CV and Letter translation

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Hi everyone

can anyone advise me to get my cv translated and letter of motivation checked in German?

unfortunately I cannot afford a professional translator at the moment.

so any help is welcome

I speak English and French so if anyone needs help with those too languages feel free to ask

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I'm not sure it's a good idea to translate your CV into a language that you can't be interviewed in or work in. If you can only speak English/French, then it's best to stay with those languages imo.

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Thanks Island Monkey. I went to the RAV today and they told me I should always answer the adds in German. so I thought I could get my CV and Letter translate to have more chance. you may be wright tho

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Might be a good idea to make the RAV happy, however their advisors have opposing views. I was sent on a course to do a Swiss CV in English, my new advisor who spoke perfect English laughed at the new one & advised never to send it to anyone she much preferred my original which was more creative.

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thanks for your advise.

the problem I guess is that the field that I have experience in ( catering ) seem to not even bother looking at my CV in english

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I'm in a similar position at the moment, I've been learning German and applying for jobs (Software Development) for a few months now and all my applications get turned because I can't speak German.

I was wondering if it would be worth sending a roughly translated CV to show that I know at least a little German an that I'm at least trying? I'd also include my proper English CV and a note explaining that I'm learning German but not up to a business level yet.

I thought of getting some of my German friends to go over it for me but I wouldn't want it seeming too perfect because I wouldn't want them thinking I'd lied to them.

Any thoughts?

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Well I have recently been made redundant, I don't speak or write French fluently, though I'm working on it. I have been here 7 years now. Worked too hard in an English speaking environment for the most part of the last 5 years.

The RAV / ORP have some strange ideas. Some want you to apply for anything and everything some understand which jobs you are suited for.

Always seems strange to me that HR depts have to sift through loads of bad CV's to find the relevant ones, just because people are applying at random and because the rAV are telling them too.

Anyway happy job hunting took me approx 6-8 months each time to find a relevant job in IT for my skill set on the last two occasions here.

Good luck with the job hunt

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I agree that submitting something in a language that you are not familiar with is a waste of time. You may get an interview from it but they will be upset when they find that you language skills don't match your application.

Tough as it may be, submitting in a language that you are confident with is the best option in the long run. It will avoid wasting everyone's time.

Certainly include details of what level you are at with other languages and what you are doing to improve them

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The only good thing about putting your CV in german is the practice it gives you with the language.

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My friend suggested that companies get loads of applications where the person suggests they're going to learn German once they move there but it never happens.

My idea is that showing some progress and showing that I'm making the effort might set me apart from these applicants?