🇩🇪 Translator Position in Germany 🌐 English into Hungarian or Maltese at the European Central Bank ✍️ (€5,876/month full-time net, 50% part-time)

If you are a professional translator who works from English into Hungarian or Maltese and wants to bring your craft to the heart of European finance, the European Central Bank is hiring. In this 50% part-time role in Frankfurt, you will help communicate the ECB's work to millions of Europeans, translating texts on economics, finance, central banking, and banking supervision while working with state-of-the-art language technology.

About the Team

You will be part of the Language Services Division in the Directorate General Communications. Language Services provides translation, editing, proofreading, and language technology services in all EU languages, as well as offering advice on linguistic matters. The work covers a wide range of texts for both expert audiences and the general public, and includes translating publications and multilingual content for the ECB's websites to make the ECB's work accessible to a variety of audiences.

You will join a team of translators working into the official EU languages, responsible for communicating the ECB's messages to over 400 million Europeans who do not have English as their first language. You will help produce ECB communications in Hungarian or Maltese, working closely with translators, language technologists and terminologists, and administrators, as well as experts from across the ECB. You will also work with colleagues in cross-divisional teams handling strategic communication projects or urgent tasks.

The ECB is an inclusive employer and encourages applications irrespective of age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, race, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, or other characteristics.

Your Role

🌐 Translate texts from English into Hungarian or Maltese in the fields of economics, finance, central banking, and banking supervision

🔍 Revise and proofread texts written in Hungarian or Maltese

📚 Identify, extract, and compile terminology in Hungarian or Maltese

🤖 Work with state-of-the-art language technology tools, including machine translation, and maintain translation memories in Hungarian or Maltese

🤝 Work collaboratively with other translators to produce ECB communications in Hungarian or Maltese

💡 Contribute to the Language Services Division's overall strategy by providing ideas, embracing innovation, and being part of the evolution of the translation industry

The position offers excellent opportunities to translate a wide range of text types for a variety of audiences, apply clear language principles, and develop a strong understanding of economics, finance, central banking, and banking supervision, all within a multicultural team.

Essential Qualifications, Experience and Skills

🎓 A master's degree or equivalent in translation, modern languages, or another relevant field

💼 A minimum of four years' experience as a professional translator working from English into Hungarian or Maltese in fields relevant to the position, such as economics, finance, central banking, or banking supervision

🛠️ Experience with computer-assisted translation tools, AI-supported translation, and/or post-editing machine translation

🗣️ A mastery-level (C2) command of Hungarian or Maltese and an advanced (C1) command of English, according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages

Desired Qualifications and Skills

🏛️ Experience as an in-house translator working from English into Hungarian or Maltese

🌍 An intermediate (B1) command of at least one other official language of the EU

The Competencies They Look For

🤝 You engage collaboratively, pursue team goals, and learn willingly from other people's diverse perspectives

🔄 You signal any need for change by explaining it and proposing alternative solutions

🧠 You analyse complex information effectively and can evaluate different views to arrive at solutions

🎯 You know and anticipate stakeholder needs

🇪🇺 You are motivated to contribute to the ECB's mission, to serve the citizens of the EU as a member of a public institution, and to work with colleagues from all over Europe

What They Offer

💶 An F/G (bracket 1, step 1) full-time monthly net salary of €5,876, plus benefits (this role is 50% part-time, so pay is on a part-time basis)

📚 Strong professional development, training, mentoring, and horizontal mobility opportunities

🌍 A multicultural team making the ECB's work accessible across Europe

Working Modalities

To enable Language Services to maintain its business continuity capability, you will occasionally be expected to perform work during non-standard working hours and work at the ECB's standby sites.

The Details

📍 Place of work: Frankfurt am Main, Germany

🕒 Working time: 50% part-time

📑 Type of contract: fixed-term, for 12 months from the exact starting date, which may be extended or made permanent subject to organisational needs and budgetary constraints

🏷️ The formal title for this position is Translator

🌍 Eligibility: EU nationals

Application and Selection Process

The recruitment process will be conducted remotely. It includes a written exercise in the pre-selection phase and, if you are invited to the subsequent selection phase, an interview. If you are not selected but are still considered suitable, you will be placed on a reserve list for similar positions within the ECB.

To apply, create a single candidate profile via the ECB online recruitment portal, provide all relevant information in the form (an attached CV will not be considered unless stated), submit in English free of errors, express your motivation clearly, and apply well in advance of the closing date.

For additional information on this specific vacancy, you can speak to the Team Lead, Tobias Hinzpeter, on +49 (0)1512 2176199 between 10:30 and 11:30 CET on Wednesday, 24 June.