French Native Linguist / Translator (English-French)

Glasgow

About the Role:

For over 45 years we’ve built a reputation as one of the world’s leading strategic IP ﬁrms. Trusted by global innovators and businesses to realise and protect the true value of their intellectual assets and recognised by leading institutions such as The Financial Times, The Legal 500, IP Stars, World Intellectual Property Review and IAM Patent 1000.

Our global oﬃce network spans Europe, North America and Asia. With over 400 employees (including over 100 attorneys)worldwide, our people have leading IP expertise across many industries. Murgitroyd is one of the few IP ﬁrms that have an in-house Translation Department.

At Murgitroyd, we believe human translation achieves the highest quality. We are also committed to deliver the best possible value to our clients, and ﬁrmly believe that humans and machines, working together, complementing one another, harnessing new technological advancements, will help us retain our high-quality service oﬀerings.

Responsibilities:

Your main task will be to complete Patent translations into French. Typically, this may include:

Translating into French
Revising, reviewing, post-editing and/or proofreading translations into French, ensuring clarity, consistency and accuracy
Developing AiMT post-edition guidelines
Developing French style guides and terminology databases
Providing feedback
Training other linguists
Exploring new technology, assessing, reporting
Ad-hoc projects as instructed by the Head of the Department

Person Specification:

You will:

be of French mother-tongue
hold a relevant University degree or translation qualiﬁcation
be ﬂuent in English

You should also have the following skills:

experience in translation/checking
excellent French grammar/spelling
computer literacy, good working knowledge of MS Oﬃce tools
keen interest in technology, and the ability to test and report on ﬁndings
good communication skills
eye for detail
ability to share and transmit new learning
ability to work with deadlines

And advantageously:

patent translation experience
ﬂuency in a third language
knowledge of CAT tools, in particular MemoQ
SDL and/or TAUS certiﬁcate in
post-edition
MTPE experience

You should enjoy working as part of a small team while also being able to work autonomously and be self-motivated.

Benefits:

Annual salary review.
28 days annual leave per annum plus 5 days bank holiday per annum.
Hybrid working environment to ensure a work/life balance.
Employer pension match contribution up to 5%(employees can contribute more than 5% if they wish to).
Life assurance (three times basic salary).
Private healthcare.
Ride2Work Programme.
Employee engagement initiatives.
Employee-led above and beyond awards.
Length of service gifts.
Career development and study support.
Opportunities to be involved in ESG activities(environment, charities, community engagement, and ED&I).
Company-wide and team social events.
A great place to work with a one-team culture.

If you are interested in applying, you are invited to send a cover letter, together with a detailed curriculum vitae, describing any qualiﬁcations, expertise and relevant experience to our HR Team at [email protected], or contact us for further information about the role.