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240 months ago

h.kloster (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:	German > English
Subject:	Law / Certificates
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	festangestellt
Context:	festangestellter Übersetzer
Keywords:	salaried translator?

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240 months ago

www.buero-garisch.de wrote:

in-house translator

My comment:

depending on what you want to say ...

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240 months ago

wrote:

I would go with this one, or a variation, like '[a] translator working in-house at...'.

240 months ago

www.buero-garisch.de wrote:

permanently appointed

My comment:

Regarding the context I'd go for 'appointed'

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240 months ago

www.buero-garisch.de wrote:

salaried translator

My comment:

You are right! It's not 'permanently employed translator'! (Aside of which there's no such thing as 'permanent' employment anymore!) :(

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240 months ago

www.buero-garisch.de wrote:

salaried translator

My comment:

You are right! It's not 'permanently employed translator'! (Aside of which there's no such thing as 'permanent' employment anymore!) :(

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240 months ago

www.buero-garisch.de wrote:

in permanent employment

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240 months ago

German Translations & Interpreting wrote:

employed on a permanent contract

My comment:

This would imply that the contract is not time-limited, i.e. befristet. In the UK, we often talk about "staff translators", i.e. employed on whatever contract and not freelance and/or self-employed. Hope that helps.

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