English to French (France) Linguist for Life Sciences

Specialist life sciences translation

Translate English material into French for France for clinical research, regulation and pharmacovigilance. This work combines original translation, correction of machine translated safety content and review of completed translations or post edited material.

Document responsibilities

• Translate clinical research documents such as trial protocols and summaries, investigator brochures, consent forms, patient information sheets and patient diaries.
• Handle regulatory content including product characteristics summaries, patient leaflets, labels and common technical document modules.
• Work with safety reporting such as periodic safety update reports, development safety update reports, risk management plans and serious or other adverse event material.
• Review language for accuracy, suitable tone and consistent terminology after translation or machine translation editing.
• Meet the specified turnaround times for urgent material; these deadlines cannot be extended.

Tools and qualification routes

Work within the client’s CAT setup and follow project configuration instructions. Familiarity with XTM and Phrase and Microsoft Word Track Changes is required, with a CAT license provided for the assignment.

The education and general experience requirement can be met through a translation, linguistics or language studies degree or equivalent; a recognized graduate qualification in another field plus at least 2 years of full time professional translation; or at least 5 years of full time professional translation.

Separately, at least 2 years of hands on translation experience with medical documents and life sciences material, particularly clinical trials and pharmacovigilance, is required.

Helpful background

Degrees in medicine, biology, biochemistry, clinical research, translation, linguistics, philology or related subjects are advantageous. Experience working internally at a contract research organization or pharmaceutical business is also helpful.

Assessment and CV

An assessment forms part of onboarding and quality qualification, so applicants must be willing to complete it. Provide a current English CV detailing years of life sciences translation, the types of medical documents handled and the CAT tools used.

The CV should accurately present relevant medical and life sciences experience and include both an email address and telephone number for contact.