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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Translator/Interpreter

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Translator/Interpreter providing English to Japanese and Japanese to English interpretation for Church leaders. Responsible for translating materials and managing multiple projects at Church events in Japan.

Posted 5/14/2026full-timeTokyo • 🇯🇵 JapanMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Provide English to Japanese and Japanese to English side by side and simultaneous interpretation for Church leaders in the meetings including devotionals, stake conferences, etc.
  • Research, translate, review and edit Japanese for Church magazines, manuals, churchofjesuschrist.org, Family Search, S&I content and video subtitles/scripts and more
  • Manage multiple translation projects as a team lead by allocating resources by effectively coordinating contractors and agencies
  • Find and train contractors and agencies. Supervise and review their jobs
  • Manage Audiovisual productions with the headquarters as a voice talent and a coordinator by coordinating jobs for contractors, agencies and volunteers
  • Take ownership of projects to improve the Church publications

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Hold a current temple recommend
  • Majored or skilled in Linguistics related field
  • Experience of interpretation including volunteer works
  • Excellent fluency of spoken and written English/Japanese and excellent knowledge of vocabulary, grammar, pronunciation and syntax
  • Effective research and problem-solving skills
  • Good communication and interpersonal skills
  • Good computer skills (Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, etc.)** *Applicants may be accepted even if they do not meet all of the aforementioned qualifications.** *Translation/interpretation skills required

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Please note that this job posting may close at any time without prior notice. Find out more about the many benefits of Church Employment at https://careers.churchofjesuschrist.org.

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Hard Skills & Tools
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Soft Skills
communicationinterpersonalteam leadershipresource allocationsupervisiontrainingproject ownership
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