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 Council of State, 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 strength of the State of Fribourg. 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 Council of State, 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
• Strong writing skills in German
• Proficiency in common IT tools and a keen interest in new technologies (including AI)
• Service-oriented, detail-conscious and proactive
• Discretion, reliability and interpersonal skills
• Flexibility and ability to work innovatively
• Fluent in German with very good knowledge of French

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