Translation of Climate Promise website content into French
Assist in translation of Climate Promise website content into French.
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Overview
Assist in translation of Climate Promise website content into French.
You have:
- Strong understanding of climate change and climate action
- Prior experience translating development, humanitarian, environmental or climate-related content
- Ability to deliver quality translations under tight deadlines
- Familiarity with UNDP editorial and publication standards
- Strong attention to detail, stylistic consistency, and adherence to institutional branding and communication guidelines
- Ability to work with large documents and ensure coherence and quality across bilingual/trilingual versions
Contract
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The Climate Promise website (http://climatepromise.undp.org) is home to communications content produced by UNDP Climate Hub relating to climate change and climate action. The website includes blogs, photo stories, news releases as well as other specialized content such as country pages which summarize the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) of countries.
We aspire to have as much of Climate Promise content in French as possible.
To support the delivery of these sessions, we are seeking 1 dedicated Online Volunteer to assist in translation of Climate Promise website content into French..
The Online Volunteer will support the team in translating select Climate Promise website content from English to French.
Specific tasks include:
· Translate explainers and other select editorial content on Climate Promise website into French
· Translate country pages hosted on Climate Promise, which are currently being updated with new NDC information, into French
· Translate any required social media assets for major campaigns into French, as needed
· Any other ad hoc requests related to translation on the Climate Promise website, such as site labels, headlines, menu items
· Ensure alignment of translations with UN and UNDP guides on French translations (to be provided by team).
· Strong understanding of climate change and climate action
· Prior experience translating development, humanitarian, environmental or climate-related content.
· Ability to deliver quality translations under tight deadlines.
· Familiarity with UNDP editorial and publication standards, including terminology, structure, and formatting requirements is desirable.
· Strong attention to detail, stylistic consistency, and adherence to institutional branding and communication guidelines.
· Ability to work with large documents (over ?? pages) and ensure coherence and quality across bilingual/trilingual versions.
Potential interview questions
| Can you describe your experience with translating climate-related content? | This assesses your familiarity with the subject matter and your translation skills. | Detail your previous experiences and any relevant projects. |
| How do you ensure accuracy and quality in your translations? | This evaluates your methods for checking your work and maintaining standards. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| What is your approach to tight deadlines in translation tasks? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| How familiar are you with UNDP's editorial and publication standards? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| Can you provide an example of when you maintained stylistic consistency in a project? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| What tools or resources do you use when translating large documents? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| How do you handle feedback on your translations? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| Give an example of how you adapt translations for different audiences. | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
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