Intern success stories

Intern successstories
RWS Campus 2022

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RWS Campus: The path to a great future in localization
As a global leader, we wish to give back to the communityand offer our insight into the new technologicaldevelopments that are shaping the future of localization.
RWS Campus is our global university programme. The
programme’s ultimate purpose is to help students movetowards a great future in localization. In order to do that,
we partner with hundreds of universities worldwide
where we have built strong relationships so that we cancontinuously develop and help shape the future careersof students.
We offer a wide variety of presentations, seminars andworkshops, free-of-charge access to Trados technology,
training and certification, as well as a global internshipprogram.
We aim to inspire great futures in localization and to
be recognized in our industry for developing
localization talent and markets worldwide.

Want to learn more about RWS Campus?
Visit rws.com/campus or contact Campus@rws.com
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RWS Campus is active in+76 countries and has anactive internshipprogram with 26 of ouroffices.

+170

We develop +170 young
talents every year
through our global
internship program.

Many of our interns areonboarded as RWS
employees or as RWS
freelance translation
partners following their
RWS Internship.

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Anastasiia Shustova, Trainee Translator, RWS St. Petersburg, Russia“I didn’t even consider trying to find a job at any other placebecause my aim was always to return to RWS.”

Facts about me
I have lived in Saint Petersburg formost of my life and despite mylove of travelling and learning
different cultures, I wouldn’t
move anywhere else.
I need to work in a team or besurrounded by colleagues
because it motivates me – in life
as well as my job.
When I find an interesting phrase
in a book or in a movie that istranslated from English to
Russian, it makes me
wonder how the phrase
looks in the original because
I want to see the translator's
thought process.

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My story with RWS started in autumn 2018
when I took part in a translationcompetition hosted by The Herzen State
Pedagogical University of Russia where
I studied. Our team didn’t win, but I wasnoticed by Antonina, a talent manager in
RWS Russia, who invited me to intern at
RWS. I had heard that RWS was a big
reputable international company, so I was
more than happy to accept.
My internship in the Automotive
Department lasted the whole of April 2019
and I enjoyed the very nice atmosphere in
the office. Everyone there was ready to
explain everything to me, help, and give
advice. I got feedback on every translation
I did which was very helpful.

I realized that I’d like to work in such an
enjoyable atmosphere, with such lovely
colleagues, in the future. I graduated with a
Bachelor's Degree in Linguistics in summer
and didn’t even consider trying to find a job
at any other place because my aim wasalways to return to RWS. Fortunately, there
was a vacancy in the department where
I interned. Now I am a trainee translator,
learning something new almost every day
and enjoying communicating withcolleagues from all over the world.

RWS Russia is located in
St. Petersburg, employs
72 people, and was foundedin 2006.

We are housed in a spacious
new office with large windows
from which we often watch
beautiful sunrises and sunsets.

Everyone is encouraged
to get involved – whether
starting an ecologicalinitiative or organizing
physical activity breaks.

We have a tradition ofcelebrating different holidays– we have a Secret Santa
before the New Year, butcelebrate New Year itself insummer!

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Karen Yin, Associate Translator, RWS Dalian, China“I felt so well supported with both my personal development
and my working skills.”

Facts about me
Three years at RWS has provided
me with so much growth and
I continue to improve and develop
my skills daily.
I live and work in Dalian, which isa coastal city with an endless blue
sea and pleasant climate. WhenI am upset, the beautiful
mountains and sea help calm me.
I love to try new things and every
year our office organizes newactivities, such as skiing, archery,
bowling, etc.
I love singing – especially for mycute but lazy cat!

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I joined RWS as a translator intern in March2017. At that time, I was still a graduate
student at Dalian University of Foreign
Languages, studying for a Master’s inEnglish Translation.
I will never forget my first day at the
RWS Dalian office. An attractive pantry, kindworkmates, seniors and managers, and apleasant working atmosphere,
I was really looking forward to mysix-month internship!
My onboarding training lasted for two
weeks, where I got to know RWS, thelocalization industry, the translation tools,
translation skills, and the generaltranslation style guide.

I received feedback from our seniortranslators for every job, which helped me
improve my translation skills. I felt so well
supported with both my personal
development and my working skills. I did
make some mistakes early on, but all of ourseniors and managers were so kind andpatient – which is so important for aworkplace newbie.

After the internship I became a regular
employee, and it turns out that I made theright decision. RWS has really helped me
grow and is the ideal place for me to learn
more. As an associate translator, now I not
only review jobs and control the translation
quality, but also manage several accounts.

RWS Dalian is one of the main RWS
China offices, was founded in 2012initially employing 7 people, within
Customer Service, There are now 80
employees from different
departments.
Dalian is a city in Liaoning
Province, North-East China.

The China Language Office hasa great team of young people,
with colleagues from cities all
across China.

There is a strong commitment
to CSR. Every Saturday staff
volunteer for activities that
benefit society – such asteaching local children
Korean.

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Oliwia Krupa, Translator, RWS Paris, France“I was able to put into practice what I had learned in university.”

Facts about me
I like my role as a lead translator
because it’s versatile and I get tolearn new things every day.
In my free time, I play video
games a lot. I often play online
games with my colleagues – it’s agreat team-building activity.
I love taking care of myhouseplants. I find it relaxing
and a refreshing change frommy job where you have to berather reactive.

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I studied at the University of CergyPontoise, where I got my Bachelor of Arts in
Applied Foreign Languages (English andJapanese), with a major in International
Trade. I then applied for a Master's Degreein Legal and Economic Translation Studies(English and German this time) at the same
university. During my second master’s year,
we had courses on how to use Trados
Studio a key RWS product – and that is how
I got to know the company.
During my second year, and after seeing
the RWS recruitment email campaign, I
decided to apply for a translation internship(from April to September 2018). I thought
this would be a good opportunity tofamiliarize myself with CAT tools and to
reinforce the knowledge I had acquired on
Trados Studio.

The internship went very well. RWS was afriendly company where everyone got
along well. I was able to put into practicewhat I had learned in university, and I
learned how to do other tasks such as LSOor ICR. In September, I was offered a job asa junior translator, which I accepted. I knewthat I still had a lot to learn in terms oftranslation, but also in terms of project
management (which I started doing inNovember). In June 2019, I officially becamea lead translator. As a lead, I manage quite
a lot of projects for many clients half of thetime, and the other half is spent doing
various linguistic tasks (translation, review,
evaluations, etc.).

Founded in 1998, RWS France islocated in Paris and employs 160
people from different
departments.

Team members who don’t
work remotely enjoy an officewith large windows offering
natural light, a terrace andnice sitting areas.

Everyone works in close
collaboration within theirteams and across teams, andcan also take part in activities
such as outdoor cleanup days,
cooking contests, sports
challenges.

We keep the Christmas spirit alivewith Secret Santa gift exchanges, andeven Christmas jumpers’ contests.

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Alinda Wu, Trainee Translator, RWS Dalian, China“I believe working here is the dream of every translator!”

Facts about me
In 2019, I graduated from Dalian
Ocean University with a Master’s
degree (MTI).
I was born and raised in Shanxi
Province, China. After finishing my
Master's studies in Dalian,
Liaoning province, I choose
to live and work here, having
found my favorite company, RWS!
I enjoy hiking and reading. The
former helps me stay active andthe latter sparks creativity andinspiration – especially usefulwhen translating!

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In July 2018, I started my six-monthinternship. After the first two-week detailedtranslation training courses, we had thechance to work on real translations.
All my translations were thoroughly
reviewed by experienced and skilledtranslators before being delivered toclients. This not only guaranteed the qualityof the translations, but also really helped
me improve my skills as a translator. I
would receive feedback from one of thelanguage experts, which enabled me todiscover my strengths and work on myweaknesses. Once I made a mistake in
my translation, and instead of blaming me,
my manager told me where I had gonewrong and how I could fix it, telling me “Bebrave. Everything can be solved.” I am solucky to work with such great people.

I believe working here is the dream of everytranslator! During my internship at RWS I
mastered the use of translation tools andgot to understand localization workflows
and quality control standards. I improved
my translation skills and gained practicaland pragmatic experience – rather thansimply reading about the theory behind it.
Most importantly, I developed key skills
that will play an important role in my future
career, such as independent discovery,
analysis, problem-solving and teamwork.
After a half-year internship, I was officiallytaken on as part of the Language Service
Team. Currently I am a trainee translator
and also do some project management
related jobs.

RWS Dalian is one of the main
RWS China offices, was founded in
2012-initially employing 7 people,
within Customer Service, There
are now 80 employees fromdifferent departments.
Dalian is a city in Liaoning
Province, North-East China.

The China Language Office hasa great team of young people,
with colleagues from cities all
across China.

There is a strong commitment
to CSR. Every Saturday staff
volunteer for activities that
benefit society – such asteaching local children
Korean.

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Harriet Walker, Senior Translator, RWS Sheffield, UK“The translation internship taught me the basics of working
in the industry.”

Facts about me
I am originally from St Annes in
Lancashire but have lived inYorkshire for 15 years now.
I’m obsessed with dogs, but don’t
own one (yet). One day!
I enjoy doing arts and crafts
in my free time, in particularmaking my own greetings cards.

After completing a BA in Spanish and Italian
and a Master’s in Applied Translation
Studies at the University of Leeds, I knew
I wanted to work in the translation industry,so I was thrilled when RWS English
Language Office in Sheffield advertised
their Translation Internship program. I had
heard about RWS during my Master’s whenusing the their Trados Studio® software, so
it seemed like a great opportunity!
Aimed at linguists without muchprofessional translation experience, thetranslation internship taught me the basics
of working in the industry – from CAT tools
to methodologies, different text types,
machine translation, English grammar
points, and much more. After an initialtraining period, I was working on live jobs
alongside more experienced translators
who gave me invaluable feedback, advice

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and guidance. I was able to work on avariety of Spanish and Italian text types,
as well as a mix of tasks includingtranslation, post-editing, review,transcription and conversion.

RWS Sheffield has 200+ employees
across a variety of roles

Most of our team is based in
Sheffield, which is often
nicknamed ‘The Outdoor City’
as it is one of the greenest
cities in the UK.

I made some great friends during myinternship. Everyone in the RWS English
Language Office is very friendly and there
are lots of social activities to get involved in.
I had previously envisaged being afreelance translator after the internship,
but I wanted to continue working with thisgreat team!

Although most of us workin the Sheffield Office, we
also have many virtual teammembers in Scotland, London,
Shanghai, Seoul and Tokyo
among other places, who wecommunicate with daily.

Nine years later, I still work in the English
Language Office, now as a senior translator.
I have built up my specialism over theyears, focusing on Life Sciences translation,and I am the lead linguist fora couple of clients.

It is a very sociable office.
We all work together ina collaborative way and there
is a real team spirit. We
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Zhu Fule (Ivy), Project Coordinator, RWS Shanghai, China“It’s exciting to work every day with people from all over theworld and learn new ideas and perspectives from them.”

Facts about me
I graduated from Dalian
University of Foreign Languages
with my Bachelor’s and Master’s
degrees. My major is in English
Translation and Interpreting.
I am really passionate about
language and intrigued bydifferent cultures.
I am a people-person. I get
my energy from meeting different
people and I enjoy making people
feel comfortable around me.

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I graduated from Dalian University ofForeign Languages and got my Bachelor'sand Master's degrees. My major is in
English Translation and Interpreting.
I competed in lots of competitions and won
first prize in the 7th National Interpretation
Competition, and first prize in the 1st
Simultaneous Interpretation Competition ofMultiple Languages, held by the Shanghai
International Studies University.
I worked as a project assistant in RWS for
more than a year. During my internship,
I scheduled and monitored localization
projects. I communicated with clients,
engineers, Language Offices, and so on,transmitted clients’ requirements
accurately, and guaranteed projects werecompleted on time, within budget, and met
the standards of the clients.

I am passionate about my work. I love
what I do and that’s what motivates me to
do my best at work. In the job, my passion
led me to challenge myself daily and helped
me to learn new skills. Every day I face
new challenges and tackling them helps
me grow.
Now, I am a project coordinator. Having
worked in RWS for just under two years,
I realize that I truly fit in. I really enjoy theworking atmosphere. What’s more, it’s
exciting to work every day with people fromall over the world and learn new ideas andperspectives from them.

RWS Shanghai is one of the main
RWS China offices, employs 35
people, and was founded in 2010.

We're enjoying a recently
renovated office environment

There is a great working
atmosphere in the office –colleagues are always willingto help one another.

Staff always like to share newideas and perspectives witheach other.

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Merve Keçeli, Associate Translator, RWS Istanbul, Turkey“A month at RWS taught me a lot about the industry, tools,
expectations and teamwork.”

Facts about me
I am an overly-descriptive personwith vivid memories and a highly
peculiar imagination.
I enjoy cooking and spendingtime in the kitchen. Sometimes
I find myself baking brownies
in the middle of the night when
I need to ease my mind or feed
my teammates with some sweets!
I have double-jointed elbows
which makes my shadow looksuper weird – only people withdouble-jointed elbows will
understand what I mean!

At the age of 21, as a translation andinterpreting student, I didn’t know muchabout the localization industry. I found outthat I could do my internship at RWS – thefirst localization company I had heard of.
In 2016, I started my internship. At first,
my intention was just to pass the internshipcourse and graduate to do my MA. The firstfew days were rough. I didn’t know how to
get in the building and the office was like abeehive! However, a month at RWS taught
me a lot about the industry, tools,
expectations and teamwork – and how tohandle not-so-positive feedback.
After I completed my MA in Media Studies,I applied for the associate translator
position, and I have been working at RWS
for seven months now. Given the intensity

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of my internship, I expected my experience
to be utterly overwhelming, but have easily
adapted and can now find my way around!
I can see that I have improved my work andhave a great team around me – they help
me and encourage me all the time to push
one step further.
I was, and still am, assured that my dreamof working in academia is still a possibility –there are amazing opportunities in theapplied linguistics field where I can use myskills and contribute to both RWS andthis industry.
I am looking forward to my successful
future at RWS with my day-time colleagues
and all-time friends.

RWS Turkey is located in Istanbul,
employs 35 people, and wasfounded in 2010.

Almost everyone has a cat oreven multiple cats at home!
We talk about cats, discuss cat
behaviour, and even have a
WhatsApp group to send cat
pictures or GIFs to each other!

With 50% of current
employees being former
interns, this team is proud of
attracting and nurturing newtalents.

We are well aware that it isbetter to have a great teamthan a team of greats. And weare also a team of talents who
appreciate each other's
strengths more than anything.

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Anne-Laure Girard, Senior Translator, RWS Paris, France“The constant feedback quickly provides you with a clear
overview of your strengths and weaknesses.”

Facts about me
I love learning from the content
I translate.
I love exploring CAT tools
to try and find improved ways
of working.
I love sharing information on newprocesses with my colleagues tohelp them solve their issues andfree up valuable time in theirworking day.

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I've been with RWS for almost 10 years
now. When looking for an apprenticeshipduring my ILTS Degree in Paris VII DenisDiderot University, I wanted to see what it
meant to be a full-time translator
nowadays, and I sought to measure thequality and speed of my work against
industry standards. I chose RWS for its
reputation as a major translation agency.

After that first year, I was offered apermanent contract and decided to stay tokeep on improving my translation skills as a
new graduate. However, what kept me at
RWS in the following years, apart from the
dynamic and friendly team spirit, is the
career development opportunities offeredto those willing to take part inbroader initiatives.

I was recruited into the Medical Teamand was rapidly involved in the translationof live medical projects, among otherlinguistic tasks, and each time received
thorough feedback from my colleagues.
To me, this is the most beneficial aspectof working at RWS, because the constantfeedback quickly provides you witha clear overview of your strengths andweaknesses, and your learning curve.

Over those ten years, I have added more
responsibilities and skills to my work, andam now a team leader and back-up
manager, providing guidance to people on
their daily tasks.

Founded in 1998, RWS France islocated in Paris and employs 160
people from different
departments.

Team members who don’t
work remotely enjoy an officewith large windows offering
natural light, a terrace andnice sitting areas.

Everyone works in close
collaboration within theirteams and across teams, andcan also take part in activities
such as outdoor cleanup days,
cooking contests, sports
challenges.

We keep the Christmas spirit alivewith Secret Santa gift exchanges, andeven Christmas jumpers’ contests.

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Kerem Kalfa, Associate Translator, RWS Istanbul, Turkey“I am forever grateful for the chance and my teammates that I
have been blessed with”

Facts about me
I am a music freak, and I
especially like metalcore anddeathcore. But contrary to
popular belief, I find metal verysoothing. To me, the best way torelax after a long day of work isjust putting on my headphones
and listening to hours of music.
Needless to say I also play guitar.
I read mainly philosophy, and I
named my cat after Marcus
Aurelius, who's had a tremendous
influence on me with the'Meditations'. I also like to readlots of books by Stephen King, butwhen I have free time on myhands, I read anything fromacademic articles to theconstitution or the penal code.

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I've always wanted to learn stuff, and I cansay that I'm a curious person. I love to readand research. But I was a little confused
when I started the university. I had three
options in mind: being a translator, being achef, or being a lawyer (although I have to
say that being a lawyer was just a whim
because of the series I watched, Suits).
I started working in my freshman year as
an editor in Turkey's most popular
technology news website. I was studying
and working at the same time, and one day
I've decided to try my luck at the RWS
internship program.
My internship was challenging because, atthat time, I was still working as a senior
editor at the news site I mentioned. Butthat didn't stop me from completing
my internship.

It was a very challenging period of my life
as I was interning between 8:00 am to 05:00
pm and working as a senior editor between
06:00 pm to 12:00 am. As demanding as it
may sound, I loved every second of it anddecided that this was what I wanted to do
and where I wanted to be.
After a year of working as a freelancetranslator, I've become an associatetranslator at RWS. Although it may soundlike I've done so much for a 3-year-periodof time, I still believe that I am just at the
beginning of a life-long journey with themost lovely and caring people on the planet(I'm excluding extra-terrestrials merely
because we are not certain about them). I
am forever grateful for the chance and myteammates that I have been blessed with.

RWS Turkey is located in Istanbul,
employs 35 people, and wasfounded in 2010.

Almost everyone has a cat oreven multiple cats at home!
We talk about cats, discuss cat
behaviour, and even have a
WhatsApp group to send cat
pictures or GIFs to each other!

With 50% of current
employees being former
interns, this team is proud of
attracting and nurturing newtalents.

We are well aware that it isbetter to have a great teamthan a team of greats. And weare also a team of talents who
appreciate each other's
strengths more than anything.

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Laura Jiménez Rivera, Associate Translator, RWS Granada, Spain“I was really lucky to have such an incredible bunch ofexperienced professionals who revised all the work I delivered
and gave me feedback.“
Facts about me
I started the internship in
February this year, and therestrictions didn’t allow me to bein the office located in Granada,
my beloved city.
I never thought I would beworking as a translator in such an
enjoyable and supportive team.
During my college years, I
pictured myself working alone infront of the laptop, concerned
about lack of clients anddisappointed with the uncertainty
of my professional career. The
difference is that I am not alone
and more than content andsatisfied with what I haveachieved.

Introspection aside, I love cats.
They bring me peace and comfort.
I am bringing up two little babies:
Lana and Coco.

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In February 2021, I started my six-monthinternship. After the detailed translation
training courses, I started with realtranslations projects. At first, it wasn’t easy,
I’m not going to lie. But I was really lucky tohave such an incredible bunch ofexperienced professionals who revised all
the work I delivered and gave me feedback.
I have obviously learnt a lot from my teamand colleagues. Not only have I masteredthe use of translation tools and improved
my translation skills through practicalexperience, but I have also learnt how towork as part of a team and with a problemsolving approach.

When I finished the internship in July 2021, I
was offered to be part of RWS as associatetranslator, and I couldn’t be happier.
I believe this is a great opportunity forsomeone who has little professional
experience and is looking forward to
growing as a translator.

RWS Spain was founded in 1995. It
is located in Granada and employs
about 200 people from different
departments, working homebased or at the office.
Granada is situated in South
Spain (Andalusia) and is one of
the most historic cities of thecountry.

We organize several charity
campaigns thorough the year
and collect money to helpsocial causes.

We celebrate a Christmas
dinner every year.

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Pablo Rincón Otero, Associate Translator, RWS Granada, Spain”My awesome teammates sent me feedback on everytranslation and were always supportive and very constructive.”

Facts about me
I love traveling and learning
different cultures.
I lived in England one year as an
Erasmus student and I would liketo live in Germany for a time aswell, since I would love to improve
my German. I work with English
and German, however as alanguage lover one of my life
goals is to learn Japanese and
Italian.
When I watch a foreign movie or
series, I usually change thelanguage to Spanish withincertain sentences to see how thetranslator has translated it.

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When I was studying Translation andInterpreting at the University of Granada,
there was not one student who had notheard about RWS.
In February 2021, I had the opportunity towork for RWS as an intern thanks to the
ICARO internship program.
I had never worked before as a translator,
and I was quite thrilled to start. I worked as
an intern for the Automotive Team and at
the beginning I was a little bit nervous since
I had no knowledge about cars.
However, my awesome teammates sent me
feedback on every translation, and werealways supportive and very constructive.

RWS Spain was founded in 1995. It
is located in Granada and employs
about 200 people from different
departments, working homebased or at the office.

Thanks to them I think as of today I’m abetter translator than I was before
working here.

Granada is situated in South
Spain (Andalusia) and is one of
the most historic cities of thecountry.

In July, I was thinking about studying a
postgraduate when I was given thepossibility of keeping working at RWS, now
as an associate translator. I loved working
in such a healthy atmosphere full ofknowledge and translation love, so I did notthink it twice.

We organize several charity
campaigns thorough the year
and collect money to helpsocial causes.

I learnt a lot during my six months ofinternship, and I keep doing so every day as
an associate. I feel lucky to have theopportunity to work with people from I canlearn so many things every day.

We celebrate a Christmas
dinner every year.

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Linda Hacker, Associate Translator, RWS Leipzig, Germany“Even if you don’t have an awful lot of working experience yet, I
feel like everyone is welcome here “Facts about me
After completing my Bachelor’s
degree in Germany, I decided tomove to Scotland for my Master’s.
I spent an entire year inmagnificent Edinburgh andgraduated successfully in
October 2020.

Although I spent half of my timein Scotland in a strict lockdown, I
feel like I made the most of it. It
was all worth it anyways, seeing I
was awarded an MSc in
Interpreting and Translating with
Merit for the languages English,
German, and Spanish.
Thanks to my hair I tend to look
like Hagrid sometimes.

Apparently, I sing while I’masleep. This one’s kind of hard tobelieve, even for myself.

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I graduated at 22 and had to find a job in
the midst of a global pandemic. However,after a couple of stressful weeks I wasoffered an internship with RWS.
Although working remotely from day one, awell-structured onboarding programme
made it quite easy to get started in myworking life as a professional translator. My
team and my line manager have beenvery welcoming.
I soon became familiar with a million newthings: workflows, terminology, translationstyle guides, programmes, CAT tools,
project admin, to name only a few. I am
now more adept in working with Trados
Studio than I ever would have imagined but
I guess this is what you get from working
with a certain programme on a daily basis!

Thanks to the structured onboarding plan I
have been getting involved with more andmore steps of the RWS workflow, including
communicating with Project Management
and freelance translators.
Towards the end of my internship, I wasoffered a fulltime contract and I stayed ☺.
RWS is an amazing company if you arelooking to be an in-house translator. It is
well-structured, people care about you
personally and check up on you on aregular basis. Even if you don’t have anawful lot of working experience yet, I feellike everyone is welcome here andeveryone who makes an effort is being
rewarded for it.

RWS Germany was founded 2000
in Munich, and another office inLeipzig in 2016 and employs atotal of 130 colleagues.

We engage in local charity andfundraising events regularly
to contribute to ourcommunities

We have an Entertainment
group where employeesorganize activities and events
for teambuilding, such as
Christmas and Summer parties

As both our offices are locatedon the 5th floor, we like tokeep up our fitness and hoststair climbing competitions aswell as active lunch breaks.

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Charlotte Grafeille, Senior Translation, RWS Paris, France“I met an amazing team and learnt a lot.“

Facts about me
I’m very fond of gardening, I growoyster mushrooms at home, using
the coffee grounds collected fromthe office’s coffee machine tray!
It’s pretty easy… And mushroom
omelettes are merely delicious!
I’m also a photography
enthusiast, and I love to add atouch of magic to my picturesusing the Adobe Lightroom app!
I never miss an opportunity to
combine work with pleasure.

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I have always wanted to discover new
countries and cultures. When I was ten, I
spent hours trying to decipher the English
novels that I could find in the library, using
my sister’s dictionary.
A few years later, at University, one of myteachers (and future colleague, as he wasalso an RWS employee!) told me about RWS
and made me feel like applying for a sixmonth internship at RWS Paris in June 2008.
I was not disappointed! I met an amazing
team and learnt a lot. I got familiarized witha diversity of tasks and accounts and was
involved at all steps of the translation
process, from the translation step to the inapp linguistic testing, which was a fabulous
opportunity to gain experience and better
understand our clients’ expectations.

I signed my first contract as a juniortranslator and started working on a variety
of other accounts and content types.
I’m now working as a senior translation
lead on the Adobe account and keep
developing new skills and transmitting theknowledge acquired throughout these
13 years.

In 2017 our office created a ‘Junior
Academy’ to facilitate the newly-arrived
onboarding. They receive a detailed quality
feedback per task, a great opportunity tofine-tune their skills!
I also took a new role recently: ‘Green
Champ’, to support green initiatives in our
offices, promote environmentally-friendly
habits and take care of our beautiful
planet!

Founded in 1998, RWS France islocated in Paris and employs 160
people from different
departments.

Team members who don’t
work remotely enjoy an officewith large windows offering
natural light, a terrace andnice sitting areas.

Everyone works in close
collaboration within theirteams and across teams, andcan also take part in activities
such as outdoor cleanup days,
cooking contests, sports
challenges.

We keep the Christmas spirit alivewith Secret Santa gift exchanges, andeven Christmas jumpers’ contests.

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Clementine Chevreuil, Lead Translator, RWS Paris, France"My internship at RWS was a perfect transition from theuniversity to the translation industry.”

Facts about me
I am currently learning Russian

I love reading detective novels

During my free time, I like to paintand hike

I joined RWS as an intern in June 2020 aspart of my Master’s program. Due to thepandemic, my onboarding in the company
was entirely remote.
Initially I was part of the Junior Academy. I
was trained on CAT tools and translation
best practices. I was getting constantfeedback on my work, which was very
helpful which helped me strengthen myskills. I translated very diverse contents,
mostly IT and marketing and occasionally
medical or technical.
Besides translation, I also had theopportunity to work on other linguistic
tasks such as ICL (Implementing Client
Review), (LSO) Linguistic Sign Off ortranscriptions.

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In December 2020, I was offered a juniortranslator permanent position in the
IT/Marketing team. I accepted the offer
without any hesitation because RWS is aplace with lots of opportunities where I cancontinue to learn and acquire new skills. I
also liked the fact that I felt heard within
the team and that my ambitions andpreferences were taken into account.

Quickly after I was hired, I was trained fortranslation review and project
management. I am now in charge of a few
clients and spend my days managing
projects and working on linguistic tasks. In
October 2021, I became a lead translator.
My internship at RWS was a perfecttransition from the university to thetranslation industry. I am happy to be partof such an inspiring company and to keep
learning every day.

Founded in 1998, RWS France islocated in Paris and employs 160
people from different
departments.

Team members who don’t
work remotely enjoy an officewith large windows offering
natural light, a terrace andnice sitting areas.

Everyone works in close
collaboration within theirteams and across teams, andcan also take part in activities
such as outdoor cleanup days,
cooking contests, sports
challenges.

We keep the Christmas spirit alivewith Secret Santa gift exchanges, andeven Christmas jumpers’ contests.

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Florence Haenel, Lead Translator, RWS Paris, France“My team members were always ready to answer my questions
and I received constant feedback on my work which reallyhelped me improve my translation skills.”
Facts about me
I grew up in eastern France, a few
kilometres away from Switzerland
and Germany. It made me realize
how important it is to speak otherlanguages in order tocommunicate with ourneighboring countries.

The love of languages runs in myfamily: my sister and my motherare also linguists.
I love travelling and discovering
new cultures, especially trying out
local dishes.

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After working for two years in Human
Resources, I decided to change my career
path and to resume my studies in order tofollow my passion for languages. I alreadyknew RWS as one of the leaders in thetranslation industry and that is why I choseto join the company as an apprentice in
October 2017 for my last year of Master's
degree in specialized translation at Paris
Diderot University.

I learned how to use different CAT tools andtranslated a large variety of contents. This
experience allowed me to learn much morethan I could have asked for.

From the very start, I felt welcomed as a full
member of the company. My teammembers were always ready to answer myquestions and I received constant feedback
on my work which really helped me
improve my translation skills.

Three years later, as a lead translator, I am
now in charge of several accounts andhandling dozens of projects everyday. I still
perform some linguistic tasks (translation,
post-edition, review, etc.) and it is now myturn to follow the progress of some of our
new apprentices.

At the end of my one-year apprenticeship, I
was offered a position as a juniortranslator. I was then rapidly given more
responsibilities and introduced to project
management.

Founded in 1998, RWS France islocated in Paris and employs 160
people from different
departments.

Team members who don’t
work remotely enjoy an officewith large windows offering
natural light, a terrace andnice sitting areas.

Everyone works in close
collaboration within theirteams and across teams, andcan also take part in activities
such as outdoor cleanup days,
cooking contests, sports
challenges.

We keep the Christmas spirit
alive with Secret Santa giftexchanges, and even
Christmas jumpers’ contests.

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Hana Hromádková, Senior Associate Language Specialist,
RWS Hradec Králové, Czech Republic“All of my colleagues welcomed me very warmly and treated mesuper kindly, so I just fitted right in.”

Facts about me
I studied two universities at thesame time – Information
Management in Hradec Králové
and Translation and Interpretingin Olomouc. But translation has
become my passion, especiallyLife Sciences Translation.

I love hiking in mountains anddrinking a lot of sweet beverages
after all-day trip.
I am a scout and I take part ineducational courses for young
scout leaders where I teach them
how to plan effectively and how tocommunicate successfully.

Before finishing my grammar school, I had
troubles deciding which area of expertise I
would go for. I was thinking about study of
medicine, but I did not pass entrance atfirst. However, in the preparatory year,
there was an intense course of English
included and I obtained a Cambridge
Language Certificate. I discovered there isan academic discipline of translation andinterpreting in Olomouc. During my studies
I started to focus on Life Sciencestranslation, since I was always interested inthem and also since my fiancé, who is ahealthcare professional, inspired me.
During my Master’s, we were given an
opportunity to become interns in RWS. I
learned so much during this month! All ofmy (future) colleagues welcomed me very
warmly and treated me super kindly, so I
just fitted right in. It was really enrichingexperience in all respects.

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When I returned to university, it was my lastyear there. I focused on my diploma thesis
regarding communication in paediatriconcology, but I knew that I needed to start
thinking about my future employment. RWS
was the first and the only choice! I finisheda training to become an approved
Regulatory Labelling linguist some time ago
so now it is my main area of expertise
which is awesome.
And what have I learnt from this journey sofar? To never give up! Thanks to my‘failures’ I studied in the city that I love, I
met many wonderful people and ended up
doing a job that is fulfilling, enjoyable andmeaningful for me and I am truly gratefulfor that. So never give up!

RWS Czech Republic is located in
Hradec Králové, employs 30
people and was founded in 1999.

Since covid we have fully
adopted hybrid model with
employees working both fullyor partially from the office andsome working fully remotely.

Our office arranges an annual
trip to the top of the Sněžka
Mountain (1603 m) to meetwith our Polish colleagues,
whilst collecting donations forcharity organisations fordisabled people.

We work closely with several
Czech universities and theirstudents – in form ofpresentations, trainings,
consulting and internships.

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Martin Bai, Lead Translator, RWS Dalian, China“I have continued to develop the skills to communicate withdifferent people and understand the importance of teamwork.”

Facts about me
My localization career with RWS
started in 2016 when I took part intranslation internship programme
hosted by RWS and thensuccessfully joined the China
Language Office after got my
Master’s degree in 2017.

During the internship period, my manager
and colleagues have provided a good
opportunity to learn from each other,
especially when encountering difficult
sentences or uncertain knowledge, we candiscuss translation with each other.
The feedback from senior translators is also
a good example to improve language skills.

All of these practical experience is very
valuable for rapid growth in globalization,internationalization, translation andlocalization industry. In addition, as one
international company, we can collaborate
with colleagues from different countries
in RWS.

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In the process of translation project
management, the time zone, culture,
customs and habits of different countries
all affect the project. In this way, I havecontinued to develop the skills tocommunicate with different people andunderstand the importance of teamwork.
Moreover, our company is a fast-growing
place full of dreams. Here we know
machine translation, neural machinetranslation, language and also know how to
win more customers throughtechnical driven.
Now as one lead translator, I have truly
enjoyed my time at RWS and still willing togrow with the company and become abetter me.

RWS Dalian is one of the main RWS
China offices, was founded in 2012initially employing 7 people, within
Customer Service, There are now 80
employees from different
departments.
Dalian is a city in Liaoning
Province, North-East China.

The China Language Office hasa great team of young people,
with colleagues from cities all
across China.

There is a strong commitment
to CSR. Every Saturday staff
volunteer for activities that
benefit society – such asteaching local children
Korean.

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Jochua de la Fontaine, Translator, RWS International (Canada) Inc“I received feedback for every translation I did, which allowed
me to learn from my mistakes, but also from what I had doneright."
Facts about me
I love to read! I think my favourite
part of reading is that I get to
discover the authors’ mind
through their writing.
This might come as a surprise, but
I also love learning languages. I
enjoy learning to pronounce newwords with sounds that do notexist in my primary language. But
most of all, I find it so interesting
to discover the mind of a people,
as well as its culture, that lives
through languages.
I am homeschooled, which meansthat before my senior studies, I
had never been in a classroom. It
has its challenges, but I would notexchange it for anything.

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I am currently studying translation at the
Université de Montréal. My internship at
RWS was my first work experience as atranslator, but it did not take long before I
fell in love with the work I was doing. I
enjoy trying to understand the mind behinda sentence and then trying to replicate thismind in the target language.
I got to work with an amazing team thatputs teamwork at the forefront of theirvalue. I received feedback for everytranslation I did, which allowed me to learn
from my mistakes, but also from what I had
done right.
When the four-month internship arrived toits end, in April 2021, I knew that I didn’t
want to stop working with RWS, but I had
another internship that was starting early
June with another company in Montreal. So
I worked as a freelance translator for RWS

for a month, and I knew that once
university was over, I would try to comeback. The other internship went well, but it
made me realize that I didn’t want to wait
for my diploma before starting
mycareer.
Since I was still in contact with Montreal’s
RWS office, due to my work with them as afreelancer, I got the occasion to tell the
manager that was overseeing me during
my internship that I wanted to find apermanent job as a translator while
studying. The office then offered me a parttime translator position, which I acceptedwithout hesitation. I have been working
there for a little bit over a month, and I
cannot wait to discover where thisexperience will bring me.

RWS Canada Inc. is locatedin beautiful Montréal, QC,
Canada. There are 160 employeeswith the majority located inMontreal. The office has been open
for 20 years.
We have language specialists,
translators, program
managers, and even software
engineers.

We are multi-cultural andmulti-lingual, and a very
diverse and talented group ofpeople.

Our office culture is aboutsharing our interests, we playboard games at lunch time,
have awesome summer andholidays parties, and evenorganise our own Translation
games!

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Nadia Bandary, Junior Translator, RWS International (Canada) Inc“The experience made me fall in love with translation and I
gained so much confidence in my work."

Facts about me
I’m a big fan of animes, video
games and pop culture in general.
My favourite things to translate
are projects related to video
games and Media.
I believe memes and gifs are thebest thing of the 21st century and I
collect meme art in my apartment
alongside a bunch of plants I’mtrying my best to
keep alive.
I love learning about andimmersing myself into othercultures and this is what sparked
my love for languages
and translation.

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I joined RWS as a translator intern in
September 2020 as part of my Bachelor’s
degree in Translation at the University ofMontreal. Although I didn’t get the chance
to work at the office due to the pandemic, I
felt welcomed and included into the team.
During the four-month internship, I got towork on very exciting projects in my fields
of interest. I got the opportunity to improvemy translation skills with the constructive
feedback from my colleagues and I got to
try a variety of tasks I hadn’t learned inuniversity. The experience made me fall inlove with translation and I gained so muchconfidence in my work.

After my internship, I got to continue
working with RWS as a freelancer for acouple of months as I was finishing my
degree in Translation. In April of 2021, as I
had completed my degree, I was offered a
job as a junior translator in the retail team.
Without a moment of hesitation, I accepted
the offer to work with the oh-so amazing
team at RWS.

Since then, I’ve had the chance to take on
new responsibilities within the team andevery day I get to learn more about
my profession.

RWS Canada Inc. is locatedin beautiful Montréal, QC,
Canada. There are 160 employeeswith the majority located inMontreal. The office has been open
for 20 years.
We have language specialists,
translators, program
managers, and even software
engineers.

We are multi-cultural andmulti-lingual, and a very
diverse and talented group ofpeople.

Our office culture is aboutsharing our interests, we playboard games at lunch time,
have awesome summer andholidays parties, and evenorganise our own Translation
games!

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Tamily Nishiyama, Associate Translator, RWS São Paulo, Brazil“I’m learning things that I’d never thought I would from mycolleagues”

Facts about me
When I was a kid, my first dreamwas to work with languages, but I
had no interest in teaching otherpeople, so I abandoned the idea
for many years until I discoveredthat I could be a translator.
I used to hate English so badly
because I was forced to takeclasses when I was young but
look where I am now!
I’m 100% a cat person. I evenhave the little face of my threebabies tattooed: Ariel, Bonnie
and Castiel.

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The first time I heard about the company
was at a seminar hosted by RWS in mycollege by the end of 2019. I had no idea of
how big it was, and how many offices there
was all over the globe. I asked how to apply
for an internship, and if there was any
restrictions to students from the lastsemester but at that point there were no
opportunities.

Not long after that, a teacher explained I
could take the tests and the interview. I
decided to jump in, since experience is themost valuable thing to me when it comes towork as a translator. I passed through all
the hiring process stages and started
working at the Brazilian RWS office in São
Paulo in February 2020.

My main client has strict rules to ensure thebest quality possible, and because of that,
I’m learning things that I’d never thought I
would from my colleagues, received somany constructive feedbacks that I’ll takewith me forever.
After my internship period ended, I was
hired to a full-time position, and was able toleverage even more all the knowledge mycolleagues have to share. More than a year
has passed since then, and now I’m being
trained as a team lead to help with the
management tasks. It’s truly one of thegreatest places to work, and I don’t think
I’ll be leaving anytime soon.

RWS Brazil is located in São Pauloand it employs 40+ people andwas founded in 2007.

We are housed in a large space
where we can see each othereasily and also being able tosee the sun through thevarious windows we have in
our office.

We are engaged in acompetition for physicalactivity and the best of this isthat the number of hours that
we exercised will be converted
to a donation.

We enjoy celebrating different
holidays. In Brazil, we have aparty called ‘Festa Junina’
which occurs mainly in June.
This is a cultural event where
we have a diversity of food,music, dancing and happiness.

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Yaskara Ribeiro, Associate Translator, RWS São Paulo, Brazil“My team was collaborative since day one and I always received
support during my internship”

Facts about me
I was born and raised in São
Paulo, Brazil, a concrete jungle.
There are always new exhibitions,restaurants, places to visit and all
kinds of cultural activities. I love
discovering more and more about
the city I live in.

You can always find me in alibrary. I enjoy the silence and thecozy environment, and I love
being surrounded by books. At
the university, I was awarded as
one of the students who mostattended the library in 2019.
I’ve been a vegetarian for almost
4 years. I love animals and theenvironment, and I believe weshould all take small steps tochange the world.

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Starting an internship at RWS was a dreamcoming true. I was my senior year in English
Translation and Interpreting course andmany classmates knew the company. Being
an intern at such a solid translation agency
was amazing. I started my journey at RWS
in February 2019 and every day I learnsomething new.
The working environment is very friendly.
My team was collaborative since day one
and I always received support during myinternship. Little by little, I improved myskills and learned about technology – I stillwork on technology translation team andwe always help each other. I got to know
different processes and tasks, learnt
translation routines and put into practicewhat I was learnt at the university. It was
the perfect opportunity to see how thetranslation industry really is.

I was offered a permanent position in thecompany once my internship was over.
RWS offers career opportunities, and it isencouraging to see that several colleagues
started out as interns and then moved on
to other positions within the company. I am
now an associate translator and I
coordinate projects that require different
skills and knowledge. I also perform
linguistic tasks, such as translation, review
and quality management tasks. It is very
exciting to perform different tasks andwork with people from all over the world.
I love what I do. Working in such anamazing company motivates me to seek
improvement and to do my best at work.

RWS Brazil is located in São Pauloand it employs 40+ people andwas founded in 2007.

We are housed in a large space
where we can see each othereasily and also being able tosee the sun through thevarious windows we have in
our office.

We are engaged in acompetition for physicalactivity and the best of this isthat the number of hours that
we exercised will be converted
to a donation.

We enjoy celebrating different
holidays. In Brazil, we have aparty called ‘Festa Junina’
which occurs mainly in June.
This is a cultural event where
we have a diversity of food,music, dancing and happiness.

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Stefan Loydall, Associate Project Manager, RWS Sheffield, UK"Whilst working with RWS I got a much greater understandingof the importance of good quality localization for organizations
wishing to grow"Facts about me
I am originally from Rugby (where
the sport was created), went toUniversity in Sheffield though
now live in Manchester.
I love the outdoors so enjoy
spending time in the peak district
which is only a short drive away. I
also like to spend my weekends
and evenings mountain biking,playing football & other sports.
Before University I worked as a Ski
Instructor in St Anton - Austria,
and love getting back out to themountains every chance I get.

My story started at RWS in June 2018 during
my placement year whilst studying Businessat Sheffield Hallam University. I was given
the opportunity to join RWS as a Project
Coordinator. I wanted to work within thelocalization industry as I had previously
worked In Austria which piqued my interestin translations in a generic sense. The
placement year provided me withexperience on a variety of projects due tothe account size and variety of requestors
on the client’s side of the business. Whilst
working for RWS I got a much greater
understanding of the importance of goodquality localization for organizations
wishing to grow. This year in industry also
provided me with vital on the job learning
such as client communication, working as ateam, and working under pressure - all ofwhich would prove beneficial to myuniversity studies.
After my internship I went back to

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university to complete my final year, inwhich I found myself sticking to my 9-5
routine which felt helped provide a goodwork / life balance in my last year. As partof my dissertation, we were also tasked
with performing a research study on abusiness methodology & organization of
our choice. I chose the topic of“Organizational Change in the Translation
Industry”, this gave me a chance to comeback into the office, perform interviews,
gather data, see my old colleagues, andbroaden my understanding on the topic ofchange & the translation industry.
After University, in the year 2020 I was very
happy to have accepted a role as an
Associate Project Manager with RWS. Ever
since I have been working on a variety ofaccounts where I am testing and improving
my skills as a project manager on a daily
basis.

RWS Sheffield has 200+ employees
across a variety of roles

Most of our team is based in
Sheffield, which is often
nicknamed ‘The Outdoor City’
as it is one of the greenest
cities in the UK.

Although most of us workin the Sheffield Office, we
also have many virtual teammembers in Scotland, London,
Shanghai, Seoul and Tokyo
among other places, who wecommunicate with daily.

It is a very sociable office.
We all work together ina collaborative way and there
is a real team spirit. We
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Mathilde Ollier, Associate Translator, RWS Paris, France“I was surprised to find myself in a team with so much kindness,collaboration and team spirit”

Facts about me
I was born in the Frenchcountryside, and I still live there.
There are a lot of beautiful places
around my home to go for a walk,and many rivers and lakes to go
swimming in the summer.
I have loved reading since I was
little, and I studied French
literature for three years before
studying translation. I believe
reading helps produce articulate
and pleasant translations.

A lot of my skills in English comefrom watching a lot of TV shows
and films when I was a teenager.

25© 2022 RWS“I studied editorial, economic and technicaltranslation in Paris at the École supérieured’interprètes et de traducteurs (ESIT).
During the second year of my Master’s
degree, I applied to an offer for aninternship at RWS. I thought it would be agreat opportunity to learn more about theuse of Trados Studio and to work withprofessional translators as part of animportant translation agency.
I was onboarded on the IT/ERP team for a
five-month internship, which wascompletely remote because of thepandemic. During this time, I got to learn
about the operation of the company, theuse of several CAT tools, the translation andreview process and other linguistic tasks
such as ICR and LSO. Every day, mycolleagues sent me feedback on mytranslations, and gave me useful tips andadvice to help me improve my skills andmake the most of the tools we use on adaily basis. I was surprised to find myself ina team with so much kindness,collaboration and team spirit.
After my internship, I became a Juniortranslator and was happy to discover a new
set of skills with project management. I likeit because I get to interact with clients andhelp them get the best-quality translations.
Working at RWS allows me to work forseveral clients, on numerous types ofcontent and on many different tasks everyday.”Founded in 1998, RWS France islocated in Paris and employs 160
people from different
departments.

Team members who don’t
work remotely enjoy an officewith large windows offering
natural light, a terrace andnice sitting areas.

Everyone works in close
collaboration within theirteams and across teams, andcan also take part in activities
such as outdoor cleanup days,
cooking contests, sports
challenges.

We keep the Christmas spirit
alive with Secret Santa giftexchanges, and even
Christmas jumpers’ contests.

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María Coll Fernández, Translator, RWS Granada, Spain“This experience allowed me to gradually immerse myself into
the industry and grow professionally”

Facts about me
I am a vegetarian and I lovecooking and getting creative on
the kitchen. My favorite meal isbreakfast –so many possibilities!
Music is an essential part in mylife. I love listening to it, going toconcerts, singing and playing the
guitar.
I used to write short stories andpoetry. When I was a teenager, I
won a few writing competitions,and I attended a ‘Writing Summer
School’.
I need sport to keep my mindbalanced. I work out, I go todance classes, and I practice yoga
since the lockdown (yes, I’m oneof those people).

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RWS Spain was founded in 1995. It
is located in Granada and employs
about 200 people from different
departments, working homebased or at the office.

My journey in RWS started in September
2016. I had the opportunity to work for RWS
as an intern for six months thanks to the
ICARO internship program. It was my firstwork experience as a translator, and I was
excited about it.

When I finished my internship, RWS offered
me a position as a Trainee Translator, and I
accepted. I still had to present my degree’s
final project, but they waited me for a few
months, and I joined RWS as a Trainee
Translator in July 2017.

Granada is situated in South
Spain (Andalusia) and is one of
the most historic cities of thecountry.

I joined the Creative & SMB team, and it
was an enriching experience since the very
beginning. My teammates were willing tohelp me with everything, they answered all
my questions and gave me constantfeedback on my translations. I had to deal
with different clients and requests, learnt
how to use different CAT tools, familiarizedwith a great variety of contents andimproved my translation skills. I also wasinvolved in social events like a Christmas
dinner party and team buildings.

I’ve been working in RWS for 5 years now.
This experience allowed me to gradually
immerse myself into the industry and growprofessionally. I’ve worked in four different
teams with various topics and clients, from
Google or Nike to SMB and IT products.
Today I am part of the IT team and I
combine linguistic tasks with project
management activities, I master an array of
online and offline CAT tools, I assist toclient’s meetings and voiceover recordings,
and I continue learning, improving anddeveloping skills day after day.

We organize several charity
campaigns thorough the year
and collect money to helpsocial causes.

We celebrate a Christmas
dinner every year.

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María García Navarro, Associate Translator, RWS Granada, Spain“Apart from learning how to be a translator and getting to know
the industry, I mainly learnt how to work as a team, relying onothers to be my best self as a professional!”
Facts about me
I’ve loved learning different
languages since I was little.
As well as English, I alsostudied Chinese in mydegree, so I’m still studying
the language.

I was born in a smaller town,
so my father always took me
and my sister to thecountryside for a walk or togo fishing. I actually won acouple of fishing prizes!
I really like listening to music
and wearing makeup, I liketrying out new styles andcolours!

Since I’m a remote worker
now, a year ago I adopted thecutest cat in the world,
Garbanzo.

I started my internship back in 2019 while
getting my Master’s degree in Granada.
This company was the biggest in the city, so
I was very lucky when I got the chance tostart my career in such an important place, I
knew I would learn a lot there.
The topic that I was interested in the mostwas technical translation, so I was assigned
to the IT translation team! From the very
beginning, I met incredible people that
helped me with my many questions about
everything in the office, and who also gave
me a lot of detailed feedback to improve mywork. I was nervous at first, but they werevery helpful, so I quickly got used to theirworkflows!
After my internship, I was offered a full-time
position as Associate Translator, which I
gladly accepted, since I’m a team-working
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accounts, some of which I have becomefond of, so I enjoy even more the different
daily tasks I have to complete.
These past few months I was offered thechance to be my Line Manager’s backup,
which is a very big responsibility and a great
advance in my career in the company. I felt
really grateful and have learnt a lot about
managing teams and other different
workflows apart from improving mytranslation skills.
Apart from learning how to be a translator
and getting to know the industry, I
mainly learnt how to work as a team,relying on others to be my best self as aprofessional!
I can see myself growing in this company
along with the many friends that I’ve madeso far, I am so glad I got this opportunity!

RWS Spain was founded in 1995. It
is located in Granada and employs
about 200 people from different
departments, working homebased or at the office.
Granada is situated in South
Spain (Andalusia) and is one of
the most historic cities of thecountry.

We organize several charity
campaigns thorough the year
and collect money to helpsocial causes.

We celebrate a Christmas
dinner every year.

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Kirsty Austwick, Project Manager, RWS Sheffield, UK“I’ve learnt a lot throughout my journey at RWS and inparticular, that communication is key.”

Facts about me
I don’t speak any languages otherthan English! This is a bit of ananomaly at RWS but is not arequirement for a role in ProjectManagement.
I grew up on a farm so have somevery obscure knowledge about
tractors – which can be usefulwhen working on certain client
accounts!
In the midst of lockdown 2020 I
actually handed in myundergraduate dissertation (byvirtual submission) the night
before I started back at RWS. No
time (or freedom) to celebrate!

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I started at RWS back in September 2018 on a
year-long Internship or ‘Sandwich Placement’
from Sheffield Hallam University. After finishing
my 2nd year of my undergraduate degree in
Human Geography, I knew that I wanted tocomplete a work placement before starting myfinal year but had no idea about the job role orindustry that I wanted to work in longer-term. I
saw an advertisement for the ProjectManagement role on the university website
and thought this would be an interesting
opportunity to combine my interests in humangeography and global business!
After a few months in my role as a Project
Coordinator, I knew that the role was for me. I
loved the fast-paced environment of the
GoGlobal Project Management team and theopportunity to work with different colleagues
and clients from around the world. I was basedin the Sheffield office and found theatmosphere to be really friendly andwelcoming which made settling into the teamvery easy. Over the course of the year, I gained
exposure to the translation industry with
opportunities to own my own client accounts

RWS Sheffield has 200+ employees
across a variety of roles

and manage the full end-to-end process oftranslation projects.
Once I returned to university to finish my final
year of my undergraduate degree, I knew that I
wanted to return to RWS to pursue a career in
Project Management. I was offered to return to
RWS as a full-time employee in June 2020 andsince then have become a full Project Manager
alongside pursuing line management
responsibilities. I recently started to take more
ownership of some of the local graduate andinternship programmes in partnership with
Sheffield Universities to encourage more
students to seek a career in Localisation ProjectManagement.

I’ve learnt a lot throughout my journey at RWS
and in particular, that communication is key. I
had no previous experience in translation or
localisation so my journey through RWS has
shown the importance of access to language
and I feel glad to be a part if this industry.
I also feel that I have grown in confidence at
RWS both personally and professionally which
has been valuable in all aspects of my life.

Most of our team is based in
Sheffield, which is often
nicknamed ‘The Outdoor City’
as it is one of the greenest
cities in the UK.

Although most of us workin the Sheffield Office, we
also have many virtual teammembers in Scotland, London,
Shanghai, Seoul and Tokyo
among other places, who wecommunicate with daily.

It is a very sociable office.
We all work together ina collaborative way and there
is a real team spirit. We
organize various social andcharity events throughout theyearIntern success stories

Ruksaad Zannar, Project Manager, RWS Sheffield, UK“I enjoyed being able to communicate with customers as well asinternal colleagues from around the world”

Facts about me
I really enjoy hiking – I’ve
completed Snowdon and hoping
to complete the Yorkshire 3 Peaks
challenge soon!
I organised a charity day in the
Sheffield Office in 2019 for a local
charity – Support Dogs who wereinvited and we had 2 specials
guests (dogs in training) who
visited the office!
I’ve taken on a ‘Social Sec’ role for
the GoGlobal team in the
Sheffield office and organise
regular activities for the teamsuch as crazy golf and go karting!

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I studied Business Studies at Sheffield
Hallam University and joined RWS as part ofmy placement year during my 3rd year of
university. Business was quite a broad
subject and at the time I wasn’t sure what
field I wanted to head towards. I saw aposition for Project Management andenjoyed the idea of having the opportunity
to have experience with many different
departments within a company. I joined the
GoGlobal team in June 2017 as a Project
Coordinator and it become very clear thatno day is the same – something I very muchenjoy. I enjoyed being able to communicate
with customers as well and internal
colleagues from around the world and wasto trusted to lead client calls and attend aclient visit during my placement which
made me feel like a valued member of theteam! I was supported with both mypersonal and professional development
which made me want to make sure I cameback once completing my degree. Aftercompleting my ‘year in industry’ I returned
to RWS as I wanted to continue to grow on
my Project Management skills as well asworking for a global company! Since then,I’ve been promoted to Project Manager andhave taken on a more line managementrole for a team member based in Poland.
I’ve become a lot more confident both
personally and professionally throughout
my journey at RWS. As a Project Manager I
have discovered my love for problem
solving and enjoy a good challenge –whatever it is!

RWS Sheffield has 200+ employees
across a variety of roles

Most of our team is based in
Sheffield, which is often
nicknamed ‘The Outdoor City’
as it is one of the greenest
cities in the UK.

Although most of us workin the Sheffield Office, we
also have many virtual teammembers in Scotland, London,
Shanghai, Seoul and Tokyo
among other places, who wecommunicate with daily.

It is a very sociable office.
We all work together ina collaborative way and there
is a real team spirit. We
organize various social andcharity events throughout theyearIntern success stories

Ellie Siriwardena, Senior Translator, RWS Sheffield, UK“I gained a real insight into the translation industry as a whole,acquiring a multitude of skills”

Facts about me
Growing up in Lincolnshire, England,
my fascination for culture andcommunication was first ignited by
my own Sri Lankan heritage, which
led me to pursue languages
throughout school and further
education.

Outside of languages (althoughintrinsically linked to culture
nevertheless!), I have a real passion
for all things food from around theworld, whether it be eating it, making
it, watching it being made or evenjust contemplating it!
Living in Sheffield and being locatedright by the beautiful Peak Districtalso inspired in me a love for hiking
and the outdoors, which is something
I've been especially grateful for
during the pandemic.

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My journey with RWS started in 2019, when atranslator from the company gave apresentation on the RWS internshipprogramme at Durham University, where I was
studying for my MA in Translation Studies at
the time. I'd developed a real passion for
French and Spanish translation during myuniversity studies and was incredibly keen togain some hands-on experience with anindustry leader like RWS, so when I heard there
was the possibility of a six-month internship, I
jumped at the opportunity. When I found out
I'd been accepted onto the programme andwould be joining the Automotive Team, I was
ecstatic, particularly as I'd fallen in love with
Sheffield itself and my soon-to-be colleagues
during my visit to the office for my interview.
During the six-month internship, I gained a real
insight into the translation industry as a whole,acquiring a multitude of skills—many of which
I'd never encountered before—from postediting, translating and reviewing to subtitling,transcribing and more. Thanks to theinvaluable support and continuous constructive

feedback from my wonderful colleagues andline managers, I was gradually able to hone mylinguistic expertise and build up my confidence
using CAT tools, and was even encouraged topick up Italian again, which I'd dabbled induring my undergraduate studies.
Three years on, and I'm lucky enough to beworking as an Associate Senior Translator,
helping out as linguistic lead for various
accounts, training new members of the teamand offering support as Helix Champion. Even
now, I get to learn something new every day,with ample opportunities to translate different
text types and research into a whole host ofdifferent subject areas!
The biggest lesson I've learned from being partof the RWS family is just how key collaboration
is to both the translation industry and tosuccess more generally. The opportunity toshare and discuss ideas with colleagues,
offering each other mutual support and advice,
has enabled me to keep on learning andgrowing, both linguistically and personally!

RWS Sheffield has 200+ employees
across a variety of roles

Most of our team is based in
Sheffield, which is often
nicknamed ‘The Outdoor City’
as it is one of the greenest
cities in the UK.

Although most of us workin the Sheffield Office, we
also have many virtual teammembers in Scotland, London,
Shanghai, Seoul and Tokyo
among other places, who wecommunicate with daily.

It is a very sociable office.
We all work together ina collaborative way and there
is a real team spirit. We
organize various social andcharity events throughout theyearIntern success stories

Rebecca Grimstone, Associate Translator, RWS Sheffield, UK“I experienced working on a wide range of linguistic tasks forvarious clients, meaning each day was different and presented agreat learning opportunity.”
Facts about me
I grew up in Sheffield, so it was an
added bonus that RWS have anoffice in my home town!
In my free time I enjoy baking,cross stitching and going to gym
classes.
My main languages are German
and Spanish, but I also studied
Catalan modules during my BA.

I joined RWS as an intern in September 2021,
straight after completing my MA in Conference
Interpreting and Translation studies at the
University of Leeds. Due to the pandemic, my
Master’s and the final year of my BA studies at
Newcastle University took place online.
Although this was challenging, it made it all themore exciting when I was offered a place on
the internship at RWS, giving me theopportunity to apply the skills learnt atuniversity in the real world.
At the start of the six-month internship, there
was a comprehensive training schedule
covering different translation tools, workflows
and tips for a range of linguistic tasks,
including translation, post-editing, review,
conversion and transcription. Over the weeks,
the topics covered during the training sessions
started to piece together, and I was able toapply this in my work as I transitioned fromworking on practice projects to live projects. I
experienced working on a wide range of
linguistic tasks for various clients, meaning

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each day was different and presented a great
learning opportunity.
Despite my onboarding at the company being
fully remote, I instantly felt welcome and like I
was part of the team. Everyone was always
more than happy to help, no matter how
obvious the question might be! I received
great support from my line manager andfellow team members, allowing me to quickly
become familiar with key accounts andprocesses, as well as developing my translation
skills with regular, in-depth feedback.

As my internship came to an end, I was thrilled
to be offered a permanent position as an
associate translator on the team. During my
new role I have continued to learn andprogress, and have taken on extra
responsibilities through becoming the accountlead for a couple of clients. The internship at
RWS has given me invaluable experience and I
would recommend it to anyone interested inworking in the translation industry.

RWS Sheffield has 200+ employees
across a variety of roles

Most of our team is based in
Sheffield, which is often
nicknamed ‘The Outdoor City’
as it is one of the greenest
cities in the UK.

Although most of us workin the Sheffield Office, we
also have many virtual teammembers in Scotland, London,
Shanghai, Seoul and Tokyo
among other places, who wecommunicate with daily.

It is a very sociable office.
We all work together ina collaborative way and there
is a real team spirit. We
organize various social andcharity events throughout theyearIntern success stories

Natasha Guimarães, Associate Translator, RWS São Paulo, Brazil“I received constant feedback from my peers, they were always
ready to explain something that I may have found difficult”

Facts about me
I was born and raised in the
Greater São Paulo, which has
allowed me to experience boththe quietness and the excitementthat this region has to offer.
Some of my hobbies include
playing D&D and Skyrim, reading,cooking, listening to music, doingarts & crafts, and hiking. I’m also
learning how to play the violin.
I’m a BIG Pride and Prejudice fan,
I’ve read the books in Portuguese,
English, Italian, besides watching
the 1940, 1980, 1995 and 2005
adaptation. I love seeing how thestory was reflected in each one ofthese.
I love to learn new languages andenjoy the knowledge that comeswith it, not just about thelanguage itself, but about theculture, entertainment, history,
and many other things.

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When I started my BA in modern languages, I’ve
already been teaching English for 2 years, so I
wanted to enjoy the opportunity and learn a new
language. I’ve been studying Italian since 2019 andam currently considering what the next one isgoing to be. I already knew I wanted to work withtranslation but had no idea about where or how tostart, so I was very excited to start working with the
IT Team.

I received constant feedback from my peers, they
were always ready to explain something that I may
have found difficult, helped me getting familiarizedwith a variety of tasks that I had no idea that werepart of the translation process, etc. I could easily
contact everyone, have access to an array ofmaterial the had prepared and the atmosphere wasvery warm (which is great, the collaboration spirit
was/is awesome!)

I started my internship at RWS remotely andcouldn’t have imagined just how much I was going
to learn. I expected to see more about the day-today workflow and gain a deeper understanding on
CAT Tools but was also worried that not meeting
face-to-face for the training sessions could affectmy learning experience or my performance, andI’m glad to say that this wasn’t the case at all! In
addition to having all the IT preparedness, theteam was extremely helpful and welcoming fromday one.

When my Line Manager presented the possibility ofa full-time position, I was eager to accept it and I(half) jokingly told her that if this opportunity didn’t
present itself, I would keep bugging her in every
application process I could find after the internshipuntil I got a full-time opportunity. I started working
as an associate translator this semester, and I’ve
been adjusting to a new working demand, learning
about new responsibilities and skills daily and I’m
still as excited as in the day I started. I really enjoy
what I do and love that the company allows me tokeep improving my skills each day.

RWS Brazil is located in São Pauloand it employs 40+ people andwas founded in 2007.

We are housed in a large space
where we can see each othereasily and also being able tosee the sun through thevarious windows we have in
our office.

We are engaged in acompetition for physicalactivity and the best of this isthat the number of hours that
we exercised will be converted
to a donation.

We enjoy celebrating different
holidays. In Brazil, we have aparty called ‘Festa Junina’
which occurs mainly in June.
This is a cultural event where
we have a diversity of food,music, dancing and happiness.

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Gisela Rodrigues, Associate Translator, RWS Portugal“In 2021, I became an official RWS translator and until this day, I get to dodifferent things, which allows me to enjoy what I do every day.”Facts about me
Growing up, I didn’t have much contact
with
other
languages
besides
Portuguese, so when I started learning
English, I became interested in being
able to understand and communicate inanother language. I only decided I
wanted to become a translator in mylast year of high school. During
university, I developed my interest in
learning languages and tried learning
German, Japanese, Mandarin, andKorean, but in the end, followed only
English and Korean. In the future, I
would like to restart my Mandarinstudies and who knows, explore otherlanguages.
'High School Musical' was the first
English movie I was able to watch
without subtitles and understandeverything.
I love learning random new facts every
day and how the world works.

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I first heard about RWS in my first year of my
Master’s degree in Translation at the
University of Coimbra. I needed to choose an
institution where I could do an internship and
RWS was the perfect choice for me.
After I applied, I got accepted into theElectronics team. However, this was no
ordinary year, as I began in 2020 when the
lockdown was fairly recent. Despite thissituation, I was lucky enough to have such anamazing team who welcomed me with open
arms. I was able to learn a lot as a translator,
and I enjoyed my time as an intern.
Feedback was one of the main focuses of myinternship, which helped me grow as atranslator and as a person. Not only that, but I
got the opportunity to work with different
topics and themes, as well as methods oftranslation.

At the end of the internship, I was offered aplace at the company, which I accepted almost
immediately. So in 2021, I became an official
RWS translator and until this day, I get to dodifferent things, which allows me to enjoy
what I do every day.
Working at RWS provided me with great
opportunities, not only to learn about thetranslation industry but also about myself andwhat I am capable of. Not only that, theenvironment (even though it was remote) I
was in allowed me to grow as a person and atranslator more than I could ever imagine.

RWS Portugal was founded in
Porto in 2016, previously
being based in Granada, Spain.
We have grown from 15 membersof staff to 30+
Our office has a 365º view ofdowntown Porto and we cansee some of its monumentsfrom afar.

One of the biggest exports
from Portugal is Port Wine andPorto is one of the best tourist
destinations in Europe.

The biggest holiday in Porto is
S. João, in June. The whole
town celebrates all night long,
until dawn.

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Meg O’Sullivan, Senior Translator, RWS Sheffield, UK“it’s a real privilege to be able to pass on the knowledge I have learned over
the years in the same way as the senior translators did for me when I was anintern”
Facts about me
I used to work in the Sheffield Office
before lockdown, but now work
remotely from a little town near York
close to where I grew up.
In my spare time I like hiking,crocheting and travelling as much as I
can, although I spend most of my timechasing my cat, Colin, around myhouse!
I work from German into English andam the lead linguist on a few technicaland marketing accounts.

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I started working for RWS 6 years ago: I’d justcompleted my MA in Literary Translation at the
University of East Anglia but was keen to apply
those skills in a more commercial setting toreally get to grips with the translation industry.
My dad is actually a freelance translator who
has been using Trados Studio® for many
years, so I knew the name as soon as a I saw
the advertisement for the Internship programand knew I had to apply!
Because my background was in literarytranslation, I didn’t have much experience atall of using CAT tools or some of the text types
that we work with at RWS, so the initial training
period was a bit of a whirlwind for me! But
once we got started on production work, mysenior colleagues provided excellent feedback
about such a range of things—from how to use
Studio as efficiently as possible to explaining
the inner workings of tractors—and that levelof guidance was absolutely invaluable in termsof growing as a translator. I still remember myfirst project: A lengthy catalogue aboutindustrial bins!
The internship also taught me that thisindustry is so much more than just translating— we worked on a mix of projects, such as
reviewing the work of senior linguists,
converting into different flavours of English
and transcriptions for videos. Once I’d finishedthe internship, I felt like I could tackle any taskwith confidence thanks to all the useful things I
had learned. Now I’m a Senior Translator at
RWS specialising in technical translations(obviously the industrial bins didn’t scare me
off too much!) and I think it’s a real privilege
to be able to pass on the knowledge I havelearned over the years in the same way as thesenior translators did for me when I was anintern. Even though I now work remotely, I
love being able to provide others with support
as they start their journey into the translationindustry, even if it’s through a screen rather
than face to face!

RWS Sheffield has 200+ employees
across a variety of roles

Most of our team is based in
Sheffield, which is often
nicknamed ‘The Outdoor City’
as it is one of the greenest
cities in the UK.

Although most of us workin the Sheffield Office, we
also have many virtual teammembers in Scotland, London,
Shanghai, Seoul and Tokyo
among other places, who wecommunicate with daily.

It is a very sociable office.
We all work together ina collaborative way and there
is a real team spirit. We
organize various social andcharity events throughout theyear

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