Traineeship for a Language Technologist/Terminologist

The Language Services Division in the Directorate General Communications provides translation, editing, proofreading, language technology and terminology services in all EU languages, as well as advice on linguistic matters.

In this traineeship, you will join the Language Technology and Terminology team, which consists of seven staff members responsible for supporting the computer-assisted translation software used at the ECB, tailoring tools to the workflows of translators and lawyer-linguists, and monitoring developments in language technology and artificial intelligence (AI). The team also designs, manages and coordinates the expansion of the ECB’s databases of central banking and banking supervision terminology in all official EU languages, and works closely with the ECB’s publications and information systems teams.

Your role

As a trainee Language Technologist/Terminologist you will:

• support the testing of language technology (e.g. computer-assisted translation tools and translation management software) and customisations prior to their roll-out at the ECB;
• prepare and check end-user guides and documentation;
• perform translation memory maintenance tasks;
• help to assess the suitability of generative AI for linguistic tasks at the ECB;
• help prepare bilingual data to train a domain-specific machine translation engine;
• research terminology and create termbase entries in a MultiTerm database;
• contribute to other activities and projects carried out by the Language Technology and Terminology team.

The traineeship offers excellent opportunities to gain practical insights into the work of a language services department and, in particular, a language technology and terminology team in a multilingual European institution. You will be part of a multicultural team that strives for continuous innovation to make a positive impact on the lives of European citizens.

Qualifications, experience and skills

Essential:

• a bachelor’s degree or higher in language technology, terminology, translation studies, computational linguistics or another relevant field;
• a good knowledge of and practical experience with terminology management and translation memory software packages, such as the RWS Trados suite;
• practical experience with machine translation software and AI in the field of translation and editing, as well as good prompting skills and experience with large language models;
• advanced knowledge of the MS Office package;
• an advanced (C1) command of English and an intermediate (B1) command of at least one other official language of the EU, according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.

Desired:

• an interest in financial and economic affairs or banking supervision.

You are curious and eager to learn, and want to further develop your ability to analyse complex information. You are keen to collaborate with others, pursue team goals and learn from other people’s diverse perspectives. You strive to know and anticipate stakeholder needs, and will signal any need for change and propose alternative solutions.

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. You are keen to be part of the team and to use your skills and competencies to achieve the aims of this position.

Further information

Initial traineeship of six months, with a possible extension to up to 12 months in total.