Translation and Editorial Intern

Overview

This internship involves assisting with translation and editorial tasks within the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia, focusing on various subject matters and adhering to UN guidelines.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist with the translation of a variety of texts covering a broad range of subjects dealt with by the United Nations, i.e., political, social, legal, economic, financial, administrative, medical, and technical, meeting established workload and quality standards, while integrating a gender perspective, especially in relation to gender sensitive use of language.
• Get familiar with existing UNVMC editorial guidelines, United Nations terminology and style and assist in its application to source and target texts.
• Support in the collection of data associated with the linguistic services provided.
• Maintain strict security and confidentiality of information.

Required Experience

Applicants to the UN Internship Programs are not required to have professional work experience.

Qualifications

Applicants must meet one of the following requirements: a) be enrolled in or have completed a graduate school programme (second university degree or equivalent or higher such as Master’s degree or equivalent, Ph.D. or postgraduate degree); or, b) be enrolled in or have completed the final academic year of a first university degree programme (minimum Bachelor’s level or equivalent). The Programme must be in languages (English and Spanish), translation, linguistics, or related field. Good knowledge of standard software applications, especially MS Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Teams) is required.

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