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🥝 Individual Consultant: Copy Editor and Translator

United Nations Development Programme | putrajaya, Malaysia | Posted June 02, 2026

Job Description

Overview

Country: Malaysia
Duty station: Putrajaya, Malaysia

Description of the Assignment

The copy editor and translator handle both creative and analytical writing. The task involves copy-editing a 20,000-word “Climate and Demographic Shift Foresight Report,” ensuring adherence to the UNDP editorial style manual, harmonizing writing style and terminology, translating a 4-page Executive Summary from English to Bahasa Malaysia, and providing proofreading services for the first draft and final publication stages.

Period of assignment

1 March and 30 April 2024

Application and submission

Proposal should be submitted directly to the portal no later than the indicated deadline. Any request for clarification must be sent in writing via messaging functionality in the portal. UNDP will respond in writing including an explanation of the query without identifying the source of inquiry. Offers must be submitted directly in the sys...

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