Translator at the State Chancellery

The State Chancellery CHA offers a stimulating working environment at the heart of the Cantonal Government’s activities and across the cantonal administration. It provides the secretariat for the State Council, organises its events and is responsible for public information, coordination of external relations and relations with the Grand Council. It ensures the unity and quality of Fribourg legislation. It organises elections and referendums and manages official publications, state archives, legalisations, forms and internal mail.

We rely on the complementarity of skills and the variety of perspectives because it is the diversity of backgrounds and profiles that makes the State of Fribourg strong. We promote work-life balance and flexible working conditions. To learn more, follow this link .

You ensure the quality of official documents and texts in German for the cantonal administration, in particular:

• you provide, check and correct translations from French into German for the State Council, the State Chancellery and the Grand Council

• you ensure consistency between the two language versions of official texts

• you revise legislative acts and activity reports

• you contribute to terminology work

• Master’s level university degree in translation
• Several years of professional experience, preferably within the cantonal administration
• Writing proficiency in German
• Proficiency with common IT tools and a strong interest in new technologies (including AI)
• Service orientation, attention to detail and initiative
• Discretion, reliability and interpersonal skills
• Flexibility and ability to work innovatively
• Perfect command of German with very good knowledge of French

Claudia Zimmermann, Chief Translator, T +41 26 305 10 67