Internship for (Bachelor/Master) students of translation studies/linguistics/computational linguistics/technical communication (starting in March 2025) - RAIR

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The Position

Immerse yourself in the fascinating everyday working life at Roche Diagnostics surrounded by beautiful mountains, not far from the scenic Lake Zug and yet close to the cities of Zug, Zurich and Lucerne. Here, where we have been rooted for over 50 years, we develop and produce diagnostic solutions and help to find answers to health questions. 

The Rotkreuz site, where a wide variety of disciplines work hand in hand, is a meeting place for over 2,700 talented employees from 70 different nations. Our campus invites people to work together, be creative and realise their full potential. We believe that a positive work environment, employee satisfaction, inclusion and sustainability are key to growing together and improving the lives of patients around the world.
Welcome to Roche in Rotkreuz.

Embark on a transformative learning experience with Roche Diagnostics through our Aligned Internship Program in Rotkreuz. Designed to nurture emerging talent, this program offers a dynamic and immersive opportunity to gain hands-on experience in the field of diagnostics, fostering personal and professional growth.

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Within Knowledge & Learning Excellence, we deliver the right content at the right time via the right channels for our customers to enable error-free operation of our products. We use multilingual data to improve the customer experience with our digital service solutions and products. We ensure that internal knowledge is curated and spread across all customer areas, and efficiently and properly prepared for our customers.

Within the Language Operations subchapter, we take care of all aspects related to terminology, translation, localization, language models, and source language governance. To do what really matters, we are in close contact with our stakeholders, both internally and externally.summary of your department. 

This internship position is located in Rotkreuz, Switzerland, hybrid.  

Key Responsibilities

• Create and maintain harmonized and consistent terminology in English for the projects/products in charge and providing terminology to all departments in need of terminology.

• Work with cross-department terminology circles or subject matter expert groups for the projects/products in charge, independently and according to Roche terminology management standards.

• Support the localization of terminology in the languages in charge in close cooperation with relevant stakeholders.

• Maintain and further develop and improve the terminology database and the representation of multilingual knowledge.

• In collaboration with the User/Customer Experience department and the Technical Writer assigned to the project, contribute to the creation of English user interface texts, and review them for translatability, terminological correctness, and adherence to style guidelines.

Who You Are

You are enrolled or have completed your Master’s studies at a university, preferably in the field of translation studies, linguistics, computational linguistics, or technical communication

 after February 2024 and are interested in applying your knowledge in a modern working environment as part of an internship.

Furthermore you 

• Are fluently in English, one additional “Roche” language required and additional languages beneficial (e.g., Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese, Czech, Turkish, Finnish, Estonian, Polish).

• Have knowledge of taxonomies and controlled vocabulary

• Have experience in terminology management and/or in localization and translation, language technology

• Have good communication skills

• Have cultural awareness  

Technical details:

The start date for the internship is March 2025 with a duration of 12 months. 

Part-time employment is not possible.

It is not possible to write a thesis during the internship.

The application deadline is November 11th. Interviews will take place in late November and early December.

Who we are

At Roche, more than 100,000 people across 100 countries are pushing back the frontiers of healthcare. Working together, we’ve become one of the world’s leading research-focused healthcare groups. Our success is built on innovation, curiosity and diversity.

Roche Diagnostics International in Rotkreuz is a leading provider of diagnostic systems solutions, and the largest manufacturer of fully automated in vitro diagnostic systems in Switzerland. We are more than 2’700 passionate colleagues from over 65 nationalities. Find out more about our site in Central Switzerland, here.

Besides extensive development and training opportunities, we offer flexible working options, 18 weeks of maternity leave and 10 weeks of gender independent partnership leave. Our employees benefit from multiple services on site such as child-care facilities, medical services, restaurants and cafeterias, as well as various employee events.

We believe in the power of diversity and inclusion, and strive to identify and create opportunities that enable all people to bring their unique selves to Roche.

Roche is an Equal Opportunity Employer.