ESTONIAN–ENGLISH NEWS SUMMARY WRITER Job posted at: Apr 8, 2024 10:34 GMT (GMT: Apr 8, 2024 10:34) Job type: Translation/editing/proofing job Services required: Translation, Checking/editing, Interpreting, Consecutive, Interpreting, Simultaneous, Voiceover, Summarization, Education, Interpreting, Chuchotage/Whispering, Interpreting, Liaison, Interpreting, Phone, Transcription, Copywriting, MT post-editing, Transcreation, Subtitling, Captioning, Subtitling, Checking/Editing/QC, Translation, summarization, news selection (other) Languages: Estonian to English Job description: This is an urgent project, therefore prompt applications are welcome! Our translation agency is looking for an Estonian–English professional. The task includes news selection and news summarization from Estonian into English (2-4 articles/day), delivery is 10:00 AM (CET) on weekdays. The client is an international company specialised in the energy market. We monitor online media contents in this project. The daily job needs to be done in our web-based media monitoring platform, PressMonitor. On the platform there are news articles found by the search engine based on the keywords defined by our client. In short, our candidate will supply news selection and summarization services for us. The job includes news selection, writing summaries of 800 characters (6–7 sentences) in English from the selected news, and uploading the summaries to the platform. The summaries are expected to be uploaded in the PressMonitor every weekday by 10:00 CET at the latest. The project period is medium term, estimated at a few months, half a year. The aim of the summaries is to briefly inform decision-makers of a big international energy trading company about the main market events and on the media reception the company has in the given country. Most of the news harvested by our media monitor platform is hard news, i.e. it is primarily about politics, economy and social issues – news agency reports, op-eds and pieces of journalism. Requirements: Fluent Estonian, excellent English or the other way around. If you are interested in the project, please send your application, CV to: [HIDDEN] and we will inform you about the details. After the evaluation of your application, we will ask you to complete a test summary. Poster country: Hungary Service provider targeting (specified by job poster): Subject field: Energy / Power Generation Quoting deadline: Apr 14, 2024 22:00 GMT Delivery deadline: Apr 18, 2024 22:00 GMT About the outsourcer: This job was posted by a Blue Board outsourcer with a "likelihood of working again" average rating of 5 out of 5 Note: You cannot quote because this job is closed. | Jobs posted by outsourcers seeking quotes from language professionals. Try jobs for mobile Browse jobs and manage your quotes anytime, anywhere (member-only). You may be interested in this ProZ.com Wiki article on risk management for translators and interpreters. The Blue Board is a searchable database of language job outsourcers with feedback from service providers, and an important risk management tool. ProZ.com members have full access to the Blue Board. Does this job require a CAT Tool or additional skills? Join your colleagues in purchasing software at the lowest price on the planet via ProZ.com Translator Group Buy, or improve your skills by taking one of the 100's of ProZ.com translator training courses.
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Services required: Translation, Checking/editing, Interpreting, Consecutive, Interpreting, Simultaneous, Voiceover, Summarization, Education, Interpreting, Chuchotage/Whispering, Interpreting, Liaison, Interpreting, Phone, Transcription, Copywriting, MT post-editing, Transcreation, Subtitling, Captioning, Subtitling, Checking/Editing/QC, Translation, summarization, news selection (other) 
