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Vacant Position for a Professional Translator

Full Time
8:00 am - 6:00 pm
Dubai, or remote for freelance work

Job Description

Translators play an important role in breaking language barriers and promoting effective communication. We are looking for a professional translator who is able to convert written or spoken content from one language to another while maintaining the original meaning, tone, and context of the source document. Professional Translators will have to translate documents coming from different industries including multinational corporations, government agencies, technical settings, etc.

Job Responsibilities

Accurately and fluently translate documents, text, audio, or video from the source into target languages.
Ensure that the translated material is appropriately adapted to cultural nuances, idioms, local customs, etc.
Review and revise translated material for possible mistakes in punctuation, grammar, spelling, and terminology.
Work with senior project managers, clients, and other employees to ensure high-quality translations while meeting deadlines.
Utilize Translation Software and CAT (Computer-Assisted Translation) tools to generate accurate translations and maintain translation memories.

Qualifications

Native or near-native proficiency in at least two languages, with deep understanding and knowledge of source and target language.
Proven experience as a professional translator in the past years. Certification in a certain field would be a plus point.
Deep understanding of cultural nuances.
Meticulous proofreading and editing skills.
Proficiency in translation software (optional).
Strong verbal and written communication skills.
Time management skills.

Other Benefits

We support flexible work patterns, so you can choose the working shift at your convenience (full-time or part-time)
We pay good rates for freelance work after working hours or on holidays.

How to apply

If your qualifications and skills match our requirements then please fill out the relevant form. Provide the specific details in the form and then submit. If you get selected, we will then contact you at a later time.

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The work you would actually be doing

AGATO is a Ministry of Justice certified legal translation company in Dubai, working to ISO 9001 and ISO 17100. That shapes the job more than any job title does: every translation is reviewed by a second linguist before it leaves the office, terminology is managed in shared glossaries and translation memories, and work destined for a court, a ministry or an embassy has to be right the first time because there is no second submission.

Most of what crosses a translator’s desk here falls into a handful of areas. Personal certificates — birth, marriage, divorce, death, academic transcripts and driving licences — are short, high volume and unforgiving about names, dates and numbers. Corporate and legal documents run longer: contracts, powers of attorney, trade licences, articles of association, court judgments and tender submissions. Specialist work covers medical records, technical manuals, financial statements, and the string files and subtitles behind software and video localization.

Deadlines are real. Short documents in common language pairs are typically delivered in about four hours during office hours, and most other work within 24 to 48 hours, so the job rewards translators who are accurate at pace rather than only accurate.

Language pairs we recruit for

Arabic and English in both directions carry the largest share of our work, and strong Arabic–English legal translators are the hardest role to fill. Beyond that we regularly need French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Turkish, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Hindi, Urdu, Farsi, Tagalog, Dutch, Greek, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Romanian, Croatian, Danish and Bengali. If your pair is not listed, apply anyway — we take on rarer languages as client work arrives, and we keep applications on file.

Ways to work with us

In-house, full time

Based at our office in Latifa Tower on Sheikh Zayed Road, Monday to Saturday, 8:00 am to 6:00 pm. You work across the whole mix of documents, alongside the project managers and reviewers, and you are the person a client’s urgent job lands with.

Freelance, per project

Remote, paid per project, with work offered as it matches your pair and your specialism. Suited to translators who already have a practice and want a steady source of vetted work rather than a desk.

Out of hours and weekends

We pay higher rates for freelance work after office hours and on holidays, which is where urgent certified jobs land. Useful if you are in a different time zone from Dubai.

How our hiring process works

Four steps, and we will tell you where you are at each one.

Application. Send your CV with your language pairs, your specialisms and any certification. Use the form below, or email it to us.
Review. We check your pairs against the work we actually have, and your experience against the subjects it covers. This is the stage where a specialism in law, medicine or engineering counts most.
Test translation. A short, unpaid sample in your pair, two to three pages at most, reviewed by one of our senior linguists. It is marked for accuracy, terminology and how closely you follow the brief, not for speed.
Onboarding. If you are taken on, we set you up with our glossaries, translation memories and the style guide, and start you on work in your strongest subject before widening it.

What to include in your application

Your language pairs, and which direction you translate into.
Your native language, stated plainly.
Years of experience and the subjects you have worked in.
Any certification — university degree in translation, NAATI, NZSTI, a sworn or court appointment in your own country, or ISO 17100 experience.
The CAT tools you use, and whether you own a licence.
Whether you are applying in-house, freelance, or either.
Your daily output in words, honestly stated.

Apply for this role

Send your CV and tell us your language pairs. Everything you send is treated as confidential and is used only to consider your application.

Questions applicants ask

Do I need to be in Dubai to work with you?

For the in-house role, yes — it is based at our office in Latifa Tower on Sheikh Zayed Road. Freelance work is remote and we work with translators in other countries and time zones, which is an advantage for urgent jobs that arrive outside our office hours.

Do I need to be certified to apply?

No, but it helps, and for some work it is required. Translations submitted to UAE courts and ministries must be produced by a translator licensed by the Ministry of Justice, and work bound for Australia needs NAATI certification. If you hold either, say so in your application, because those translators are the hardest for us to find.

Is there a test translation, and is it paid?

Yes, there is a short test in your language pair, reviewed by one of our senior linguists. It is unpaid, two to three pages at most, and it is never live client work. It is marked for accuracy, terminology and how closely you follow the brief.

What CAT tools do you use?

We work with translation memories and shared glossaries, so familiarity with a mainstream CAT tool matters more than which one. Tell us what you use and whether you own a licence. Proficiency is listed as optional in the role because we would rather take an excellent translator and train the tooling than the other way round.

Which language pairs do you need most?

Arabic and English in both directions, particularly translators comfortable with legal and medical material. After that, the languages of the communities and trade partners around us: Hindi, Urdu, Tagalog, Farsi, Russian, Chinese, French and German.

What if my language pair is not listed?

Apply anyway. We cover more than 120 languages and take on rarer pairs as client work arrives, so applications are kept on file. Being already on that file is what makes the difference when a job in your language does come in.

Do you hire interpreters as well as translators?

Yes. We book interpreters for court and legal work, hospitals and clinics, business meetings and conferences. If you interpret as well as translate, say which modes you work in — consecutive, simultaneous or whispered.

Where else can I see your openings?

Our careers page lists current openings, and you can read about the company on who we are and about us.

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