Please email your CV to Jenny Chang at jenny.chang@taiwanratings.com.tw by May 20.

 

Taiwan Ratings Corporation

The Role: Chinese Translator / Dual Language Copy Editor (One-year contractor)

 

The Location: Taipei, Taiwan

 

The Team: The primary responsibility of the Media & Digital Content (MDC) team is to comprehensively edit and translate rating reports and economic research articles that underpin our position as Taiwan's premier rating agency. The team also provide crucial IT support for TRC staff, liaise with local and international media outlets to disseminate our research, offer proofreading and translation support for internal departments, and coordinate the release of ratings and rating articles.

The Impact: This dual position holds a critical role pivoting between English editing and Chinese translation and editing. As an English editor you will work to elevate the quality of analytical research papers written by non-native speakers, while as a translator you will serve an equally important role delivering high quality translations for publication. The role will fulfil enhance the collaboration and coordination between analytical, editorial, and data operations teams. Additionally, this position will provide full back-up support for senior editors, assist in commentary planning, ghost write short topical commentaries and general media releases, prepare and deliver editorial training, and publish reports.

What’s in it for you:

• The chance to bring your editing and translation expertise and experience to a wide audience and help to positively shape the quality of opinioned research that is relied upon by English and Chinese language investors in financial markets locally and overseas.
• Deliver improvements to the editing and translation process that improve turnaround times and the appeal of our research.
• The opportunity to obtain a deep understanding of the ratings process and its importance in delivering transparent, qualified, and forward-looking analysis to financial markets.
• The position can proceed to a more senior level with wider responsibilities after proven experience.

Responsibilities:

• In-depth editing and translation of rating analyses and economic research articles.
• Provide editing and translation support to internal departments for non-rating documents.
• Coordinate with editors and analytical teams to ensure the smooth publication of credit ratings and related rating reports, as well as time sensitive economic and ratings research.
• Creation of charts and visual materials, as well as article formatting for global quality control and consistency.
• Training of analysts in good writing and editorial skills as well as in-house style guides.
• Disseminate rating data to media and third-party data service providers, maintain website data accuracy and quality.
• Support seminars and various media and investor outreach events.
• Ensure data accuracy through cross-departmental coordination.
• Send out daily news highlights internally and TRC Newsletters externally.
• Other operational assignments including logistics support to company-wide functions.

What We’re Looking For:

Basic Qualifications:

• Team focused with a good command of written and spoken English.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree preferably with a background in finance or economics and an interest in current financial affairs.
• Strong logical reasoning and numerical skills, detail oriented, with good time management and the ability to work under pressure.
• Experience copy editing reports at undergraduate level or higher.
• The ability to reduce the length of an article while maintaining high quality and consistency.
• Familiarization with Microsoft Office software (with knowledge of basic Excel functions)

Preferred Qualifications:

• 2-3 years of translation and dual language editorial experience, preferably in the finance industry.
• Experience working in a multicultural, inclusive environment and the ability to communicate with discretion and diplomacy.

About Company Statement:

Taiwan Ratings Corp.

Taiwan Ratings Corp. (TRC), the first credit rating agency in Taiwan, is a leading provider of financial market intelligence in Taiwan and through its association with S&P Global Ratings facilitates the dissemination of first-rate financial news coverage and analysis across the global market. TRC offers an unparalleled range of objective and independent information, critical thinking, opinions, news and data on local companies and markets, as well as their interconnectivity with international companies and markets.

 

As a subsidiary of internationally renowned credit rating agency S&P Global Ratings, we are proud to play an integral role supporting the world's leading source of credit ratings, indices, investment research, risk evaluation and data to assist global financial planners in accessing the information they require for competent decision making.

 

 

S&P Global Ratings

 

S&P Global Ratings is the world’s leading provider of independent credit ratings. Our ratings are essential to driving growth, providing transparency and helping educate market participants so they can make decisions with confidence. We have more than 1 million credit ratings outstanding on government, corporate, financial sector and structured finance entities and securities. We offer an independent view of the market built on a unique combination of broad perspective and local insight. We provide our opinions and research about relative credit risk; market participants gain independent information to help support the growth of transparent, liquid debt markets worldwide.

 

S&P Global Ratings is a division of S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI), which provides essential intelligence for individuals, companies and governments to make decisions with confidence. For more information, visit www.spglobal.com/ratings.