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Language Recruitment Fair - London

2008-10-08 09:05:55

Title: Language Recruitment Fair - London
Salary: na
Location: London, United Kingdom
Languages: Arabic, Bengali, Cantonese, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin, Norwegian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Urdu, Icelandic, Korean, Flemish, Greek, Thai, Vietnamese, Bulgarian, Czech, Catalan, Hungarian, Polish, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Turkish, Farsi, Swiss German, Georgian, Luxembourgish, Chechen
Posted: 8th Oct 2008

The Language Recruitment Fair is the largest and most exciting exhibition of its kind dedicated to multilingual recruitment.

Winter Fair - 31st October and 1st of November 2008

Location: London Olympia 2, London, W14 8UX (in association with The Language Show)

If you are a bilingual or multilingual speaker, and you are interested in finding a great job that meets your skills - this is a "must see" event!!

Why you should not miss the Language Recruitment Fair.

The fair showcases many National & International companies and organisations that are interested in recruiting people with language skills.

You will be able to meet many employers under one roof, saving you time and energy when looking for your new job!

You will be able to talk to leading employers Face-to-Face and discuss a wide range of employment opportunities.

Companies will be conducting interviews hoping to hire staff at the event
Bring your CV, so you can be interviewed and even get a job before you leave the fair!

Recruitment professionals will be on hand to give you free advice on your CV and all other aspects to help you find your perfect job.

Click below to claim your FREE ticket for the event! (otherwise �10 at the door)

Tickets are limited and will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.

Research Analysts (x3)

2008-10-10 14:48:08

Title: Research Analysts (x3)
Salary: �24,712 per annum
Location: South London - London, United Kingdom
Languages: Cantonese, Japanese, Portuguese
Posted: 10th Oct 2008

Research Analysts
3 posts � one must speak and write fluent Japanese
�24,712 per annum

Ethical Investment Research Services (EIRIS) is a leading provider of the research that investors and financial institutions need to take account of corporate social, environmental and ethical performance. In the last few years we have expanded the coverage available in our Ethical Portfolio Manager (EPM) software product to more than 2,800 companies across the world. Our client base has also become increasingly global.

We are looking to recruit three Research Analysts to analyse companies in allocated sectors, maintain and develop various research areas, and to generally ensure the accuracy and quality of research delivered to our clients. You will join either the Industrials team or the Consumer Goods and Services team.

You will be responsible for assessing companies from across several sectors according to a range of social, governance and environment criteria. You will have a broad knowledge of issues relating to corporate social responsibility (CSR) and must be able to efficiently communicate and summarise complex material both verbally and in writing. You will need to be accurate and efficient, and be familiar with the use of databases, spreadsheets and word processing packages. You will be able to analyse and manipulate data in bulk using Access, Excel or equivalent and to define new queries and lookups. You will have a good level of numeracy and be a fast learner.

Knowledge of specific CSR issues or business ethics, and experience of research or similar work on CSR or related fields is essential. A readiness to undertake routine repetitive tasks is also an essential requirement for the post. Applicants should have a 2:2 degree or equivalent.

One of the 3 posts requires fluent written and spoken Japanese as well as English. For this post you should have at least one year�s experience of working in a Japanese organisation in Japan using Japanese as the main language, or be Japanese educated up to degree level.

For the other two posts a language other than English is not essential, but the ability to work in a second language, in particular a Chinese language or Brazilian Portuguese, may be an advantage.

You can download full job details and an application form from our website at www.eiris.org and then e-mail your application to us at jobs@eiris.org, quoting reference RA3 in the subject line. You can also telephone us on 0207 840 5720. Closing date for applications: 30 October 2008.

EIRIS is committed to equality of opportunity.
EIRIS Ltd is a not-for-profit subsidiary of the EIRIS Foundation

Chinese Language Teacher

2008-10-10 08:17:35

Title: Chinese Language Teacher
Salary: Depends on experience
Location: London, United Kingdom
Languages: Cantonese, Mandarin
Posted: 10th Oct 2008

Elite Language Institute is a language training company based in the City. We deliver private tuition, corporate language training and evening group classes in London.

We are looking for fully QUALIFIED and EXPERIENCED NATIVE Chinese language teachers.

The work is part time. Hours depend on your availabilities and areas in London you want to cover.

Candidates must:

- Be native (please do not send your CV if you are not a native)
- Hold a qualification to teach Chinese as a foreign language
- Have experience in teaching Chinese language for business is preferred
- Have excellent teaching skills
- Have experience in teaching in the UK
- Have a very good knowledge of grammar
- Be very well presented
- Have excellent manners
- Be friendly and enthusiastic
- Good sense of humour
- Be pedagogue
- Be resident in London

(IMPORTANT:Mention Mandarin Chinese or Cantonese Chinese teacher in subject).

* Please note that candidates without teaching qualification or non native will not be considered.

Language Support/Linguistics Expert (French/Chinese Traditional & Chinese Simplified)

2008-10-06 07:53:38

Title: Language Support/Linguistics Expert (French/Chinese Traditional & Chinese Simplified)
Salary: Negotiable Salary plus benefits
Location: Glasgow Area - Scotland, United Kingdom
Languages: Cantonese, French, Mandarin
Posted: 6th Oct 2008

COMPANY OVERVIEW

KPT is a young vibrant company based in Glasgow, Scotland. The company pursues R&D in cutting edge technologies offering a new paradigm of unique user interface (UI) systems and applications for PC, PDA. Smartphone, Tablet-PC & alternative Mobile Devices.

KPT encourages employees to play an important part to advance its next generation technologies, and also if desirable for employees to gain experience in other product genres and OS platforms. KPT business ethics offer long term employee prospects & promotions.

We currently seek talented linguistic professionals to join our Language and Linguistics team

KEY OBJECTIVES & RESPONSIBILITIES

The holder of this position will work closely with the languages and linguistics and product development teams playing a critical role in developing the next generation language capabilities required for our Adaptxt software. The language support team will also be required to assist in product demonstrations of Adaptxt software in their native languages.

GENERAL TASKS & DUTIES

� To assist in the development of next generation KPT UI products incorporating international languages, focusing initially on French, Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese and either one of Swedish, Finnish, Arabic (written), Dutch, Portuguese or Italian.
� To ensure KPT is at the forefront of the technology market in international integration of text input systems
� To undertake research and provide recommendations for language dictionaries
� To install appropriate dictionaries
� To test authenticity, validity and accuracy of all language installations or downloads
� To understand grammar, language construction and nuances of your native language and apply these to the Adaptxt software
� To convert / translate user manuals / documents
� To convert presentation and B2B documents into relevant language domains
� To proof and endorse all current and future language translations
� To articulate and demonstrate the capabilities of KPT�s software to potential and existing clients and at trade shows, international software events
� To facilitate internationalisation of the website in liaison with the marketing team
� To assist in the production of language-specific marketing collateral
� To identify important cultural differences via research / experience

REQUIRED BACKGROUND

� Degree in linguistics or translation
� Multilingual capabilities in international languages, primarily French, Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese. Swedish, Finnish, Arabic (written), Dutch, Portuguese or Italian desirable.
� Excellent grammatical skills
� Solid understanding of natural language traits and properties
� Proactive, self-starter, ability to work on own initiative and in team environment
� Proven ability to work closely with a busy team and manage multiple priorities
� Excellent:
� Communication skills, both written and verbal
� Presentation
� Proficiency in Microsoft applications
� You must be eligible to work in the UK

HOW TO APPLY

Please send your full CV & covering letter providing your available start date, salary preference, and above given job reference LLETEMP by clicking the "Apply" button below.

Market Researchers ( Variuos Languages)

2008-10-10 14:37:56

Title: Market Researchers ( Variuos Languages)
Salary: �8-�9/h
Location: London, United Kingdom
Languages: Cantonese, Korean, Czech
Posted: 10th Oct 2008

Bilingurecruitment is recruiting now experienced Market Resarchers prefarably CATI trained with Czech, Hungarian, Russian, Arabic, Korean, Mandarin , Chinese, Japanese, . Please send your CV to: magda@bilinguagroup.com

Bilingual Information or Research Analyst

2008-10-10 11:27:53

Title: Bilingual Information or Research Analyst
Salary: �17000 - �24000
Location: Bedfordshire - South East, United Kingdom
Languages: Cantonese, French, Italian, Mandarin, Russian, Czech, Hungarian, Polish, Romanian
Posted: 10th Oct 2008

Based in Dunstable, Bedfordshire you will be working for an established
leading international research company. This role would suit a bright
candidate, of graduate calibre, who is considering a career as a
researcher/analyst and there is a definite career path! You will be
collecting qualitative and quantitive research via telephone surveys and via
face to face, assisting with the creation of research questionnaires,
recording accurately all collated data, some basic forcasting, contributing
to the construction of written reports and dealing with customer wnquiries.
Yo do this you will need to have some research or telephone based customer
service experience, be confident, ambitious with a desire to succeed, have
an enquiring mind, a thirst for knowledge, good admin and time management
skills and be a real team player! Your IT skills should include Word, Excel
and Powerpoint. If you have the above experience and fluency in French,
Italian, Chinese (with visa) or Eastern European languages, this would be a
plus!

MANDARIN AND CANTONESE SPEAKING CLIENT CREDIT CARD CLERK, LONDON, �16-18k

2008-10-10 10:56:09

Title: MANDARIN AND CANTONESE SPEAKING CLIENT CREDIT CARD CLERK, LONDON, �16-18k
Salary: �16,000 - �18,000
Location: London, United Kingdom
Languages: Cantonese, Mandarin
Posted: 10th Oct 2008

Job Title: Mandarin and Cantonese speaking Credit Card Clerk
Skills: Fluent Mandarin and Cantonese, credit card experience
Salary: �16,000-�18,000
Location: Central London

Job Purpose

Responsible for delivering the administrative function and maintaining card accounts within the Card Centre of the Banking Department

Main responsibilities

� Response to all card enquires via telephone or written means
� Produce daily card settlement reports.
� Produce daily account vouchers related to cards operation.
� Card production.
� Card accounts maintenance.
� Monitoring cardholders repayment records including credit control
� Follow up Fraudguard Alerts and confirm with cardholders
� Print and dispatch statements.
� First assessment of new card applications
� Report writing
� Provide clerical support duties, such as, filing, data input and ad hoc projects

Experience

� Proven track record in similar department/business stream
� Fluent in Cantonese, Mandarin and English
� Relevant qualification or experience within card industry

People First is a leading multilingual employment agency with a global network of offices in Europe, Australasia and North America. Thank you for your application and we will endeavour to respond to you as soon as possible. We would however like to make you aware that due to the high number of applications we receive, we are only able to invite for interview those candidates whose skills and experience most closely match the job description. For more information about People First and to view our other current vacancies, please visit our website www.people-first.co.uk/multilingual. Please note that it is the responsibility of candidates applying for this vacancy to make enquiries of the UK Government about any relevant immigration requirements, and any other conditions that must be satisfied by law for a worker taking up employment within the UK.

Chinese Customer Support in Belfast

2008-10-10 10:51:56

Title: Chinese Customer Support in Belfast
Salary: 14000
Location: Belfast - Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Languages: English, Cantonese, Mandarin
Posted: 10th Oct 2008

Company: Our client is one of Europe�s best known full-service provider of strategic customer management solutions. Founded 25 years ago, they provide services for every stage of the customer lifecycle, through a strategic platform that encompasses people, process, technology and infrastructure. They deliver solutions to their European clients in customer service and technical support in 16 languages, using the phone, Web, email and automated solutions.

Role: Opportunities now exist at their Belfast operations centre to support their European customer base. As a member of the CHINESE customer service team you will work on specific client projects delivering world-class solutions. Present opportunities are for entry-level CHINESE professionals who are keen to gain experience in a company that will provide excellent training and a platform from which you can start your customer service career.

Skills: Ideally you will be native-level fluent CHINESE with excellent English. Experience of working with customers via telephone or face-to-face is an advantage.

Gain: If you are looking for a role where you can take advantage of excellent training, work on exciting projects and be part of a large European client team, this is for you! Call us today to find out more!! DX139.CN

UK: +44 2071363000
Ireland +353 1 2313100

Lead Software Development Analyst with fluent Mandarin

2008-10-09 13:15:00

Title: Lead Software Development Analyst with fluent Mandarin
Salary: �35000 per annum + �35,000 plus bonus
Location: Berkshire - South East, United Kingdom
Languages: English, Cantonese, Mandarin
Posted: 9th Oct 2008

Lead Software Development Analyst with fluent Mandarin

Job Location: Slough

Salary/Additional Information: �35,000 plus bonus

Reference: KH 22/09

Company
Our client is one of the fastest-growing companies in the mobile sector

Role
Lead Software Development Analyst with fluent Mandarin language skills
Our client is looking for a lead software development analyst with fluent Mandarin language skills who will be responsible for designing software solutions for their varied range of users. The successful candidate is required to have solid experiences in gathering and analysing business requirements with a proven track record of successful project delivery, and is expected to work on projects for business units in the UK and potentially across Europe. The successful candidate will also need to provide detailed functional requirement specifications for our in-house or contracted development team and be responsible for the project through to the handover to our support team and back to the users.
The role will be based long-term in the Slough, but candidate must be willing to travel to Milton Keynes, across Europe, and potentially Taiwan according to the project requirements.
Profile
Behavioural Skills Required
� Fluency in written and spoken English and Mandarin/ Cantonese
� Good communication skills
� Ability to take ownership
� Good team player
� Visionary thinking
� Self discipline

Technical Skills Required
� Must be proficient at translating business needs to technical requirements and highly experienced in requirements gathering, system and workflow analysis, functional specifications, use-case writing, process and design diagrams
� Candidate should have experience with .NET Framework 1.1 and higher
� Strong understanding and hands on experience, preferably at least 3 years of VB.NET, ASP.NET, ADO.NET using Visual Studio.NET 2003/2005
� Experience with maintaining SQL Server 2000/2005 objects and handling performance issues
� Knowledge of XML, XHTML, XMLHTTP, J2EE, Webservices is a must
� Proven Project Management experience in IT projects, a recognised qualification in Project Management is desirable

NB: If you have applied for any other languagematters vacancy there is no need to re-apply, as your CV will be considered for all of our vacancies that match your language skills and work experience.

To apply, please send your CV to Kirsten Haeusser

We work constantly to provide equal opportunities for all, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, social background, religion, disability or sexuality.

NB. Client requirements dictate that we can only accept applications from candidates who are available for face-to-face interviews in the UK within 24 hours. Candidates must be eligible to work in the UK or hold a valid work permit. Please note that we contact successful candidates within 3-4 working days. We will consider you for all our vacancies now and in the future. Please do not reapply unless requested to do so. Language Matters is acting as an employment business in relation to this vacancy.

Publishing Sales Executive (Biological/Scientific)

2008-10-09 11:12:48

Title: Publishing Sales Executive (Biological/Scientific)
Salary: �18000 - �42000 per annum + benefits
Location: Central London - London, United Kingdom
Languages: Cantonese, Japanese, Mandarin
Posted: 9th Oct 2008

Sales Executive with Languages
(French, German, Russian, Mandarin, Cantonese and Japanese)

Basic: �18-20k; �42k OTE + bens

West End, central London

THE COMPANY

My client is the leading open access publisher in scientific, technical and medical publishing market. Due to the popularity of its services, it is seeking a bi-lingual, self-motivated Sales Executive whose strength is to establish, develop and maintain long-term relationships with existing and potential customers. It is a busy role for which you will have the ability to conduct yourself in a highly professional manner over the phone in order to generate interest and to develop sales opportunities as well as being committed to the provision of excellent service.

THE ROLE

Selling institutional subscriptions and membership for products to librarians in academia and corporate markets. You will be responsible for managing new business in your allocated territory, including creating and managing a database of prospective and existing customers, running and managing telesales, managing the transition of leads through the pitch process, tracking industry issues that are relevant to customers, managing the sales pipeline and setting and reporting on new business targets to the Sales Manager.

DUTIES

-Representing the company to the worldwide library community
-Contacting librarians by telephone and email to set up free institutional trials for the range of online products
-Building relationships with librarians in academia and in pharmaceutical companies throughout the world
-Selling institutional subscription, product site licences and memberships to institutions
-Coordinating regional sales activity and consortia sales activities
-After sales care to institutional customers
-Reporting on sales activities and sales made
-Reaching monthly sales targets
-Attending conferences

REQUIREMENTS

-Degree or equivalent level of education.
-A combination of French, German, Russian, Mandarin, Cantonese and Japanese required.
-Sales experience a strong advantage.
-Excellent verbal communication skills with good telephone manner and face to face presentation skills.
-Ability to work on own initiative.
-Computer literacy with experience of Microsoft Office packages including excel, PowerPoint, outlook and word.
-Excellent organisational skills are required with ability to prioritise, and work under pressure
-Attention to detail.
-A good team player.
-Ability to juggle multiple tasks.
-Numerate.

Reservations Consultants

2008-10-09 09:29:51

Title: Reservations Consultants
Salary: �16000 per annum
Location: London, United Kingdom
Languages: Cantonese, Spanish, Czech
Posted: 9th Oct 2008

Hotel Reservation Consultants
London
�16K+

We are now seeking experienced Hotel Reservations Consultants to be responsible for reservations in Europe - with the following language skills:

French, German, Italian, Spanish, Czech, Scandinavian, Cantonese and Japanese.

Have you got experience in dealing with group or individual hotel reservations?
You will be working Flexi time working hours (based on 7hrs and 30 minutes per day) from Monday to Friday with 1 hour for Lunch.

Excellent Benefits Include:

Free Gym Membership
Paid over-time
Interest free loan repayable over 1 year and equivalent to 1 months gross salary
Defined contribution pension scheme (invitation to join after 3 months)
Ability to accrue extra holidays

Salary: �16K+ depending on experience

For further information call Jay on 0207 382 1460 or email your CV to jobs1@t-ttravelsolutions.co.uk

Simplified Chinese Website Translator Project

2008-10-07 12:17:46

Title: Simplified Chinese Website Translator Project
Salary: �18,500
Location: West Yorkshire - Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Languages: Cantonese, Mandarin
Posted: 7th Oct 2008

JOB DESCRIPTION

JOB TITLE: Chinese (Simplified) Website Translator Project Support

REPORTS TO: International Operations Manager

CONTRACT 9 MONTH INITIAL CONTRACT

DEPARTMENT: E-Commerce (Leeds)

Salary �17-�20,000 Pro Rata

Essential Requirements: Native Chinese, Good sporting Knowledge � Essential
Betting and/OR Gaming Knowledge � Preferrable
Computer Skills � Word/Excel � Essential
1-2 years Translation of website experience - Essential

We are currently recruiting for Language Project Leaders in Simplified Chinese (Cantonese) to join the E-Commerce department on a temporary basis to support the Lightyear (Orbis) and gaming site projects. This is an exciting and challenging opportunity allowing the right candidates to lead the development of the new language versions of the websites.

The key purpose of the role is to provide the highest possible quality for language customers. The key accountabilities include; ownership of content for the new websites, managing translations (directly and via a third party), planning and carrying out user testing for the language sites, localising websites for the relevant customers and to create or source editorial and marketing areas for the language sites. Successful candidates will also be required to manage the website for a period of time after go live to ensure that the quality is maintained. There is the potential for these roles to become permanent.

The ideal candidate will be Native Chinese (Cantonese) with fluenty in English along with having a thorough approach to working practices, be proactive and have a keen eye for detail. A degree in Translation is a distinct advantage along with sports/betting experience or interest and knowledge of gaming!!

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JOB PURPOSE
To provide translation, quality control and to support business sign-off / end-user acceptance for Orbis website and gaming site rebrands.

DIMENSIONS
 Ownership of local language content for relevant language sites (Orbis and Gaming)
 Determine most appropriate method of translation
 Manage translation process to completion
 User acceptance testing of language sites
 Preparation for sportsbook and gaming go live dates
 Initial post go live support and maintenance of language sites and products

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES/KEY TASKS

The tasks listed below are not exhaustive, but form the body of the role.

Customer
 Ensure competition beating service levels of quality across all content on the sportsbook and gaming sites.
 Manage / carry out all translation requirements across Lightyear and gaming rebrand projects.
 Provide quality control for any translations supplied by third parties
 Minimise English across all language products
 Plan and carry out user testing across all language sites and products
 Plan requirements for go live for relevant language site
 Source / create content and marketing areas for relevant language site / product

Process
 Follow Project Lightyear guidelines and reporting processes
 Work with User Acceptance Testing scripts to ensure comprehensive checking
 Continually review and suggest improvements to current business processes
 Define and implement new work processes as required

Communication
 Actively manage Departmental communication cycle and support Corporate communication cycle
 Define and manage Department meeting responsibilities
 Build and manage productive working relationships
 Monitor service level of 3rd party suppliers

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA

The role will be measured against:

Management Behaviours:
As outlined in the Management Behaviours Framework document.

Key Performance Indicators:

 CUSTOMER
- Quality of language sites and products
- Amount of English on language sites and products
- Providing relevant content to customer base
- Customer service metrics

 PROCESS
- Timely completion of translations and testing
- Sites fully prepared for go live

 COMMUNICATION
- Timely and appropriate reporting and communication
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QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

 Fluent speaker of relevant language, native preferred
 Interest and knowledge of sports and/or betting
 Attention to detail
 Self motivated
 Familiar with Internet

RELATIONSHIPS

 Intra-departmental:
Foster and develop appropriate and effective levels of teamworking throughout the Department.
 Inter-departmental:
The team must liaise professionally with other departments to successfully deliver organisational and customer requirements. This includes, but is not limited to, Lightyear team UAT, Sportsbook Operations, Gaming Operations, Marketing, I.S., H.R., Finance, International, Legal, Compliance.
 External / Third Party Suppliers:
Translation providers