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Job Description

The Translator role will support the Canada Workplace Solutions team with English <-> French translation activities, working independently with the Translations Lead on both internal and client facing deliverables.

Responsibilities

  • Translate requests from different internal services and resources.

  • Assist in the translation of various documents, such as proposals, newsletters, social posts, blog pages, thought leadership and insights.

  • Prioritize requests and translate documents from English to French.

  • Ensure translation quality and accuracy as well as compliance with Quebec's language laws.

  • Track requests and flag any delays or disruption in delivery.

  • Work involves some review of external and internal translations.

  • Support the business cases development for programs and related projects.

  • May develop and implement tracking and reporting, to maintain records of program activities and deliverables.

Role complexity: requires analysis and solving of increasingly complex problems. Interaction is with peers within Accenture before updating supervisors. Has some interaction with clients and/or Accenture management.


Role authority: requires minimal instruction on daily work tasks and a moderate level of instruction on new assignments.

Role decision impact: decisions impact own work and may impact the work of others

Role scope: individual contributor, part of a small work effort and/or team

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

  • Minimum of 4 years of progressively responsible translation experience with deliverables reflective of a corporate environment, with advanced experience in the use of translation tools.

  • Bilingual (French & English)

  • English is required for this position as this role will regularly interact with English-speaking stakeholders across Canada. Due to the significant high volume of interactions with these English-speaking stakeholders, which is inherent to this position, it is not possible to reorganize the company's activities to avoid this requirement.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Translation, relevant certification, or equivalent work experience preferred.

  • Advanced proficiency in translations.

  • Intermediate proficiency in Microsoft Office programs (Word, Excel and PowerPoint) and Outlook.

  • Exposure to CAT tools.

  • Strong technology skills – ability to learn new systems and tools quickly.

Professional Skills:

  • Good communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills

  • Ability to convey the message with focus on clarity

  • Excellent attention to detail

  • Anticipate and proactively act on internal and external clients/customers’ needs

  • Displays good ownership over all tasks

  • Ability to work independently as well as in a team setting

  • Critical thinker and problem-solver; ability to work creatively and analytically in a fast-paced business environment

  • Continuous learner / improvement mindset with a desire to grow and take on additional challenges

  • Demonstrated teamwork and collaboration in a professional setting; either military or civilian

Other Requirements:

  • Work on site, in office as required

  • Flexibility with work schedule may be required periodically

  • Overtime may be required periodically

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