Specialist Translation Services

Tender description

The Centre for Middle Eastern Plants, part of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, is seeking a specialist translator to facilitate communication with a range of partners across a diverse range of programmes in the Arabian Peninsula. Communication with partners, collaborators, stakeholders and beneficiaries in an accurate and engaging way is considered essential to our reputation in multiple locations. The Centre for Middle Eastern Plants is looking for a specialist translator who can effectively communicate between English and Arabic in a range of specialist disciplines. The requirement is to undertake the following: - Accurate translation between English and Arabic in formal documents; - Translation from hand written information gathering documents and questionnaires designed to inform decision making and implementation of programme activities in situ; - Translation from Arabic written by individuals from Soqotra (Yemen) which contains multiple local Soqotri language insertions, adulterations and local pace names into accurate Arabic and English documents; - Knowledge of the technical subject areas encountered in a range of documents types, specifically relating to cultural heritage in all its forms, botany and conservation science and application, biodiversity loss and climate change, as well as international development; - Occasional translation between English and Arabic that requires knowledge of the above specialist and technical knowledge targeting Arabic users in specific locations; - The translation work will be funded from multiple internal and externally funded projects requiring skills in prioritisation and the ability to focus on different technical areas concurrently; - RBGE supplies the following documents to assist in the development of your response to the brief: Corporate Strategy; Science & Biodiversity Strategy. The successful supplier will be appointed for initial 24 month period with two further 1 year extension subject to satisfactory performance. (2+1+1 = 4 years in total)