International Translation and Speaking Skills Internship (Native German Speaker)

at  New York Habitat VLF Inc

ABOUT NEW YORK HABITAT:

New York Habitat is an internationally known real estate company that rents apartments and vacation homes in New York City, Paris, London, and the South of France.
The company benefits from wide exposure on major social networks, such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and LinkedIn. The company’s presence on various platforms is increasingly expanding, which is why we regularly need our content to be translated into the main languages spoken by our clients. Search Engine Optimization (SEO) plays an important role as well.
Therefore, New York Habitat is looking for motivated university students who are eager to jump in and gain meaningful experience in the field of translation and customer service. Interns will have the opportunity to see their work published on New York Habitat’s website, blog, and social networks!

GAIN SIGNIFICANT PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE IN THE FIELD OF TRANSLATION.

• Improve your translation skills and strategies.
• Learn how to incorporate keywords into a translation to guarantee Search Engine Optimization.
• Expand your specialized real estate vocabulary to make proper use of it in translations.
• Strictly adhere to the manual and editing guides to meet quality standards for publication.
• Improve your proofreading skills and attention to detail.
• Become more familiar with working remotely, while learning how to carefully manage your own time.
• Benefit from personalized support from your supervisor to optimize translation timelines and techniques.

BASIC REQUIREMENTS:

• Perfect written and oral comprehension of the English language.
• Degree background in translation or related.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Word.
• Translation test as part the application process.

• In the translation department, interns will be responsible for translating texts of various kinds, such as apartment descriptions and customer reviews, from English into German.

They will also have the opportunity to proofread their own and others’ translations.

• In the product management department, interns will handle New York Habitat’s phone line, providing our clients and property owners with appropriate customer service. They will learn how to process their inquiries and refer them to the appropriate agent.