Global perspectives, a relentless, heart-stopping news cycle; foreign languages, politics, attitude, outrage and analysis. All in one place, every day. This is Watching America and you can be part of it.

Watching America gives YOU direct access to what other countries are telling their OWN people about the United States in their OWN language, unfiltered through any American point of view. That kind of content is not readily available in the United States. We bring it to readers every day in one place. No one else does that.

We do it with an international team of translators who take foreign opinion from the world’s press and convey it in English to readers seven days a week. We also have editors who post foreign content published in English from Canada, the U.K., Australia, the Middle East and Africa. We are self-sustaining and have been at it since 2004.

Watching America is an independent project and has no political agenda. We have been featured on the BBC, NPR, the Christian Science Monitor and der Spiegel, and are followed by governments around the world.

Our team includes academics, journalists, thought leaders, students, lawyers, actors, career translators, expats and passionate linguists who remain with us as active contributors for years. Everyone who gives their time and talent to Watching America undergoes a rigorous application process and, once accepted, is placed as a Foreign Media Translation or Editorial Fellow. These roles enable Watching America to make an impact and provide significant professional value to all who are part of our team.

We invite you to join us.

Watching America is seeking translators who are serious about translating foreign content into English from global media resources in the following regions:

East Asia (Mandarin, Korean and Japanese to English);

Middle East and North Africa (Modern Standard Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, Farsi to English)

Europe and Northern/Western Asia (Spanish, French, Italian, Baltic languages, Russian, Polish, Portuguese, Scandinavian languages, Greek and Turkish to English)

Latin America (Spanish, Portuguese to English)

The Foreign Media Translation Fellow position requires knowledge and interest in the region’s geopolitics, idioms, rhetorical style and cultural and governance references. Translators must demonstrate they can convey foreign content in fluent U.S. English while maintaining the original author’s meaning and tone.

If selected, translation fellows will locate and translate at least one article that presents an original opinion about the policy, economy, culture or similar aspect of the U.S. every two weeks. Translator fellows work with our experienced team of editors and proofreaders, who provide feedback and help polish translation skills.

Testing In :Applicants will be asked to translate from the foreign language to English in a rigorous testing process that evaluates translation decisions and working methods. Use of algorithmic translation tools and AI is strictly forbidden.

Translation Fellow Benefits:

Mentorship by an experienced regional language editor who will provide feedback and help polish translation skills.

Fellows also have access to guidance from the Senior Editor, who has deep experience editing translated foreign news content.

Valuable Opportunity To Build Portfolio: Translations are posted daily on WatchingAmerica.com. Translators receive byline credit on every published translation.

Peer Review Translators can take advantage of working alongside peer translators with whom they can share expertise and resources.

Tiered Recommendations are based on commendable performance: (1) After three months: LinkedIn recommendation; (2) After six months: Formal letter of recommendation from publisher; and (3) After one full year: Translation merit certificate and formal recognition of outstanding work.

Access to translation network Translation fellows join a network of translators from all over the world and make connections that open doors to professional opportunities.

Watching America editors play a critical role in making sure translated copy reads properly in American English. Although foreign language skills can be helpful, they are not required.

The work offers ample opportunity to develop sophisticated news judgment, editing expertise, team leadership and deadline management skills. The work also provides the chance to build a volunteer’s resume by working for the only online aggregator of translated and English content foreign news about the United States. Editors receive a publication byline on every article they edit.

Applicants are required to complete an editorial test following AP Stylebook rules. If selected, they are asked to commit an hour each day, five days a week, to editing translated articles as associate editors. They will work with our international team of translators providing feedback, and helping translators polish their translation skills. Full editors are able to supervise a specific language group and often develop rewarding relationships with translators who live all over the world. Those interested in an editorial career get an invaluable chance to build their portfolios with pieces published on our website, and we are happy to provide recommendation letters to those experienced editors seeking further academic or professional opportunities. Our team includes accomplished academics, lawyers, journalists, archivists, historians and passionate linguists who often remain with us as active contributors for years.

Interested? We hope so. Please email us at info@watchingamerica.com.

We are currently seeking volunteer content researchers who can identify the most credible and compelling commentary about the U.S. in English language news sources based in the U.K., Africa, Europe and Asia. If you are reading English opinion pages in foreign sources, we’d love to hear from you.

We ask that content researchers commit to submitting as much current and provocative English language commentary as possible once a week, the number of articles and courses to be determined by the region they choose to cover. The role offers the opportunity to apply news judgment and deadline management skills, and provides the chance to build one’s resume by working for the only online aggregator of translated and English language foreign commentary about the United States.

If you like the idea of bring­ing commentary to the English-speaking world that might not otherwise be read in the United States – commentary that will be seen by pol­icymakers and thought leaders — then please write to us.

We are looking for a volunteer social media marketing expert who will drive traffic to our website and grow our audience on multiple platforms. You are reliable, a critical thinker, a meticulous writer, serious about deadlines and more than someone with a Facebook or Twitter account. You are a consistent producer and know your way around the digital media landscape, knowing what, when and how to post to maximize followers, reach and engagement. Most of all, you are willing to make a reasonable but serious time commitment to this important role. The ideal applicant will sign on for at least six months, preferably longer, and be available to work remotely an average of approximately five hours each week.

The work offers ample opportunity to build your resume with marketable experience managing a dynamic social media operation for the only online aggregator of translated foreign opinion and commentary about the United States.

Among other tasks, the successful applicant will be responsible for:

• Building and retaining Watching America readership
• Monitoring, enhancing and posting on Watching America’s Facebook, Twitter and potentially other platforms
• Engaging with new audiences

If this sounds like you, please email Publisher Robin Koerner, at info@watchingamerica.com and let us know who you are.