English-language legal translators

The Court of Justice of the European Union regularly seeks to recruit English-language legal translators to assist with the increasing workload of its English-language Translation Unit in Luxembourg.

The work of the unit consists in the translation into English of the Court's judgments and the Opinions of the Advocates General for publication in the European Court Reports, and of requests from national courts for preliminary rulings and other documents required for procedural purposes.

To be eligible to perform these demanding duties, applicants must satisfy, in addition to the general conditions common to all the institutions, the following minimum requirements:

• Have successfully completed a suitable course in law (i.e. hold a degree in law or its equivalent awarded in Ireland or have qualified as a barrister or solicitor in Ireland). Equivalent qualifications in law may be taken into consideration
• Have a perfect command of English
• Have a thorough knowledge of French 
• Have a satisfactory knowledge of a third official language of the European Union
• Have an interest in legal translation

Knowledge of other official languages of the European Union and relevant professional experience would be an advantage.

Selection is by written test and interview. The test will consist in translation into English (without a dictionary) of a legal text drafted in French. Prior to recruitment, applicants are also required to pass a medical.

Conditions of employment: Those selected to work as legal translators will be offered renewable temporary contracts. Starting grade and salary will depend on age and experience, but remuneration will be commensurate with the duties and responsibilities of these graduate positions in an international institution.

If you are interested in this challenging work, please send your application, in the form of a CV with a covering letter via email using the button below.