Opportunity: English to Spanish Translator
Opportunity: English to Spanish Translator
⚠️ Due to the high amount of applications, we stopped accepting new ones as we review the ones received so far ⚠️
⭐ About Our Organisation
Recipes for Wellbeing is a non-profit initiative that works towards shifting the culture of entrepreneurship, business, and changemaking to include a focus on wholebeing to enable anyone to contribute more effectively to creating positive change in the world. We have partnered with organisations such as Google to create and deliver content on digital wellbeing, and with organisations such as ChangemakerXchange to bring wellbeing strategies to a community of over 900 social enterprises across 115 countries.
⭐ About The Opportunity
We are looking for a remote freelance translator – English to Spanish to translate wellbeing content for our brand new project: two wellbeing online courses for changemakers from Latina America tackling individual and organisational wellbeing. If you have a talent for translating and would like to contribute to the changemaking and wellbeing fields, then read on!
✍️ Main Responsibilities
- English-to-Spanish translation around 40,000 words in total (20,000 per course)
- Uploading the Spanish captions for both wellbeing courses on YouTube (optional)
✍️ Process & Milestones
- You will receive the English scripts as follows: individual course by early April 2022 and organisational course by early May 2022.
- You will then have 10–14 days to complete the translation and send it to us as follows: individual course by mid-April 2022 and organisational course by mid-May 2022.
- On submission of the first scripts translated, one of our founding team members will provide you feedback.
- Upload Spanish subtitles online by the end of May 2022 (optional).
- One onboarding meeting to clarify timeline and meet the team; two 30-minute progress check-ins and a final debriefing call.
✍️ Experience & Requirements
- Must be registered as a freelancer in your country.
- Must have previous experience as a translator (English to Spanish).
- Ideally have familiarity with wellbeing terminologies.
- Must be able to work independently, pay attention to detail and respect the milestones.
✍️ About You
- Self-motivated, resourceful, and organised.
- Committed to social responsibility and interested in wellbeing & changemaking.
- Curious about life and interested in learning about new things.
- Based anywhere in the world, with access to your laptop and internet connection.
✍️ Time Commitment
We estimated an overall time commitment of 12 days from January 2022 until mid-March 2022 (we can discuss how you prefer to split the days). This time would include an onboarding meeting, progress check-ins, and a final debriefing call.
✍️ Our Offer
- The financial compensation for this opportunity will be assessed against your offer.
- An opportunity to contribute to an ecosystemic effort to improve the culture of changemaking and support changemakers’ wellbeing in Latin America.
⭐ Application Process
To apply for this opportunity and for any questions, please email us at 💌 info@recipesforwellbeing.org with the subject line “English to Spanish Translator”, with the following information:
- Your CV in English as a PDF (max. 2 pages) or the link to your LinkedIn profile;
- The translation of one of our recipes to Spanish OR a few examples of your work as a translator, ideally on wellbeing;
- A paragraph explaining your motivation to join us; and
- Your offer in terms of financial compensation.
Rolling applications – we will close the position as soon as we find someone who matches the profile. As an equal opportunities organisation, if you have any other requirements or needed support that would assist you in considering this role, please indicate so in the motivation paragraph.