Work

Find work, start volunteering, or choose from a selection of cutting-edge machine translation tools.

Job boards

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    Gengo

    This Japan-based company offers projects on a first-come, first-serve basis, usually at a rate of USD 0.05-0.10 per source word.

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    Stepes

    This California-based company offers well-compensated technical translation gigs between over 100 languages - click below to get started!

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    ProZ

    ProZ, the ‘world's largest community of translators’, offers training activities, a highly active discussion forum, and an open job board with over 1,000 jobs.

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    Semantix

    This Sweden-based company has won bids for several EU-wide translation projects, including the 2020GROW project for the EU Commission.

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    Reedsy

    Reedsy is a virtual market place for all things publishing. To join as a translator, you need to have translated a minimum of five published books.

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  • Smartcat

    This translation agency provides an in-house machine translation tool in its vendor platform. A great way to learn machine translation use on the job, for anyone who's curious.

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Voluntary work

Want to get into humanitarian-focussed translation? Then click to sign up with Translators without Borders!

Help TED share ‘ideas worth spreading’ by becoming one of their subtitle translators!

Click the button below to start translating articles for Wikipedia, the world's biggest encyclopaedia!

ProZ's community of volunteers have helped widen the reach of several worthy causes - click to join their number!

Translation Tools

Online Dictionaries

  • Whenever you search for a translation on Linguee, each suggested result is displayed in context (typically that of an official European Union document).

  • TechDico is a terrific resource for technical translation (especially when it comes to engineering/mechanics terms).

  • The United Nation’s Dag Hammarskjöld Library features a comprehensive list of technical terminologies and dictionaries in several languages right here.

  • KudoZ is a crowdsourced glossary created by ProZ, a helpful community of experienced linguists. By joining ProZ, you can even get your own translation headscratchers sorted!

Online Text Translators

  • DeepL is an online text translator created by the developers of Linguee. You can use the online text editor, or upload any file of your choosing right here.

  • Did you know that you can combine Google Translate with Google Lens to translate street signs, posters, etc?

    You can also translate whole Google Docs, or upload entire files to Google Drive before using its document translation feature.

  • This online translation service also makes an offline app available for use, free of charge. Plus, it supports file translation and even text-to-speech use - find out more here!

Machine Translation Software

  • This tried and tested computer-assisted translation (CAT) tool offers plenty of learning material here. Click right here to set up a user account or purchase software.

  • Aside from a strong CAT tool, memoQ offers lots of FREE learning resources through the memoQ academy.

  • Phrase offers Phrase Strings for individual translators and web designers. It is also the creator of Translators without Borders’ system of choice. So why not learn how to use it while contributing to a good cause?

  • If you need to keep your translation business costs low, then look no further than OmegaT, a free CAT software package. It’s also got plenty of downloadable training resources here.