The hymnbook language translation team of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is seeking people who are fluent in Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, European Portuguese, Finnish, Haitian, Hungarian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Swedish, Thai, and Ukrainian to help translate hymns for the new hymnbook, “Hymns—For Home and Church.”
The team has three open roles:
- Translator or content reviewer (paid, independent contractor, 5-plus hours a week)
- Singer (paid, independent contractor, 1 to 10 hours a week)
- Community feedback volunteer (unpaid, up to 1 hour a week)
Latter-day Saints and friends of the Church with a background in translation, music, poetry, or other creative writing experience in these languages are needed, explained a news release from ChurchofJesusChrist.org. All levels of experience are welcome to apply as soon as possible and translation team members may live anywhere.
Additional languages may be added later.
Read more about the positions at the Church News.
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