AI Localization & Translation Systems INTERN

Focus on the Family•Colorado Springs, CO

5d•Onsite

About The Position

The AI Localization & Translation Systems Intern supports Focus on the Family Global Ministry Delivery, which helps ministry partners worldwide access, translate, adapt, and distribute family-strengthening resources in their own languages and cultural contexts. The intern will explore how artificial intelligence can improve multilingual content delivery and contribute to prototypes and workflows that accelerate translation while maintaining linguistic accuracy, cultural appropriateness, and ministry effectiveness. The internship offers hands-on experience with AI-powered translation and localization, agent-based workflows, prompt engineering, evaluation methods, automation, and human-in-the-loop quality assurance. The intern will collaborate with Global Ministry Delivery team members, document technical findings, and present a prototype, evaluation results, and an implementation roadmap to stakeholders. This is an unpaid summer internship for upperclassmen college students. The position offers a $3,500 honorarium, lunch on workdays, and housing for out-of-town students only. Interns are responsible for their own transportation, which may be a condition of acceptance. Candidates must meet the ministry's stated faith and conduct expectations.

Requirements

Be pursuing a degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Computational Linguistics, Software Engineering, or a related field.
Demonstrated experience building software projects using AI tools, large language models, machine learning, or automation platforms.
Familiarity with Python or another modern programming language.
Experience working with APIs, automation tools, or AI development environments.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Ability to work independently with minimal day-to-day technical supervision.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Interest in language technology, translation systems, or international communications.
Must be an upperclassman college student to apply for the summer internship.
Must exemplify the stated Christian faith and conduct expectations, including adherence to the Standard of Moral Conduct and Statement of Faith.
Transportation is the intern's responsibility and may be a condition of acceptance.

Nice To Haves

Experience building AI agents, chatbots, retrieval systems, or workflow automation solutions.
Familiarity with localization, translation memory systems, or multilingual content workflows.
Experience using platforms such as Azure AI, OpenAI, LangChain, Semantic Kernel, CrewAI, n8n, Make, or similar tools.
Knowledge of prompt optimization, evaluation frameworks, and human-feedback systems.
Proficiency in a second language.
A portfolio, GitHub repository, or examples of prior AI-related projects.

Responsibilities

Research current AI translation, localization, and language-model technologies.
Design and develop a prototype AI translation agent using commercially available AI tools and APIs.
Build workflows that translate content into target languages according to style guides and language preferences.
Analyze language samples, translation memories, and reference materials to improve translation quality and consistency.
Experiment with adapting translation output to different linguistic styles, such as formal versus conversational Portuguese.
Design and test quality-control processes that enable bilingual reviewers to evaluate and score translated content.
Explore ways to incorporate reviewer feedback into future translation prompts, workflows, and system configurations.
Collaborate with Global Ministry Delivery team members to define requirements, review progress, and demonstrate findings.
Document technical architecture, recommendations, limitations, and future development opportunities.
Present a final prototype, evaluation results, and implementation roadmap to stakeholders.