Intern in the Language Services and Minute-Writing Division
Paris
- Organization: ESA - European Space Agency
- Location: Paris
- Grade: Internship - Internship
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Occupational Groups:
- Translations and Languages
- Closing Date: 2024-11-30
EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY
Intern in the Language Services and Minute-Writing Division
Internship Opportunity in the Director General's Services.
Location
| Paris |
Our team and mission
This position is based at the ESA HQ - Paris, France
The Language Services and Minute-Writing Division is responsible for:
- providing Agency-wide translation and editing services (English, French and German) in support of ESA’s official meetings;
- providing translation and editing services for correspondence, speeches, presentations and other material (including e-material) submitted (English, French and German as well as other languages on an ad-hoc basis);
- determining translation priorities in collaboration with the services involved;
- providing minute-writing of official meetings;
- managing, as business owner, digital tools in support of language services (e.g. the Agency's multilingual terminology database, ESA Termbase, computer- assisted translation tools, neural machine translation);
- organising interpretation services (English, French and German as well as other languages on an ad-hoc basis).
Candidates interested are encouraged to visit the ESA website: http://www.esa.int
Field(s) of activity for the internship
Topic of the internship: Terminology
Areas of focus 1:
Support the work of the English Translation, Editing and Support Section in carrying out terminological research and extracting terminology from Agency documents and other reliable sources in French, English and German, the three languages from and into which documents are generally translated at ESA.
Areas of focus 2:
Support the work of the English Translation, Editing and Support Section in maintaining and drafting terminology records for the ESA Termbase, the Agency’s multilingual terminology database covering most areas of ESA activity with entries principally in French, English and German.
Behavioural competencies
Result Orientation
Operational Efficiency
Fostering Cooperation
Relationship Management
Continuous Improvement
Forward Thinking
For more information, please refer to ESA Core Behavioural Competencies guidebook
Education
You must be a university student, preferably in your final or second-to-last year of a university course at Master’s level and you need to remain enrolled at your University for the entire duration of the internship.
Additional requirements
The working languages of the Agency are English and French. A thorough knowledge of both is required.
A thorough knowledge of German would be an asset.
Other information
ESA is an equal opportunity employer, committed to achieving diversity within the workforce and creating an inclusive working environment. We therefore welcome applications from all qualified candidates irrespective of gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, beliefs, age, disability or other characteristics. Applications from women are encouraged.
At the Agency we value diversity, and we welcome people with disabilities. Whenever possible, we seek to accommodate individuals with disabilities by providing the necessary support at the workplace. The Human Resources Department can also provide assistance during the recruitment process. If you would like to discuss this further, please contact us via email at contact.human.resources@esa.int.
Please note that applications are only considered from nationals of one of the following States: Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. Nationals from Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia and Slovenia, as Associate Member States, or Canada as a Cooperating State, can apply as well as those from Bulgaria, Croatia and Cyprus as European Cooperating States (ECS).
Applications from non-qualifying applicants will most likely be discarded by the recruiting manager.