Translator application form
Title / Mr / Ms / Phone numberFirst name, surname / Cell phone number
Date of birth / Day / Month / Year / Professional e-mail
Postal address / Street / No / Personal e-mail
P.O. box/postcode / P.O. box / Postcode / Other e-mail
Town / Website
Country / SkypeName
Nationality / If you are resident in Switzerland, are you subjected to VAT? / Yes / No
If you are resident in Switzerland are you registered with an AHV pension as self-employed? / Yes
(please attach a certificate of confirmation or copy of a recent invoice in pdf format) / No
Source language(s) / A / B / C / Mother tongue
Which is your normal rate per standard line with 55 characters for translating/
proofreading(in EUR or CHF, invoices in CHF will only be accepted if you have an account in Switzerand)? / Translation / Proofreading (bilingual) / Correction (unilingual)
Which diplomas/certificates did you get?
In which school? / Diploma / School/University / In which year did you start as a translator?
1
2 / With which translation offices/companies
do you work
(optional question)?
3
In which computer programs are you proficient? / MS Office (Word, Excel, PPT)
If so, which version? / Adobe Reader XI / Other
Please give details:
Do you use any CAT-tools and if so, which ones? / Trados
2009 / Trados
2011 / Trados
2014 / Trados
2015 / Wordfast / Memo Q / Transit / Other
Which one?
Are you willing to do a translation or proofreading test? / Yes / No / Are you unavailable certain
days of the week?
If so, which day(s)?
p. 1/5
I. List of preferred fields
- General translation Yes No If yes, please tick the fields covered:
Literature
HR
Advertising
Marketing (corporate communications)
Editorial content, PR (media releases, advertorials, journalism)
Websites
Subtitles (movies, television, promotional films)
Tourism and cultural heritage
Gastronomy
Wines and viticulture
International organizations
Video games
Arts and leisure activities
Fashion (clothing and cosmetics)
Theology
Ecology and environment
Agriculture and food production
Politics
Education and training
Sport
Music
Other field(s); please state:………………………………………………………………………………….
- Scientific translation Yes No If yes, please check the fields covered:
Medicine and dentistry
Veterinary science and zoology
Pharmaceuticals
Physics
Chemistry
Biology and biotechnology
p. 2/5
Mathematics and statistics
Electronics and new technologies
Other field(s); please state:………………………………………………………………………………….
- Technical translation Yes No If yes, please check the fields covered:
Standards and patents
Engineering
Energy (electricity, nuclear, water, gas, petroleum, renewables)
Construction (architecture and civil engineering)
Automotive industry
Mechanical engineering
ICT (information and communication technologies) and telephony
Defence and armaments
Aviation and aeronautics
Aerospace
Transport
Administration (official documents)
Translation for the Swiss federal government
Legal translation
Commercial contracts
Swiss law
Finance and accounting
Pension funds and life insurance
Banking sector
Company reports (annual and financial)
Insurance
Information technology
SAP
Horology
Machining/precision mechanisms
p. 3/5
Meteorology
Other field(s); please state:………………………………………………………………………………….
II. List of fields to avoid
- General translation Yes No If yes, please tick the fields covered:
Literature
HR
Advertising
Marketing (corporate communications)
Editorial content, PR (media releases, advertorials, journalism)
Websites
Subtitles (movies, television, promotional films)
Tourism and cultural heritage
Gastronomy
Wines and viticulture
International organizations
Video games
Arts and leisure activities
Fashion (clothing and cosmetics)
Theology
Ecology and environment
Agriculture and food production
Politics
Education and training
Sport
Music
Other field(s); please state:………………………………………………………………………………….
- Scientific translation Yes No If yes, please check the fields covered:
Medicine and dentistry
Veterinary science and zoology
Pharmaceuticals
Physics
Chemistryp. 4/5
Biology and biotechnology
Mathematics and statistics
Electronics and new technologies
Other field(s); please state:………………………………………………………………………………….
- Technical translation Yes No If yes, please check the fields covered:
Standards and patents
Engineering
Energy (electricity, nuclear, water, gas, petroleum, renewables)
Construction (architecture and civil engineering)
Automotive industry
Mechanical engineering
ICT (information and communication technologies) and telephony
Defence and armaments
Aviation and aeronautics
Aerospace
Transport
Administration (official documents)
Translation for the Swiss federal government
Legal translation
Commercial contracts
Swiss law
Finance and accounting
Pension funds and life insurance
Banking sector
Company reports (annual and financial)
Insurance
Information technology
SAP
Horology
Machining/precision mechanisms
Meteorology p. 5/5 Other field(s); please state:………………………………………………………………………………….
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