Translator

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.

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.