Dutch Financial Translator

The Wall Street Journal; Utrecht; Hybrid; EUR 40,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

The Wall Street Journal is seeking a Dutch Financial Translator to enhance English-to-Dutch translations of financial news. The role focuses on improving accuracy, building glossaries, and guiding prompts for better automated outputs.

Located at our office in London, Brussels, or the Netherlands, the position offers a 3‑day-per-week hybrid schedule. Initially a fixed-term contract with strong potential for permanence.

Qualifications

• Native-level Dutch (C2) with strong knowledge of European business etiquette.
• Experience in LQA and MTPE to improve automated outputs.
• Proficiency with CAT tools and terminology management.
• Knowledge of financial terminology translation.

Responsibilities

• Lead R&D and QA for English-to-Dutch MT engine and conduct daily output audits.
• Define and implement correction policies to maintain editorial standards.
• Create and maintain comprehensive glossaries for financial terminology.
• Engineer prompts to evolve style, tone, and accuracy of automated news feeds.
• Collaborate with Product, Editorial, and Data Strategy teams to improve workflows.

Skills

Dutch C2

LQA

MTPE

GenAI

Tools

CAT tools

Job description

Job Description

Dow Jones Newswires is seeking a Dutch Financial Translator to join their growing team of linguists and be a key player in ensuring its accuracy while constantly monitoring the quality of their auto-translation model.

The successful candidate will assess and improve the translation from English to Dutch of Dow Jones Newswires financial, business, and economic news.

The job holder will be expected to demonstrate strong skills in prompt engineering and experience building glossaries to improve translation consistencies and outcomes.

Located at our office in London, Brussels, or the Netherlands, this role offers a 3-day-per-week hybrid schedule. While initially a fixed-term contract, there is strong potential for transition into a permanent position.

You Will

• Lead R&D and QA initiatives for our English-to-Dutch machine translation engine, vetting data strategy results and performing daily output audits.
• Define and implement correction policies to ensure Dutch products meet the rigorous standards of Dow Jones editorial excellence.
• Architect and maintain comprehensive glossaries that anchor our AI in accurate financial and economic terminology.
• Engineer and iterate on prompts to continuously evolve the style, tone, and technical accuracy of automated news feeds.
• Partner with global stakeholders across Product, Editorial, and Data Strategy teams to drive workflow efficiencies and share best practices.
• Map third-party content to expand and enrich our Dutch-language market offering.
• Modernize content generation by translating and refining automated templates that power real-time financial updates.

You Have

• Native-level mastery of Dutch (C2) with a deep understanding of European business etiquette and cultural nuances.
• Proven expertise in LQA and MTPE (Machine Translation Post-Editing), with a track record of improving automated outputs.
• Technical proficiency with CAT tools , specifically in building, importing, and managing complex terminology databases.
• A specialist’s command of financial terminology , with the ability to translate complex economic concepts accurately from English to Dutch.
• Hands‑on experience with GenAI and LLMs , including a foundational understanding of how prompt engineering influences model behavior.
• A background in professional newsrooms or high‑pressure editorial environments (strongly preferred).

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Business Area

Dow Jones - News - WSJ

Job Category

Editorial/Journalism

Union Status

Non-Union role

Base Pay Range

€40,000 - €45,000

We’re committed to offering competitive and flexible compensation to attract top talent. This pay range reflects our good faith estimate for the role and may vary based on a candidate’s experience, skills, location, and other relevant factors.

For bonus-eligible roles, targets are determined based on multiple considerations, including market benchmarks and individual contributions.

For benefits-eligible roles, we offer a comprehensive and competitive benefits package covering health, retirement, wellbeing, and more, along with optional benefits to meet the diverse needs of our employees.

Dow Jones is a global provider of news and business information, delivering content to consumers and organizations around the world across multiple formats, including print, digital, mobile and live events. Dow Jones has produced unrivaled quality content for more than 130 years and today has one of the world’s largest newsgathering operations globally.

It is home to leading publications and products including the flagship Wall Street Journal, America’s largest newspaper by paid circulation; Barron’s, MarketWatch, Mansion Global, Financial News, Dow Jones Risk & Compliance and Dow Jones Newswires. Dow Jones is a division of News Corp (Nasdaq: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV).