Native German copy editor wanted

Job Title: German Language Style Editor

Primary Responsibilities:

Edit texts translated from Russian for grammar, clarity and style. RIA Novosti translators are some of the best in the business, but they have non-native knowledge of German and occasionally make mistakes. Therefore, stylists must apply their strong German writing skills and knowledge of Russian to ensure that every text is grammatically correct, unambiguous in meaning, and reads like an article originally written in German. The writing style should be similar to that of well-known German-language news publications such as Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Spiegel, etc.

Due to the nature of journalism, stylists must often work under pressure to edit texts in a timely manner.

Knowledge and Skill Requirements:

-Native German
-Excellent German writing skills
-Strong knowledge of Russian
-Experience in editing

Working as a stylist provides excellent experience in journalism and opportunity for native German speakers with a strong command of Russian to take their Russian to the next level; stylists will benefit from on-the-job experience at Russia's most prestigious news agency, and will become well versed in Russian and international current events. The position also provides an excellent gateway into the world of Russian business and media.

If you are interested in this position, please e-mail Marina Ivanova at m.ivanova@rian.ru

The Russian News & Information Agency RIA Novosti

RIA Novosti is one of the most authoritative and professional sources of prompt information in Russia and abroad.

The Agency has a correspondent network in the Russian Federation, CIS and over 40 non-CIS countries.
Every day, RIA Novosti publishes social-political, economic, scientific and financial information on the Internet and via e-mail in Russian and other important languages. Over 90 highly qualified translators work in 12 languages for the Agency’s translation service.

RIA Novosti’s clients include the presidential administration, Russian government, Federation Council, State Duma, leading ministries and government departments, administrations of Federation subjects, representatives of Russian and foreign business communities, diplomatic missions and public organizations.

Why in the name of Pete are you putting this up on the forum for the English-speaking community of Germany, especially when most of them aren't natives whatsoever?? Dude.

I hate to have to point out the obvious, but "Germany's English-speaking crowd" does not necessarily entail that all English speakers in this forum are native English speakers.

Far from it.

There are plenty of native German speakers on here, posting and reading for one reason or another.

There are also multilingual native German speakers who know English and Russian and may be actually looking for employment.

By posting on here, I was willing to wager that there would be at least one person interested in, and capable of, doing this job.