Trainee Translator - Finnish

Title : Trainee Translator

Location : Finland

RWS

RWS Holdings plc is a unique, world-leading provider of technology-enabled language, content, and intellectual property services. Through content transformation and multilingual data analysis, our unique combination of technology and cultural expertise helps our clients to grow by ensuring they are understood anywhere, in any language.

Our purpose is unlocking global understanding. By combining cultural understanding, client understanding and technical understanding, our services and technology assist our clients to acquire and retain customers, deliver engaging user experiences, maintain compliance, and gain actionable insights into their data and content.

We work with over 80% of the world’s top 100 brands, more than three-quarters of Fortune’s 20 ‘Most Admired Companies’ and almost all of the top pharmaceutical companies, investment banks, law firms and patent filers. Our client base spans Europe, Asia Pacific and North and South America. Our 65+ global locations across five continents service clients in the automotive, chemical, financial, legal, medical, pharmaceutical, technology and telecommunications sectors.

Founded in 1958, RWS is headquartered in the UK and publicly listed on AIM, the London Stock Exchange regulated market (RWS.L).

For further information, please visit: RWS

Translation Intern – Finland  

We are looking for Translator Interns to join our Finnish Language Office for a hybrid model or remote 4-month fixed-term contract for Summer 2026 (May-August).  

The Internship is designed to provide an introduction to professional translation and allow translators to grow key linguistic and coordination skills as they begin their careers in the localisation industry. The programme will offer training modules in project coordination, translation, review and machine translation post-editing, as well as thorough instruction in the use of some of our key technology solutions and valuable guidance on achieving a successful career in translation. 

Main Duties: 

• Producing quality translations within given deadlines from English into Finnish 

• Coordinating translation tasks in collaboration with team members, project managers and freelance translators 

• Understanding and following linguistic processes and procedures 

• Providing full linguistic support for your colleagues  

• Review work of other in-house and external translators 

• Using the translation tools, timesheet and work scheduling systems efficiently 

 
Essential requirements: 

• Native-level Finnish and excellent English 

• Ability to work independently and collaboratively as a team member 

• Ability to quickly learn to use new tools and to follow instructions 

• Efficiency and strong organizational skills  

Please apply by February 28, 2026, sending your CV in English and cover letter in Finnish via our portal https://careers-rws.icims.com/jobs/5647/trainee-translator---finnish/job?mode=view&mobile=false&width=785&height=500&bga=true&needsRedirect=false&jan1offset=0&jun1offset=60 and filling in the preliminary information. 

For further information, please contact Sara Lorente de Celis at slorentedecelis@rws.com. 

Please note, you will only be able to upload one document onto the portal. 

Our purpose is to unlock global understanding. This means our work fundamentally recognizes the value of every language and culture. So, we celebrate difference, we are inclusive and believe that diversity makes us strong. We want every employee to grow as an individual and excel in their career. 

In return, we expect all our people to live by the values that unite us: to partner, putting clients fist and winning together, to pioneer, innovating fearlessly and leading with vision and courage, to progress, aiming high and growing through actions and to deliver, owning the outcome and building trust with our colleagues and clients.

RWS embraces DEI and promotes equal opportunity, we are an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind. RWS is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at RWS are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, religion, nationality, ethnicity, sex, age, disability, or sexual orientation. RWS will not tolerate discrimination based on any of these characteristics. 

RWS Values 

Get the 3Ps right – Partner, Pioneer, Progress – and we´ll Deliver together as RWS.

Recruitment Agencies: RWS Holdings PLC does not accept agency resumes.  Please do not forward any unsolicited resumes to any RWS employees.  Any unsolicited resume received will be treated as the property of RWS and Terms & Conditions associated with the use of such resume will be considered null and void.