Assistant Editor/Editor

KL Communications Ltd., London / Beijing

An exciting career opportunity in London as a key member of a high profile team working at the forefront of UK China relations
The starting salary is £26,000 per year (£24,000 during the probation period) to be increased to £30,000 per year when ready to take on the role of Editor or starting with £30,000 per year if you join as Editor
20 days of annual leave as well as standard UK public holidays (8 days a year) with full pay
KL Communications will provide a structured development programme to take the person from the level of Assistant Editor to Editor.
KL Communications will provide sponsorship certificate and assistance for immigration to the UK, if required

We are the UK’s leading specialist firm in communications in Chinese
We provide a range of China specific capabilities encompassing branding, marketing, editorial expertise, graphic and website design, hospitality, translation and interpreting and we maintain an exceptional standard of Chinese
Our work in translation and interpreting is often definitive and frequently has a direct impact on how the UK is perceived in China and how UK concepts are expressed in Chinese
Our Managing Director, Dr Kevin Lin ( 林超伦博士 ) has been working at the highest level between the UK and China since the mid 1990s. As the Lead Interpreter of the Foreign Office, he accompanies UK Prime Ministers to China and interprets for the British government during visits by Chinese Presidents, Premiers and other top-level officials. Our corporate clients include leading companies in the UK and multinationals across Europe. We have the largest team of Chinese interpreters in Europe next to only the UN
We are based in London with a subsidiary company in Beijing
For further information, please see our website

Approving all translation from Chinese into English
Approving all translation from English into Chinese
Approving all English documents of the company
Helping with translation from Chinese into English
Staff development – assisting the Managing Director in tasks from assessing needs, planning training to implementation and reviews

You need to be able to identify misunderstanding of the source text in English by checking the target text in Chinese. You don’t have to be able to fix the problem in Chinese, although that would be ideal
You need to be able to identify text in Chinese that may have become awkward or jarring because of translation. You don’t have to be able to improve the text in Chinese, although that would be ideal
You need to be able to translate text from Chinese into English to very high standards of accuracy

Be a native speaker of English
Have done an undergraduate degree in Chinese (or equivalent) and have lived and worked in China for at least 4 years as a full-time translator
Be able to read simplified characters of a range of styles including

Application to our head office in London (contact details provided below)
Written test via email. The test will consist of translation from Chinese into English and proofreading translation of English into Chinese
The test will take up to 5 hours with a break in the middle
Telephone/face-to-face interview with Dr Kevin Lin

Send your CV with
A cover letter in Chinese of no more than one page of A4 stating why you believe you are the most suitable candidate for the role to: mail@klcommunications.co.uk
Attach the following samples of work, each between half to one A4 page:
translation from Chinese into English of formal text
translation from Chinese into English of either a commercial contract, tourist literature or technical manual
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