The primary objective this role is to provide an Intern with tasks and responsibilities that develop professional skills, provide real-world work experience, and that provide opportunities to contribute to team and/project goals.
Intern roles are performed in a variety of different functional areas, such as translation/linguistics and software engineering. The Key Responsibilities outline the typical types of responsibilities performed by Interns. The Job Specific Responsibilities outline specific tasks that are performed within each function.
Key responsibilities
Performs basic responsibilities that help him/her learn about the job and function and contributes to achieving team goals. Works on tasks with guidance and supervision from a senior team member or project team.
May assist in performing more complex tasks as a way to learn and support the work done by a senior team member or project team. Some common areas of responsibility:
- Learns and applies processes, techniques, methodologies utilizing academic knowledge (e.g., programming/coding, testing/quality checking, translation, review/editing, use of technology).
- Learns about the function, its purpose, business drivers and how the function contributes to the overall organization. Uses this information to better understand their tasks and how they contribute to team goals.
- Learns skills essential to working independently and as part of a team.
- Seeks guidance and support from team members on how to approach their work, as well as seeks feedback on how they are doing (e.g., effective communications, clarifying assignments, team work, quality and responsiveness.)
Translation intern
- Attends applicable training sessions and ensuring information is assimilated and actioned
- Completes the applicable internship programme modules
- Translates/post-edits a variety of text types from the relevant source languages into various flavours of English
- Completes source/target review of translations from a variety of text types
- Completes any other linguistic tasks as requested (e.g. LSO; target-only review; conversion)
- Consistently works to defined productivity metrics for all linguistic tasks
- Achieves the specified productivity & utilisation targets
- Adheres to the appropriate quality standards for all tasks Job Profile
- Uses the relevant SDL tools & technology to optimum effect and adopting a proactive approach to learning about tools & technology
- Proactively learns from all linguistic feedback provided and ensuring continuous personal growth
- Adheres to the appropriate SDL & English Network Office processes and procedures in all instances
- Makes an active contribution to the performance of the assigned vertical team in the first instance and the English Network Office in a wider sense
Critical skills & competencies
- Active Listening: Listens actively and is attentive to others.
- Attention to Quality & Detail: Diligently completes responsibilities, producing high quality results.
- Initiative:Takes prompt action (e.g., escalates) without being asked or required to.
- Managing Work: Completes work efficiently by effectively managing time and resources.
- Persistence: Stays with a position or plan of action until the desired objective is achieved or is no longer relevant.
- Personal Development: Demonstrates a commitment to learning and development by proactively seeking and acting upon opportunities to grow new capabilities, experience, skills, and knowledge.
- Verbal Communication: Effectively expresses ideas verbally in individual and group situations. Written Communication Expresses ideas clearly in email, reports, letters and other documents.
Life at RWS
At RWS, we’re here for one purpose: unlocking global understanding.
As a unique, world-leading provider of technology-enabled language, content, and intellectual property services, we remove the barriers to communication to make global connection possible. Our unrivalled experience and deep understanding of language have been developed over more than 60 years. As we look to shape the future, our ambition is to create a world where understanding is universal for everyone.
We work with over 80% of the world’s top 100 brands, more than three-quarters of Fortune’s 20 ‘Most Admired Companies’ and almost all the top pharmaceutical companies, investment banks, law firms and patent filers. Our client base spans Europe, Asia Pacific and North and South America. Our 65+ global locations across five continents service clients in the automotive, chemical, financial, legal, medical, pharmaceutical, technology and telecommunications sectors.
If you like the idea of working with smart people who are passionate about breaking down language barriers and giving back to their communities, then you’ll love life at RWS. Our work fundamentally recognizes the value of every language and culture. So, we celebrate difference, we are inclusive and believe that diversity makes us strong.
We want every employee to grow as an individual and excel in their career. In return, we expect all our people to live by the values that unite us: to partner with colleagues and clients, to adopt a pioneering spirit, to be positive in progressing the work we do, and always to deliver what we promise.
