Editorial Assistant (Bilingual with Target English)

Overview

The incumbent is responsible for supporting the delivery of polished documents, ensuring that the text is linguistically correct, idiomatically natural, and conveys the meaning as clearly as possible.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct meticulous proofreading, copy preparation, and editorial review for a range of content in English, in accordance with established standards and practices.
• Maintain vigilant and critical oversight when leveraging AI translation tools and computer-assisted technologies, ensuring that all machine-assisted outputs are carefully post-edited and refined to meet rigorous institutional standards.
• Assure strict continuity of style, factual accuracy of content, and full conformity with established United Nations grammar, style, and typography.
• Check translations of technical terms and terminology to ensure accuracy and maintain consistency between language versions throughout the text.
• Provide robust research work assistance by utilizing reliable online resources and reference tools.
• Deliver a grammatically correct, well-expressed English final version of the text, while performing other related language functions as needed and requested.

Required Experience

A minimum of three years of professional work experience in language-related functions such as translation, proofreading or copy preparation is required.

Qualifications

A first-level degree in translation from a university or an institution of equivalent status or related area is required.

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