News Translator with Italian, Reuters

Position description

Reuters is seeking a candidate who can speak fluent English and Italian to join its real-time news operation in Gdansk, Poland.

The translator will work in a fast-paced, international environment and get to translate articles from all over the world, write headlines and short stories about companies and economic indicators from one of Europe’s biggest economies, produce multimedia packages and become part of Reuters's global network.

Trading desks, hedge funds and asset managers at major multinational banks use subscription-based Eikon terminal to get fast & accurate information to base their investment decision. Your stories for Reuters will also be seen by our media clients, on Reuters.com and other extensions available to read for everyone. Reuters news and information reaches one billion people every day.

About The Role
As our News Translator, you will:

• Write headlines and news summaries accurately, quickly and with high standards of credibility, in accordance with Reuters principles and operating standards

• Search through approved sources to grasp and translate news

• Identify market-moving figures and comments to filter out news stories from sources including electronic news releases, conferences calls, Webcasts

• Translate market reports, general, political and company news stories from English to Italian and from Italian to English

• Apply news judgment and picking relevant news and package it for Reuters News online clients

• Select and package news stories with relevant pictures, videos and graphics.

About You

To be our News Translator, you will have:

• Fluency in English and Italian

• Knowledge of corporate activity, stock markets and financial vocabulary, or an ability to gain such knowledge quickly

• Comfort with handling financial data and facts accurately and quickly

• Strong news judgment

• Strong translation skills

• Ability to write with speed, clarity, accuracy and freedom from bias

• A sound command of grammar, spelling, punctuation

• An ability to work under time pressure

• Willingness to undertake shifts

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What’s in it For You?

At Reuters, our people are our greatest assets. Here are some of the benefits we offer for your personal and professional growth:

• Global Career: As a global company, we can offer a truly international career and progression opportunities.

• Learning & Development: On the job learning and coaching. We also have a dedicated training team focused on the continuous development of our journalists.

• Industry Competitive Benefits:  We offer competitive salary packages and market leading benefits including paid volunteering days.

• Perks: Work alongside Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists and a team who provide unmatched, award-winning coverage of the world’s most important stories.

About Reuters

Reuters is the world’s largest multimedia news provider. Founded in 1851, it is committed to the Trust Principles of independence, integrity and freedom from bias. With unmatched coverage in over 16 languages, and reaching billions of people worldwide every day, Reuters provides trusted intelligence that powers humans and machines to make smart decisions. It supplies business, financial, national and international news to professionals via desktop terminals, the world's media organizations, industry events and directly to consumers.

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