Written Translation and Comparative Editing Services

The Vendor is required to provide written translation and comparative editing services needed on an urgent basis.
- Routinely communicates in English and in French with senior management within the department, managers, human resource advisors, union officials and employees at the corporate, national, regional and local levels, as well as with personnel from other government departments and agencies, the private sector and the public.
- Written translation services:
•    The service involves translating content—such as text, presentations, spreadsheets, or other formats—to and from country official languages (English and French) and indigenous languages, while maintaining the original tone, style, terminology and message.
•    The translations must be completed exclusively by qualified translators and must demonstrate professional linguistic judgment, cultural and contextual accuracy, and subject-matter expertise. 
•    The translated content must meet the quality standards required for official use by agency
- Comparative editing services:
•    To compare the source text with the target text and suggest changes to the target text where necessary to make it sound more idiomatic. 
•    Thus, the text will feel "natural" to the reader, as if it were originally written in the target language.
- Schedule for written translation
•    Some written translation services may require a team of resources working evenings or weekends. 
•    Some examples of services required on an urgent basis include external communications products dealing with natural resources (press releases, speeches, brochures, manuals, forms, publicity, etc.).