduct terminological research and extract terms from official documents.
• Maintain terminology records in ESA Termbase and update records as needed.

Conocimientos

Translation

Terminology research

Terminology management

Educación

Master's student (university level)

Herramientas

CAT tools

Termbase/Terminology database

Descripción del empleo

Intern in the Director General's Cabinet - Translation and Terminology

• Type of Appointment (learn more): Intern
• Directorate: Director General's Services
• Workplace: Paris, FR
• Location: ESA Headquarters, Paris, France
• Closing Date: 30 November 2026 23:59 CET/CEST

Our team and mission

The Language Services and Minute-Writing Division is in charge of translating and editing official documents, correspondence and miscellaneous texts relating to the Agency’s work with a particular emphasis on scientific, technical, legal, financial and administrative subjects, as well as of drafting minutes of the meetings of ESA’s different bodies. The main languages from and into which texts are translated are English, French and German. The Division maintains a trilingual terminology database with over 30,000 terms and uses computer-assisted translation (CAT) tools and neural machine translation to support the translation process. It consists of 24 team members and comprises the following three sections: The English Translation, Editing and Support Section, the French Translation Section and the German Translation Section.

Candidates interested are encouraged to visit the ESA website: http://www.esa.int

Field(s) of activity for the internship

As an intern, you will support the work of the Language Services by carrying out the following tasks:

• translation - from English into French - of a wide variety of texts relating to the Agency’s activities and processes, with some emphasis on scientific and technical subjects but also including legal, financial and administrative matters;
• terminological research and extracting terminology from Agency documents and other reliable sources in French, German and English;
• maintaining and drafting terminology records for the ESA Termbase, the Agency’s multilingual terminology database covering most areas of ESA activity.

Behavioural competencies

• Result Orientation
• Operational Efficiency
• Fostering Cooperation
• Relationship Management
• Continuous Improvement
• Forward Thinking

For more information, please refer to ESA Core Behavioural Competencies guidebook.

Education

You must be a university student, preferably in your final or second-to-last year of university course at Master's level. In addition, you must be able to prove that you will be enrolled at your university for the entire duration of the internship.

Additional Requirements

The working languages of the Agency are English and French. Due to the nature of this position, native proficiency in French and a thorough knowledge of English and German are required. Knowledge of another ESA Member State language is an asset. During the interview, your motivation for applying to this role will be explored. Experience in translation work and knowledge of CAT tools and other language technologies is a pre-requis