Translator is a person, who translates content irrespective of whether it is a story, article or book from one language to another. As the name implies, Hindi Translator is a person, who transcribes content in Hindi to English and vice versa as well.

Nowadays, candidates are appointed for this position by many government organizations for the purpose of transcribing some documents related to the organization from Hindi to the widely understood language Hindi. Hindi Translators are offered a pay scale of Rs.9300-34800 plus a GP of Rs.4200 by these government organizations.

Recent job notifications:

As mentioned earlier, many government organizations are recruiting Hindi Translators these days for transcribing materials and documents pertaining to the organization from Hindi to English or vice versa. The names of government organization that recruited candidates for this position are given below:

• Pondicherry University

• Indo-Tibetan Border Police Force

• Narmada Hydroelectric Power Corporation Limited

• Ministry of Labour & Employment

Candidates are appointed for this position, not only for transcribing the documents pertaining to the organization, but with the increasing number of government organizations wishing to have their own website, some government organizations recruit Hindi translators for preparing content for this website, which needs to be transcribed from English.

Educational qualification:

To apply for the position of Hind Translator, candidates must be post graduation degree holders in Hindi or English from a recognized university. Even some organizations require that candidates must have completed some certificate or diploma course in English to Hindi Translation or Hindi to English Translation or even candidates with minimum two years translation experience are eligible to apply for government jobs in the position of Hindi Translator.

Age requirement:

Candidates with not more than 30 years of age are eligible to apply for the position of Hindi Translator in Government jobs in India. However, upper age relaxation is applicable for candidates belonging to PH/OBC/ST/SC category and in the case of candidates, who are employees of state or central government organizations holding analogous positions, an upper age relaxation of five years is applicable.

Job responsibilities of a Hindi Translator:

Normally, the job responsibilities of a Hindi Translator might include the following:

• Clearly reading the understanding the material to be transcribed either to English or to Hindi

• Translating the text to the required language

• Proof-reading and editing to ensure that the translated content gives the same meaning as in the original content

Skills required to become a successful Hindi Translator:

As Hindi Translator is a position that deals with two different languages, candidates appointed for this position should possess the following skills to succeed in the job:

• Ability to understand, write and read in different languages in addition to Hindi and English (this will be an added advantage)

• Good knowledge of spellings, language and grammar

• Good editing, proof-reading and vocabulary skills

Scope of job opportunities for the position of Hindi Translator:

As mentioned earlier since a number of government organizations own their own website these days, the demand for not only Hindi Translators, but also translators of other languages is increasing thereby offering wide range of employment opportunities.