Background

The Science for Africa Foundation (SFA Foundation) is a pan-African, non-profit and public charity organisation that supports, strengthens, and promotes science and innovation in Africa. The SFA Foundation is committed to improving the quality of lives of African people and to promoting the uptake of research in communities, industry, and the public sector.

The SFA Foundation aims to support stakeholders in addressing the continent’s most pressing developmental needs by generating knowledge that solves problems and informs decision-making. The SFA Foundation serves the African research ecosystem by funding excellent research and innovation ideas; enabling interdisciplinary collaboration among researchers; and building and reinforcing environments that are conducive for scientists to thrive and produce quality research that generates new, locally relevant knowledge. SFA Foundation operations are hosted within the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe) as a programme in the Republic of Kenya.

About Being

The Being Mental Health Initiative, funded by Grand Challenges Canada (GCC) in partnership with a group of global mental health research funders including Foundation Botnar and Wellcome, is driven by the vision to establish a cohort of longitudinal programmes across 13 priority countries (Egypt, Morocco, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Tanzania, Ecuador, Colombia, India, Pakistan, Indonesia, Vietnam and Romania), all working towards enhancing the mental health and well-being of our young population. The SFA Foundation is partnering with GCC in designing and implementing a research funding call to better understand and estimate the long-term impacts of emerging stressors on young people’s mental health and well-being. Activities include conducting a research prioritisation process, launching a Request for Proposals (RFP), selecting, negotiating, managing grants and supporting research partners.

Scope of Work

Objective of the Assignment 

SFA Foundation is looking to engage translation service providers from English to Spanish, French, and Arabic for a programmatic call for application announcement documents. 

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Description of Requirements

Under the supervision of the BEING Programme Manager and the Corporate and Science Communications Manager, the service provider(s) will be requested to undertake the below translation tasks from English to Spanish, French and Arabic languages: 

1. Produce accurate translation of BEING call for application announcement documents; talking points, brochures, fact sheets, website content, press releases, visuals and multimedia content etc. as assigned by SFA Foundation; 
2. Use the appropriate terminology considering the style and nuances of the original text; 
3. Quality check and proofreading of translation ensuring no typographical errors in the final text and in compliance with SFA Foundation’s editorial standards; 
4. Ensure timely delivery of translated materials: Making necessary edits or changes required by SFA Foundation or its partners and re-submit corrected text within the agreed timeframe;
5. Deliver the translated documents as per the plan developed by the SFA Foundation. 

Deliverables

Translated materials shall be submitted electronically to the BEING Programme Manager and the Corporate and Science Communications Manager per the timeframe established. 

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