The International Monetary Fund is seeking an English-into-Chinese translator for the Chinese Section (Chinese, English and Portuguese Division) of its Language Services located at its headquarters in Washington, D.C. (USA) .
Candidates must have an advanced university degree in economics, finance, and/or in a language-related field, and have a minimum of four years of professional experience in translation of economic and financial texts into Chinese. Candidates must have a demonstrated ability to produce final translations of economic, financial, and statistical material from English into native-level Chinese, and must meet high standards of quality within tight production deadlines. Candidates should have strong interpersonal skills and ability to thrive in a diverse work environment.
Pre-selected candidates will be required to take written tests.
All candidates must be familiar with standard software applications (such as Microsoft Word and Exc
The International Monetary Fund will need to find a new leader. Dominique Strauss-Kahn has resigned as managing director. Mr. Strauss-Kahn is charged with a sexual attack on a cleaning woman at a New York hotel last Saturday. He said in a resignation letter released Thursday by the IMF that he denies the charges " with the greatest possible firmness. "
His fall has especially shocked Europe. The 1MF is currently playing a major part in rescue loans to Greece, Ireland and Portugal. European nations have increasingly depended on the fund to help them in their recent struggles with debt. The IMF has traditionally been led by a European. But fastgrowing economies in the developing world say it is time for a change. Officials from Brazil, China and India say Mr. Strauss-Kahn’s replacement should come from outside Europe, though German Chancellor Angela Merkel, leader of Europe’s biggest economy, disagrees: "In the present situation, when we have sign
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Policy-makers of the International Monetary Fund say action is needed to protect global economic recovery from the risks posed by high oil prices. At a meeting in Washington they said the recovery had been uneven with the price of oil doubling and global imbalances worsening.
The IMF reckons that the world economy will grow at about 5% this year, the fastest for three decades, but it sees problems ahead if oil prices keep rising. Higher oil prices act like a tax on spending and so jeopardize growth. The British Finance Minister Gordon Brown, who chairs the IMF’s pivotal Monetary and Financial Committee, said that the recovery had been uneven and that action must be taken to address the risks to that recovery, particularly in what he called the most vulnerable countries, poor countries which use a lot of oil
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