Job Description
Roles & Responsibilities
Under general supervision, the college-wide Translator translates documents and other material from and into Arabic and English. The position translates written
correspondence and other forms of oral communication between MCBS, Executive Chair, Dean’s Office, MCBS HOD’s, marketing collaterals and other key departments as needed.
The translator will translate for marketing collaterals including during seminars, symposia, teleconferences, and/or meetings.
Duties and Responsibilities
• Reads and rewrites technical documents in Arabic or English language, following established rules pertaining to factors such as word meanings, sentence structure, grammar, punctuation, and mechanics.
• Serves as interpreter at seminars, speeches, meetings, teleconferences, and symposia, providing consecutive or simultaneous translation between languages.
• Listens to complete statements in one language, translates to second, and translates responses from second into first language; expresses either approximate or exact translation, depending on nature of occasion.
• Receives briefing or prepares through reading and study on subject to be discussed prior to interpreting session.
• May participate in establishing specialized contacts for the college.
• Performs miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned.
Minimum Job Requirements
• Bachelor’s degree in Translation and Interpreting, Arabic; at least 5-7 year of experience directly related to the duties and responsibilities specified.
• Completed degree(s) from an accredited institution that are above the minimum education requirement may be substituted for experience on a year for year basis.
• Must be able to speak, read and write in English and Arabic fluently.