Volunteer Interpreter/Translator At Asylum Seekers Information Services Team

As a volunteer member of A.Ss.I.S.T, an interpreter/translator translates spoken passages from one language to another during information sessions, interviews, teleconferences, and/or other meetings; expresses either approximate or exact translation, depending upon the nature of the occasion and/or translates documents and other material from one language to another.

Duties and Responsibilities

Working with A.S.I.S.T Advisors and other Team members means :

• Serving as an interpreter at information sessions, interviews, meetings and teleconferences providing consecutive or simultaneous translation between languages.
• Listening to complete statements in one language, translating to a second, and then translating responses from the second into the first language; expressing either approximate or exact translations, depending on the nature of the occasion. In simultaneous interpreting, oral translations of material are done at the same time as it is being spoken. This is really a bilateral translation: where the interpreter relays both sides of a conversation between different languages, working both into and out of their main language.
• Receiving briefings or prepares through reading and study of a subject to be discussed prior to an interpreting session.
• Reading and rewriting general and technical documents in the specified language.
• Performing miscellaneous tasks-related duties as assigned.
  The A.Ss.I.S.T. office is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday and the office phone operates only during these hours. Available for appointments and info sessions at the office – scheduled in advance. Available remotely (via WhatsApp) during office hours for Video calls and translation of text messages.

Required Skills and Knowledge

• Knowledge of European/Western cultural norms.
• Demonstrated skills in: Written and oral in English and at least one other of the required language : Arabic, Farsi, Dari, Somali, French, Kurdish (Kurmanji, Sorani), Lingala, Pashto, Tigrinya.
• Sound communication and interpersonal skills.
• Working within a team.
• Computer literacy in Microsoft Office or similar.
• Advantage : Proven experience directly related to the duties and responsibilities specified.