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 provide an example of a complex climate-related document you translated? | This question assesses your practical experience and knowledge in the context of climate action. | Outline your translation process, including any challenges you faced and how you overcame them. |
| How do you ensure adherence to institutional branding and communication guidelines in your translations? | The interviewer wants to understand your attention to detail and adherence to standards. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| What strategies do you employ to meet tight deadlines while ensuring quality in your translations? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| Give an example of a time you had to adapt your translation style for a specific audience. What approach did you take? | 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. |
| Describe a situation where you received feedback on your translation. How did you respond? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| What do you find most challenging about translating technical content, and how do you tackle these challenges? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| How do you maintain consistency across multiple translations in a project? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
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