Volume 18, No. 2, October 2014

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Volume 18, No. 2, October 2014

Anticipatory Staffing Process–Vice-President, Linguistic Services

As many of you may be aware, our Vice-President, Linguistic Services (formerly Professional Services), Mr. Sylvain Dufour, will soon be enjoying a well deserved retirement. We want to thank Mr. Dufour for his leadership and for his commitment to our business transformation.

The Translation Bureau is looking for a new Vice-President, Linguistic Services. An anticipatory process has therefore been launched. If a position on the Translation Bureau's senior management team interests you and you would like more information, consult the official poster.

New senior management members

The Translation Bureau has recently welcomed some new faces:

  • Picture of Ms. Strang-Lindsey

    Ms. Robin Strang Lindsey, Director, Interpretation and Closed Captioning Centre;

  • Picture of Mr. Schwartz

    Mr. David Schwartz, Vice-President, Corporate Services

  • Picture of Ms. Gauthier

    Ms. Nancy Gauthier, Director, Strategic Business Reengineering;

  • Picture of Ms. Nicholls

    Ms. Anne Nicholls remains Vice-President, Service Strategies and Partnerships.

Technology and the future of language professions

The Bureau is looking to the future and is open to a number of emerging trends in the language professions. Technological progress and rapidly changing communications have already started to affect the range of services we offer. For example, we now translate tweets so that clients can communicate in both official languages on Twitter. We are also working on designing a fast and user-friendly translation application that will simplify communicating in both official languages among federal public servants.

Procurement reform

Our procurement reform is well underway. We have issued supply arrangements, and the new directory for translation in official languages is now up and running. A similar reform is underway for translation in foreign and Aboriginal languages and for interpretation. Consult Buying and Selling regularly to stay up to date on all developments.

The Translation Bureau is proud of the work it is doing to transform the way we do business and to work with the private sector. This is why we wanted to share with you this exciting career opportunity of Vice-President, Linguistic Services. If such a position interests you, consult the official poster.