The application itself

Introduction

Applying for a job

Theme 6

Professional skills of translators

In today’s competitive global economy, non-verbal skills, including etiquette and good manners, are playing a paramount role in social and business encounters. Basic knowledge and practice of professional skills is a valuable advantage for translators/interpreters because they communicate in the official sphere of international communication, which imposes special rules for verbal and non-verbal activities.

Translator is civilized when he/she observes the principles of translator’s professional etiquette:

1. Speak and write in good English (Linguistic competence)

2. Translate / interpret the speaker’s speech clearly and correctly (Translation competence)

3. Be polite, courteous, friendly and affable (Politeness)

4. Do everything in time; Arrive promptly when expected (Punctuality and Responsibility)

5. Wear clothing suited to the occasion (Dress code)

6. Contribute to conversations of people for whom translator translates without dominating them

7. Understand and response to cross-cultural context (Intercultural competence).

8. Maintain confidentiality, do not reveal the business secrets to others (Confidentiality).

Applying for a job is making a formal request, usually written, for a job. It also includes the process of finding out about job vacancies, doing an interview, and getting a job. An applicant is someone who has formally asked, usually in writing, for a job, university place.

You may be at university in the final year of your course, or you may be well in your career but thinking about a new start or even a change of career. These are reasons you will try to find out a new job position and apply for it.

When a company needs to employ new people, it may advertise the job or position in a newspaper. People can then apply for the job by sending in an application letter, CV, and application form containing details of their education and experience. CVs and application forms are two ways to provide employers with written evidence of your qualifications and skills. The company’s Human Resources department will then select the most suitable applications and prepare a short listof candidates or applicants, who are invited to attend an interview.

Brief application letter. First, you write a brief letterto ask for the application form. It refers to the advertisement and the post for which you are applying.

Your address Date Dear Sir (or name if given in the advert) Job title and Ref. no.(if given in the advert) Please send me details of the job (or appointment or vacancy) advertised in the Evening Post of 23 May 20…, together with an application form.   Yours faithfully, (or sincerely if you have used their name) JANET BROWN (Ms or Mrs. is appropriate)

Application form is a special document written in a standard layout to which employers can refer easily. The application form is the main thing on which the company will base its decision whether to invite you for interview. It can be also done online. Remember, you always have to worry about accurate spelling and punctuation. Fill it out completely and follow all instructions.

Curriculum Vitae is a written list of a person’s qualifications and work experience that they send when looking for a new job. Curriculum vitae is a formal British expression for CV (‘the course of one’s life’). In American English, it is a résumé. CVs are usually short; all the facts are listed on a separate sheet of paper. Most CVs are chronological or functional.

Method of writing a CV:

Order. – Personal details first; then education and experience, and so on; finishing up with the names of referees.

Presentation. – Each piece of information should be written under appropriate headings, with subheadings and columns where necessary. The appearance should be neat and systematic and well spaced out. In this case the information is easy to pick out.

Style. – It is not necessary to write in complete sentences.

Cultural differences. The style of a CV can be especially problematic in an international setting; no hard and fast rules exist. Secondly, CV writing is influenced by level within a company. High-level executives have CVs that look different from workers on the shop floor.

Application letter is a written document giving details about the applicant and is sent with a CV. The application letter does not just repeat the facts of CV but explains and interprets them; it is a fuller text version of CV. The term “application letter” has other synonyms: full application letter, letter of application, accompanying letter, covering letter (Am.Engl.)

An application letter should include:

Name and address of the person to whom the letter is addressed.

A formal application for the position (including job title, reference number, and source of the advertisement, for example, the name and date of the newspaper or magazine);

Reason for your interest in the company or position.

Your main qualifications for the position.

Request for an interview.

Your home and work telephone numbers.

Your application letter should capture the employer’s attention, follow a business letter format. It shows that you can write well, that your experience is relevant to the job; it demonstrates your understanding of and an enthusiasm for the responsibilities of the job.

Summary – applying for a job

Give the organization the information they need in the format they want, but include information which you want to tell them about yourself, providing it is relevant. Present the information in the most perfect way you can. Above all, take time and trouble.

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