The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Non-profit • Social Impact
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is a global religious organization that not only offers spiritual guidance to its members but also provides diverse employment opportunities across various industries. With a workforce spread over more than 100 countries, the Church values its employees by offering fair compensation and benefits designed to support family care and dignified retirement. Employment roles range widely, encompassing fields such as IT, facilities management, and more, each with the unique incorporation of spiritual insights and values in the workplace. The Church offers opportunities for both permanent employees and contract workers, emphasizing innovation in sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ and supporting the Church's mission worldwide.
10,000+ employees
Founded 1830
🤝 Non-profit
🌍 Social Impact
Finnish Translator/Linguist
Job not on LinkedIn
August 15
🗣️🇫🇮 Finnish Required
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Non-profit • Social Impact
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is a global religious organization that not only offers spiritual guidance to its members but also provides diverse employment opportunities across various industries. With a workforce spread over more than 100 countries, the Church values its employees by offering fair compensation and benefits designed to support family care and dignified retirement. Employment roles range widely, encompassing fields such as IT, facilities management, and more, each with the unique incorporation of spiritual insights and values in the workplace. The Church offers opportunities for both permanent employees and contract workers, emphasizing innovation in sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ and supporting the Church's mission worldwide.
10,000+ employees
Founded 1830
🤝 Non-profit
🌍 Social Impact
đź“‹ Description
• The translator/linguist is responsible for translating documents from English into Finnish, editing Finnish translations or original texts, creating/reviewing Finnish subtitles for video content, interpreting from English to Finnish and vice-versa for Church broadcasts and events. The primary objective of this role is to ensure that final translations, recordings, and edited texts completely, fluently and culturally appropriately convey the original meaning of source content for the target audience.
🎯 Requirements
• Strong commitment to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and its mission. • Native speaker level in the Finnish language. • Successful completion of translation test provided by the Translation Division of the Church. • Bachelor's degree (preferably in linguistics, translation or a related field) or an equivalent combination of education and/or experience with expertise in the Finnish language and polished skill in writing, vocabulary, grammar, pronunciation, and syntax of the Finnish language. Career jumpers welcome! • Ability to: • Navigate through translation and business management tools, web interfaces, reading briefs and instructions, including entering data and downloading and uploading files. • Work under tight deadlines and under sometimes stressful situations. • Welcome constructive feedback and demonstrate flexibility, teachability and open-mindedness. • Strong interpersonal communication skills, including the ability to provide regular updates on task status to supervisors and other project stakeholders. • Basic computer skills, including familiarity with operating systems and Microsoft Office preferred. • Knowledge of Church doctrine, policies and ecclesiastical organization preferred. • Familiarity with computer-assisted translation (CAT) tools preferred.
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