Vacancy title:
Post-Editing and Proofreading Officer (French Language) - CHLS0

Jobs at:
African Development Bank

Deadline of this Job:
25th November 2018

Duty Station:
Tanzania

Summary
Date Posted: 15th November 2018 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed , Employment Type: Full-Time

Established in 1964, the African Development Bank is the premier pan-African development institution, promoting economic growth and social progress across the continent. There are 80 member states, including 54 in Africa (Regional Member Countries). The Bank’s development agenda is delivering the financial and technical support for transformative projects that will significantly reduce poverty through inclusive and sustainable economic growth. In order to sharply focus the objectives of the Ten Year Strategy (2013 – 2022) and ensure greater developmental impact, five major areas, all of which will accelerate our delivery for Africa, have been identified for scaling up, namely; energy, agro-business, industrialization, integration and improving the quality of life for the people of Africa.

JOB DETAILS:

THE POSITION:
Under the general supervision of the Director, the Post-editing and Proofreading Officer (French Language) helps the Department efficiently deliver its mandate by optimizing the use of Computer-aided translation tools and artificial intelligence. He/She relies on his/her technical knowledge to improve the volume and quality of pre-translation and translation.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The Post-editing and Proofreading Officer will undertake post-editing and proofreading assignments to improve the quality of pre-translation and translation, upstream and downstream. In particular, he/she shall:

• Undertake post-editing of pre-translations generated by Translation Memory or Neural Machine Translation Software;
  
• Ensure that the right terminology is used and that no untranslated parts are found in the final product;
  
• Verify facts using standard reference sources;
  
• Apply basic rules regarding spelling, punctuation and style;
  
• Ensure that no information has been accidentally added or omitted;
  

SELECTION CRITERIA
Including desirable skills, knowledge and experience

• At least a Master's degree or equivalent in language studies, precis-writing, terminology, post-editing or a closely related discipline;
  
• A minimum of five (5) years of experience in post-editing, translation or translation-related activities, precis-writing and proofreading;
  
• Excellent writing skills & very good command of English and French languages;
  
• Broad general knowledge and excellent levels of attention to detail;
  
• Ability to post-edit and proofread quickly and efficiently with little supervision;