Language Services

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The Language Services Division of the Corporate Services and Facilities Department (CSF) provides official interpretation and translation services for the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Responsible for the maintenance of a multilingual terminology database.
Provide multilingual services to facilitate IMF communication with its membership in support of the IMF’s mandates of surveillance, lending and capacity development.
Translate IMF documents and/or publications:
- From English into Arabic, Chinese, French, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish.
- From Arabic, Chinese, French, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish into English.
- Other language combinations are offered upon request.
Provide interpretation services in support of all Fund activities worldwide, including:
- Hybrid and virtual meetings using remote simultaneous interpretation (RSI) platforms.
- The Annual and Spring Meetings.
- Seminars, workshops, and training courses.
- Missions by staff and short-term technical assistance experts.
- Long-term expert and resident advisor assignments in the field.
Work locations: Washington, D.C. or anywhere around the globe.

Experienced language specialists, including:
- Interpreters, translators, editors, proofreaders, project coordinators, and language technologists.
Required expertise:
- Economic and financial translation experience.
Language combination requirements:
- One or more of the following combinations: English into Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, French, Russian, Portuguese, Spanish, Ukrainian and other languages; and from these listed languages plus other languages into English.
Candidate qualifications:
- One of the mentioned languages should be the candidate’s native language.
- Ability to work under pressure.
- Only qualified candidates will be contacted and invited to take written tests.
Additional opportunities:
- Seeking experienced language professionals (interpreters and translators) in multiple other language combinations in any IMF member country for freelance or short-term contracts.

Candidates interested in collaborating with the IMF on a freelance basis are invited to send their CVs to LanguageFreelancers@imf.org.
Email subject line instructions:
- Use “Freelance translator”, “Freelance interpreter”, “Freelance editor”, or “Freelance DTP specialists” and include your language combination as the subject of your email.