Freelance Translator Opportunities

Freelance Translator Opportunities

Interested in freelancing for one of the world's leading localization companies?

Interested in freelancing for one of the world's leading localization companies?

As a leading supplier of localization services to the IT, engineering, e-business & Multimedia sectors, we are always looking for the very best freelance translators to join our translation team.

If you are an experienced and motivated freelance translator, with a solid translation background, you could be joining our freelance team and enjoying the many benefits that freelance work with SDL offers.

We are currently looking for freelance translators who meet the following criteria:

Minimum 2 years freelance translation experience or 1 year in-house translation experience.
We also welcome applications from translators with relevant alternative experience or qualifications.
Currently, we are actively recruiting freelance translators in the following Specialist Subjects and Language Combinations (languages listed are target languages):

Subject areas for which we seek translators () 
Language combinationsOther subjects for which we seek translators:
English to Arabic         
English to Basque           
English to Brazilian    
English to Bulgarian         Agricultural Machinery 
English to Chinese (Simplified)     Oil refinery processes/petrochemical industry
English to Chinese (Traditional)    
English to Croatian        Agricultural Machinery
English to Czech   Agricultural Machinery, Electrical Engineering
English to Danish   Oil refinery processes/petrochemical industry, Machinery, Agricultural Machinery, Biochemistry
English to Dutch      Agricultural Machinery, Oil refinery processes/petrochemical industry
English to Estonian   Agricultural Machinery
English to Finnish   Agricultural Machinery
English to French   Banking
English to French (Canadian)   Insurance, Banking (operations, systems)
English to Galician           
English to German        Mechatronics (mechanical and electronic engineering), Oil refinery processes/petrochemical industry, freelancers with Oracle/Peoplesoft experience (Hyperhub tool); freelancers equipped with Catalyst, Idiom, Trados GXT; Munich-based freelancers for on-site work with Testing/LSO experience
English to Hungarian    Agricultural Machinery
English to Italian         
English to Japanese    
English to Korean       SAP, Materials Handling, Electrical
English to Latvian   Agricultural Machinery 
English to Lithuanian   Agricultural Machinery
English to Malay             Oil refinery processes/petrochemical industry
English to Norwegian   Oil refinery processes/petrochemical industry, HSE (Health, Safety, Environment), construction, chemistry, online games/gambling, Agricultural Machinery
English to Polish     
English to Portuguese        
English to Romanian   Software, Agricultural Machinery, Food Industry
English to Russian      
English to Serbian        Agricultural Machinery
English to Slovenian   Agricultural Machinery
English to Spanish (Latin American)             Oil refinery processes/petrochemical industry
English to Spanish (Standard European)       Agricultural Machinery, Insurance, Leasing, Banking, Stock Market Reports
English to Swedish        Agricultural Machinery, Legal (EULA), Oil refinery processes/petrochemical industry
English to Thai          Oil refinery processes/petrochemical industry
English to Vietnamese         
English to Hindi            
English to Bangla            
English to Marathi            
English to Sinhala            
English to Telugu            
English to Punjabi            
English to Malayalam            
English to Bengali            
English to Gujarati            
English to Kannada            
English to Tamil            
English to Assamese            
English to Kashmiri            
English to Oriya            
English to Urdu            
German to Chinese      
German to Croatian         
German to Danish        Chemistry, Machinery,
German to Dutch       ERP Software
German to English      Taxation, Insurance, SAP, Materials Handling, Agricultural Machinery
German to French    Insurance, Banking, Plumbing Systems
German to Hungarian         
German to Japanese           
German to Romanian          Food Industry
German to Russian            
German to Serbian         
German to Slovenian    
German to Spanish          
Italian to English         
Korean to English      
Swedish to English             General
Traditional Chinese to English    
Danish to English      Machinery, Life Sciences
Dutch to English       Construction, Civil Engineering, Electrical
French to English           Agricultural Machinery
Norwegian to German           
Dutch to German          
Finnish to Swedish          Agricultural Machinery
Dutch to French          

Tools:

SDL uses the leading Computer Aided Translation tools on the majority of its projects, and for most projects SDL TRADOS is required. If you are considered for addition to our Database and are successful with your tests, as an individual Registered SDL Freelance Translator, we can offer you very special reduced pricing on SDL TRADOS. Many of our freelancers take advantage of this opportunity to acquire the latest release of the leading CAT tool - whose new features, modern functionality and even faster performance make it the most advanced, recognized Translation Memory product on the market today - at a much reduced price.

If you’d like more information on SDL Software for Freelancers, check out www.translationzone.com!

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