Remote Night-Shift Interpreter (Cantonese–English)

TP; Ipoh; Remote; MYR 66,960 - 75,888; Full time

Job summary

Translation and Interpretation Services Company is hiring a freelance interpreter to provide Cantonese-English-Cantonese consecutive interpretation from home. This role targets Malaysians with night shifts that vary monthly, offering on-demand telephone or video interpretation across healthcare, government, finance, and more.

Work-from-home arrangement with a fixed base in Malaysia is available, requiring strong listening and note-taking skills, neutrality, and the ability to follow client

Qualifications

• Excellent listening, retention and note taking skills to maintain a high level of accuracy.
• Ability to concentrate, stay detached from the conversation, and always remain neutral and objective.
• Ability to quickly establish personal credibility.
• Ability to follow client's instructions closely.
• Ability to explain certain cultural concepts to avoid miscommunication.
• with the permission or at request of the client
• B2 CEFR English Level bilingual with other required languages
• Able to work from home on a permanent basis

Responsibilities

• Provide language interpretation from one language to another for individual with language barrier to understand and communicate to each other.
• Handling telephone or video calls on demand and renders meaning of conversations in the consecutive mode of interpretation between speakers of English
• Processes information quickly and concisely, recognizes sensitive cultural differences, and is always professional and courteous.
• The interpreter will use appropriate industry terminology and understand common industry procedures and practices. The calls may involve simple or complex, non-technical or technical subjects in Healthcare, Government, Insurance, Finance, Utilities, Travel and Hospitality, 911 emergency services, Law Enforcement, Courts, and General Business.

Skills

Active listening

Note taking

Neutrality

Instruction following

Cultural awareness

B2 English

Job description

Translation and Interpretation Services Company is hiring a freelance interpreter to provide Cantonese-English-Cantonese consecutive interpretation from home. This role targets Malaysians with night shifts that vary monthly, offering on-demand telephone or video interpretation across healthcare, government, finance, and more.

Work-from-home arrangement with a fixed base in Malaysia is available, requiring strong listening and note-taking skills, neutrality, and the ability to follow client