The Antarctic Environments Portal invites volunteers to help translate its Information Summaries into the Antarctic Treaty languages.
The Antarctic Environments Portal provides a web-based source of independent and up-to-date scientific information to support the work of decision makers in the Antarctic Treaty System (ATS). The Portal delivers reliable, policy-relevant Information Summaries on priority issues for Antarctic conservation and management.
The Portal is looking for volunteers with excellent written French, Russian and Spanish to join a translation group, to help us to ensure that the Information Summaries published on the Portal are accessible in all four Treaty languages.
What the role involves
The Portal currently publishes between 5-10 new or updated Information Summaries per year. New Information Summaries are originally created in English. Once a new Information Summary is finalised between the Editor and authors, the Assistant Editor will contact translation volunteers to provide an AI-translated version of the Information Summary to use as a basis for editing, comparing it to the original article to ensure the meaning hasn’t been altered. Translators will use this to produce a final translation ready for publication.
Time commitment
The time commitment will depend on the number of Information Summaries produced throughout the year, however with support from the Assistant Editor and AI-translation tools, we expect that this should take no longer than 2 hours per Information Summary. This is a volunteer position so there is no set term however for consistency we would ideally like volunteers to join for a minimum one-year period.
How to apply
If you would like to volunteer and have excellent written language skills in French, Spanish or Russian, we would love to hear from you! Please email Portal Assistant Editor, Emma Needham emma@scar.org before Friday 3rd May. Your email should detail in no more than 300 words any translation and editing skills or experience you have, and why you are interested in working on the Antarctic Environments Portal.
Benefits
As well as acknowledgements of your translation work and your membership of the Portal translation group, you will get a unique inside view into the Antarctic Environments Portal and the process of producing Information Summaries, gain experience and insight in the science/policy sector, work with other experts in the Antarctic research community, improve your science communication skills, and help provide relevant scientific information to important stakeholders.