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Heriot Watt SWATI day

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Company overview1980

Established in the UK

500

Number of employees Global network of linguists

7,752

250

Language and dialects

Certification

ISO 27001

Certification

ISO 14001

Certification

ISO 9001

Investors in People

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Global offices

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Services

Translation File engineeringLocalization

Voice over and subtitling

Software testing

Proofreading and linguistic review

DTP/ typesetting

Face to face interpreting

Telephone interpreting

Technology

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Our technology

Interpreting Systems Translation Systems

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Interpreting

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Top language combinations

Face-to-Face Interpreting

Polish

Romanian

Punjabi

Urdu

Slovak

Mandarin

Russian

Arabic

Bengali

Somali

Telephone Interpreting

Polish

Slovak

Czech

Russian

Spanish

Lithuanian

Portuguese

Hungarian

Urdu

Romanian

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Freelance opportunities

Top 5 TI languages

Polish

Slovak

Czech

Russian

Spanish

Top 5 UK F2F languages

Polish

Turkish

Punjabi

Bengali

Arabic

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Freelance opportunities

Top 5 UK F2F regions

London

South East

Yorkshire & Humberside

West Midlands

East Midlands

Top 5 UK F2F areas

London

Newcastle

Wolverhampton

Nottinghamshire

Barnsley - Sheffield - Rotherham

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Entry requirements

• Community Interpreting Level 3/ Diploma in Public Service Interpreting /MA in Interpreting /a recognised language degree/ registered with NRPSI. (In cases of rare languages, the minimum criteria would be evidence of 400 hours Public Service Interpreting.)

• Security Clearance -CRB (enhanced)

• Clearance of the UK Government Baseline Personnel Security Standards (BPSS)

Interpreting Requirements:

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Registration process

Complete application form

thebigword will check that you meet the meet

the requirements

thebigword agree rates with you and send

out registration documents

Complete and return the

registration documents

When you are authorised, you

are ready to receive

assignments

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Initial contact

Confirmation email

Assignment

Signed timesheet

Invoice

Receiving and completing assignments

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Translation

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Top language combinations

Translation

French

German

Spanish

Italian

Russian

Spanish (Mexico)

Chinese (Simplified)

Dutch

Polish

Portuguese

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Freelance opportunities

Top 5 translation by word count

English>French

English>German

English>Spanish

English>Chinese (Simplified)

English>Italian

Top 5 translation by specialism

Automotive

Medicine

Medical Equipment

Domestic Appliances

UK Government

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• A recognised qualification for translation (MA, Certificate, Diploma).

• An accreditation from a translation body. recognised by the International Federation of Translators (ITI, BDÜ, SFT, etc.).

• Accreditation from other recognised industry organisations.

• Provision of two professional references.

Desirable requirements

• Successful completion of a test translation within a subject specialism and language combination.

Compulsory requirements

• Degree-level or equivalent education.

• At least one year’s proven professional experience in translation.

• Expertise in at least one technical specialist area (e.g. Medicine, Finance, Mechanical Engineering).

• Translator’s target language must be their native language.

• Translators must be located in-country or actively keep abreast of changes in their target language and its most up-to-date usage.

• Translation Agencies must be located in- country or in the same geographical region as the languages they offer.

Minimum requirements

Entry Requirements

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Adverts are posted on job

websites by the translation

recruitment (TR) team

Fill out the online application form

Application form and CV are and

screened by thebigword

thebigword contact you to

discuss project, agree on rates

and arrange test piece

You complete and return a test piece which is

then reviewed by one of our

independent reviewers.

If the test piece is successful,

thebigword will notify you and

authorises them on our systems.

Registration process

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Even if you don’t have a minimum of 1 year’s industry experience, send your details so we can contact you in the future when you have attained this.

To help you on your new career path, we recommend the following:

• looking for opportunities to carry out voluntary translation work

• contact the International School of Linguists for opportunities to further develop your translation skills

• keep in touch with us to let us know how you are getting on and the level of experience you’ve developed!

• check our website for potential opportunities

• follow us on Twitter and connect with us via LinkedIn

Just starting out?

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The International School of Linguists

• Global testing and training company.

• Help linguists to develop professionally .

• Our Online Virtual Learning Environment accessible to

anyone, anytime, anywhere to improve linguists

knowledge and quality.

• Accessible by anyone, anywhere and at any time.

• Interactive and enjoyable.

• Designed to be memorable.

• Include vocabulary builders, glossaries and practise.

• Include skills and knowledge asked for by LSP’s and

companies/public services who use linguists.

• Help you to increase your job opportunities.

• Certificates for completed courses.

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Permanent opportunities

• Apprentice Project Administrator• Multi Media Services Senior Project Manager• Infrastructure Analyst• Interpreting Project Manager• Recruiter• Telephone Account Manager • 2 x Project Manager • Apprentice L&D Administrator (ISL)• Interpreting Operations Manager• 2 x  F2F coordinators• Receptionist

Leeds

• Apprentice Project Administrator

London

• Project Director

China

• Telephone Sales Administrator• Developer• Business Development Manager

New York

• Language Quality Assurance Specialist• Language Lead• Linguist Recruitment Account Manager

Japan• Language Lead• Telesales Executive• Senior Project Manager• Business Development Manager• Account Manager

Germany