- Duty Station: Switzerland
- Application Deadline: 26-Nov-2024, 11:59:00 PM
- Info
The post is located in the Translation and Terminology Technology Section (TTTS), PCT Translation Division in the Patents and Technology Sector. The role of the Translation and Terminology Technology Section is to enable and support translation and terminology activities on a technical level throughout the Organization; supply and maintain translation and terminology management systems and applications to the three main translation areas; enable coordinated translation and localization activities in other parts of the Organization across the six languages of the UN and ten languages of the PCT; and enable extensive exploitation of neural machine translation by the translation areas.
As part of the Translation and Terminology Technology Section, the Senior Translation Technologist is responsible for executing tasks relating to translation technology for the Section and for the other translation areas within the Organization.
Requirements
Education (Essential)
Advanced university degree in translation technology or in an equivalent technical field such as computational linguistics or information technology, or advanced university degree in translation including a substantial translation technology component with demonstrated experience and knowledge of the application of information technology to translation.
Experience (Essential)
At least seven years of relevant professional work experience. Demonstrated experience in leading projects involving the implementation of computer-assisted translation tools and the research and use of computer-assisted translation tools and machine translation systems.
Language (Essential)
Excellent knowledge of English (written and spoken).
Language (Desirable)
Knowledge of other PCT publication languages (Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian or Spanish).
Job Related Competencies (Essential)
A full and up-to-date understanding of translation-related technology including translation management systems, terminology management systems, localization platforms, computer-assisted translation tools, and neural machine translation technologies including machine learning.
