Overview

This position is responsible for attending meetings in which live translations are needed. To be successful, the incumbent should be well-versed in both English and Mandarin Chinese.

Responsibilities

• Serves as interpreter at seminars, speeches, meetings and teleconferences, providing consecutive or simultaneous translation between languages
• Listens to complete statements in one language, translates to second, and translates responses from second into first language; expresses either approximate or exact translation, depending on nature of occasion
• In simultaneous interpreting, renders oral translation of material at time it is being spoken
• Conduct prior research through reading and study on subject to be discussed prior to interpreting session
• Performs miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned

Requirements

• Proficiency (speaking, listening, and reading) in English and Mandarin Chinese
• Ability to work at a construction site
• High school completion or equivalent