Freelance Mandarin Interpreter & Translator (Remote)

SILA Linguists; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 28,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Freelance flexibility

Remote and on-site assignments

Fair pay reflecting skills

Support from operations team

Assignments across healthcare, legal,公

Job summary

SILA Linguists is recruiting freelance Mandarin Chinese interpreters and translators for business, education, healthcare, and legal assignments in the UK. We cover Simplified and Traditional Chinese, with opportunities for on-site, remote, and mixed-location work.

Responsibilities include interpretation across sectors, precise translation to target scripts, and confidentiality. DBS clearance may be required for some assignments; right to work in the UK is essential.

Qualifications

• Full professional fluency in Mandarin and English.
• Strong written Chinese in Simplified characters; Traditional or Cantonese an advantage.
• Willingness to undergo DBS check for certain assignments like work with children or vulnerable adults.
• For on-site work in the UK, the right to work in the UK.

Responsibilities

• Interpret in business, education, healthcare and legal settings with accurate terminology.
• Translate into Simplified or Traditional Chinese according to the audience.
• Follow professional standards of accuracy, impartiality and confidentiality on every assignment.
• Prepare for each booking by reviewing briefs and researching terminology.
• Check translations against sources and meet deadlines.
• Transcribe and translate Mandarin recordings for legal, research and media clients if interested.

Skills

Bilingual English-Mandarin

Mandarin writing - Simplified

DBS check willing

UK right to work

Education

DPSI/DPI or translation degree

CIOL/ITI/NRPSI membership welcome

Job description

SILA Linguists is recruiting freelance Mandarin Chinese interpreters and translators for business, education, healthcare, and legal assignments in the UK. We cover Simplified and Traditional Chinese, with opportunities for on-site, remote, and mixed-location work.

Responsibilities include interpretation across sectors, precise translation to target scripts, and confidentiality. DBS clearance may be required for some assignments; right to work in the UK is essential.