General Information
Type of contract
Short-term contract, which may be extended to up to 36 months subject to individual performance and organisational needs
Contract end date
31.01.2028
Who can apply?
EU nationals working for national central banks of the ESCB, international governmental organisations or other employers performing central banking or banking supervision tasks within the framework of the Eurosystem
Salary
F/G (bracket 1 - step 1) full time monthly net salary: €7,296 plus benefits, for further information see
what we offer.
Role specialisation
Translation
Working time
Full time
Place of work
Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Closing date
13.11.2025
Your team
You will be part of the Board and Media Section of the Language Services Division in the Directorate General Communications. Language Services provides translation, editing, proofreading, and language technology and terminology services in all EU languages, as well as offering advice on linguistic matters. Our work covers a wide range of texts aimed at experts and the general public, including multilingual content for our websites, and seeks to make the ECB’s operations accessible to a variety of different audiences.
In your role as a French Translator, you will join a small team of in-house and external French Translators who, together with colleagues translating into other languages, are responsible for communicating the ECB’s messages to almost 350 million Europeans who do not have English as their first language. You will help to produce ECB communications in French, working closely with other Translators, Language Technologists/Terminologists and our team of Administrators, as well as experts from across the ECB. You will work closely with others in our Directorate General as part of cross-divisional teams handling strategic communication projects or urgent tasks.
The ECB is an inclusive employer and we strive to reflect the diversity of the population we serve. We encourage you to apply irrespective of age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, race, religious beliefs, sexual orientation or other characteristics.
Your role
As a French Translator, you will:
- translate texts from English into French in the fields of economics, finance, central banking and banking supervision;
- revise and proofread texts written in French;
- identify, extract and compile terminology in French;
- work with state-of-the-art language technology tools, including machine translation, and maintain translation memories in French;
- contribute to the Language Services Division’s overall strategy by providing ideas, embracing innovation and being part of the evolution of the translation industry.
This position offers you excellent opportunities to translate a wide range of text types for a variety of different audiences, apply clear language principles and develop a strong understanding of economics, finance, central banking and banking supervision. You will be part of a multicultural team that strives for continuous innovation to make a positive impact on the lives of European citizens.
Qualifications, experience and skills
Essential:
- a master’s degree or equivalent in translation, modern languages or another relevant field (see How you can join us for details on degree equivalences);
- in addition to the above, a minimum of five years’ experience as a professional translator working from English into French in fields relevant to the position (economics, finance, central banking or banking supervision);
- experience working with computer-assisted translation tools, preferably Trados Studio;
- a native speaker-standard (C2) command of French and an advanced (C1) command of English, according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.
Desired:
You engage collaboratively with others. You pursue team goals and learn willingly from other people’s diverse perspectives. You signal any need for change by explaining it and proposing alternative solutions. You analyse complex information effectively and can evaluate different views to arrive at solutions. You know and anticipate stakeholder needs.
You are motivated to contribute to the ECB’s mission, to serve the citizens of the EU as a member of a public institution and to work with colleagues from all over Europe.
You are motivated to be part of our team and to develop and use your skills and competencies to achieve the aims of this position.
Working modalities
To enable the Division to maintain its business continuity capability, you will occasionally be expected to perform work during non-standard working hours and work at the ECB’s standby sites.
Further information
The contract offered will be short-term ESCB/IO, the appointment being for 12 months as of the exact starting date of the selected person, extendable to up to 36 months. Candidates must have a contract of employment with their home institution for a period of at least one year beyond the duration of the ECB contract being offered.
For additional information on this specific vacancy, you can speak to the hiring manager, Denise Scott, on +49 160 90979610 between 10:00 and 11:00 on Monday, 3 November.
Application and selection process
The recruitment process for this position will be conducted remotely. It will include a written exercise and an interview.
If you are not selected for this position but are still considered suitable, you will be placed on a reserve list (see step 4 of
How we hire), from which you might be considered for similar positions within the ECB.
