Senior Welsh Translator And Simultaneous Translator in Cardiff

2 months ago


Cardiff, United Kingdom Cardiff Council Full time

Bilingual Cardiff's remit is to take a leading role in developing a fully bilingual Cardiff where the citizens and staff of Cardiff Council can access services and support of the same standard in English and Welsh. The team is responsible for facilitating and promoting the Welsh language in Cardiff in conjunction with our partners and assists the Council in complying with its statutory duty to provide services in Welsh, which includes a full translation service.

About the job

Do you want to see the Welsh language grow and flourish in Cardiff and be part of our vision to create a truly bilingual Cardiff? If so, this may be the job for you The Bilingual Cardiff unit at Cardiff Council is looking for a Senior Translator and Simultaneous Translator to join the team. The successful candidate is expected to have a good degree in Welsh or equivalent with significant experience in professional translation, with experience of simultaneous translation or be willing to learn. The successful candidate is expected to be a member of the Association of Welsh Translators and Interpreters or be willing to take the exam. This is a position for which the ability to speak Welsh is an essential requirement

What We Are Looking For From You

You will have the highest quality translation and proofreading skills, and assist the Head Translator - Systems with duties relating to the translation workload and co-ordinating simultaneous translation requests. The ability to work under pressure and finish work on time as well as the ability to work in a methodical and disciplined manner is absolutely essential to this job as is the ability to operate and communicate in Welsh with English. Although experience of simultaneous translation isn’t required, a willingness to learn this skill is essential for this role.

Additional information

The successful applicants should be able to communicate effectively in Welsh to Level 5 – Proficiency.

This post is part time and will work 18 hours per week.

This vacancy is suitable for post share.

We welcome applications in both English and Welsh. Welsh applications will not be treated less favourably than English ones.

Due to the current interim working arrangements, we are unable to provide recruitment packs or accept application forms via the post.



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