Graduate Junior Translator Scheme - Intro Presentation

Graduate Junior Translator
        Scheme

Who are we?

We are a boutique translation agency based in
Newquay, Cornwall in Southwest England. We
specialise in marketing and corporate translation
in German, French, English and Dutch.

With a dedicated team of in-house translators
and project managers who are native speakers of
the languages they manage, complemented by a
solid network of over 120 top-notch translators,
we offer an extensive range of services
including translation, copywriting, multilingual
social media management and international
SEO.

What is the Graduate Junior Translator Scheme?

Here at AJT we love to support recent translation graduates as they embark upon their
journey into the translation market. That’s why we are one of the few translation agencies to
offer a Junior Translator Scheme, where we employ recent graduates, with little or no
professional translation experience, and give them their first break.
We work closely with them and support them in every aspect of being a professional
translator, working on real projects for some of the world’s best know brands. We recognise
that, in this industry, gaining translation experience is paramount, and strongly believe that
graduate translators should be fairly rewarded and supported in their work from the outset.

Who are we looking for?

We are looking for translators who       • English to German
have recently completed their              (Germany, Austria, Switzerland)
translation studies (BA or Masters)      • English to French
and are looking to gain their first        (France, Switzerland)
experience as freelance translators in
a supportive environment.                • English to Dutch
                                           (Netherlands)
We are excited to announce that we       • German to English (UK)
are opening up our graduate scheme
                                         • French to English (UK)
to graduates with the following
language combinations:

Why should you join our scheme?
• The opportunity to work with a              • On-going support and constructive
  company that truly cares about your           written feedback from a team of
  personal development and growth.              experienced translation professionals
• Paid freelance translation work at our        and editors.
  junior rate, with a review of your per      • Training on the use of CAT tools, such as
  word rate after 6 months (and after you       Smartling and Memsource, including one-
  have translated at least 10,000 words).       to-one Skype sessions to answer any
• The opportunity to translate a variety of     question you may have.
  live projects, from marketing texts to
  app translations, to e-commerce and
  B2B marketing texts.

The process

                                         2                                       3
1                                            We will review your application,        Once you have accepted our terms
    Send your CV and cover letter to
                                               and if you are eligible for our        and conditions, we will send you
    jobs@anjajonestranslation.co.uk
                                              scheme, we will email you our          information about the rates we pay
    quoting AJTJUN03 in the subject
                                             terms and conditions, which you         and a short, unpaid test translation
                 line.
                                                    will need to accept.               (up to 500 words) to complete.

4                                        5                                       6
                                             We will invite you to a welcome
    We review your translation, and if                                                 Once the first project becomes
                                             webinar where we will show you
     you pass the test, we will invite                                                available, we will contact you to
                                             the CAT tools we use, and where
     you to join our Graduate Junior                                                 check your availability and assign
                                              you can ask any questions you
           Translator Scheme.                                                                   you the work.
                                                       might have.

7   We review your work and provide      8                                       9    After six months (and after you
                                             We will continue to assign you to         have translated at least 10,000
     detailed feedback to you. We
                                              suitable projects regularly, and        words), we will conduct a final
     might have a Skype chat to go
                                                continue to provide regular          review, and if you are successful,
     through the feedback in more
                                                         feedback.                     we will invite you as a regular
                 detail.
                                                                                          freelancer to our team.

What happens next?

• If you’d like to apply to join our Graduate Junior Translator Scheme, please email your CV and
  cover letter to jobs@anjajonestranslation.co.uk quoting reference AJTJUN03.
• We aim to respond back to you within 5 working days.
If you have any questions that you would like us to answer before you apply, please either email or
call us and we’ll be happy to help.