Hong Kong Shifts
"Can your written colloquial Cantonese copy bring to life our interviewees' inspiring stories? "
Volunteers
4
Application Deadline
18 Feb 2020
Start Date
19 Feb 2020
End Date
01 Mar 2020
Project Type
Online
Causes
Arts & Culture, Community, Diversity & Inclusion , Education, Social Equality
Skills
Copywriting & Content Creation, Translation
Languages
Cantonese, English
Opportunity to give back
We are seeking a translator and copywriter to translate 450 word English stories about shift workers into written Cantonese. The project will involve:
1) A briefing meeting with Hong Kong Shifts, to outline the project, pass over the information on hand, and for you to ask any questions.
2) Translation and copywriting of up to 7 x 450 word profiles. Please note that the exact number of profiles will be agreed with the team at Hong Kong Shifts and the project will take less than 30 hours to complete.
3) A debrief with Hong Kong Shifts when the final deliverables are completed.
Information on hand
We have lots of information on hand to make this project possible. We have:
- completed English language profiles
- sample written Cantonese translations
- template and format for how profiles should look
- thoughts on the tone for the profiles
- information about the target audience who we hope will read the profiles
Additional skills required
Outcome for the organization
By translating and copywriting our profiles - you will help to reach a wider audience in the Hong Kong community with our message of diversity and social inclusion.
You will like this if you are
Detail-oriented, a lover of language and a wordsmith
Project Manager
Three words to describe Cynthia Cheng
Insightful, passionate and sincere
Fun Fact About the Project Manager
I love penguins.
About the organisation
Staff Size
1-4
Causes
Arts & Culture, Community, Diversity & Inclusion , Education, Social Equality
Our Mission
To increase awareness and dialogue between different social groups living in our city, and promote solidarity between shift works and corpor... › read more