Coordinate translation quality control and tasks between teams, ensuring superior standards and timely delivery for global clients across various linguistic services.
As a trusted global transformation partner, Welocalize accelerates the global business journey by enabling brands and companies to reach, engage, and grow international audiences. Welocalize delivers multilingual content transformation services in translation, localization, and adaptation for over 250 languages with a growing network of over 400,000 in-country linguistic resources. Driving innovation in language services, Welocalize delivers high-quality training data transformation solutions for NLP-enabled machine learning by blending technology and human intelligence to collect, annotate, and evaluate all content types. Our team works across locations in North America, Europe, and Asia serving our global clients in the markets that matter to them. www.welocalize.com
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
MAIN PURPOSE OF JOB
The Norwegian Linguist performs quality control tasks, on-demand translation tasks on assigned accounts/projects; coordinates the activities of a group of translators (internal and/or freelancers) and ensures that the work is performed at a satisfactorily high standard within the specified deadlines and quality level; ensures that the Language Process is being followed by the project team.
Please note that in order to do this job is important to be located in one of the following countries: Spain, Italy, Romania, Greece, Germany.
MAIN RESPONSABILITIES
Performing copy-edit tasks on assigned projects or accounts
Performing on-demand translation tasks
Performing lead support on assigned projects or accounts
Managing and maintaining the language materials (including glossaries, Style Guides, work instruction) up to the quality standards and up to date as required by the account or project
Managing project-related queries
Ensuring good interaction among team members and resolving questions on terminology and language matters
Testing and qualifying new freelancers and vendors as required
Developing and training of internal linguists and external partners according to the accounts’ and Welocalize’s needs
Interacting with clients on linguistic matters as required
Participating in the development of new and improved working processes
Meet or exceed the KPIs in terms of productivity, on time delivery, quality
Achieving the goals set by the team manager
REQUIREMENTS
Education
University degree in Translation/Applied Languages and related experience as translator and/or reviewer of 4+ years or equivalent work experience.
Experience
Native-level fluency in the Norwegian language
Fluency in English, both written and spoken
4+ years of experience in translation/localization/editing or content writing
2+ years of review experience
Experienced as a translator in : Mobile Apps, Search Engines, IT Consumer products, Entertainment, Marketing, Software UI, Websites
Excellent knowledge of terminology in the following subject matters: IT consumer products, social media, entertainment.
Thorough understanding of the localization process.
Good user experience of standard software, such as Windows and Office applications.
Good user experience of standard CAT tools, e.g., XTM, SDL Studio, and issue tracking and query management tools, e.g. JIRA
Ability to learn new localization tools and applications quickly.
Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills.
Excellent knowledge of terminology used in two or more subject matters.
Ability to work with tight deadlines.
Ability to give clear, concise, and constructive feedback.
Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and linguists
Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
Ability and willingness to train/teach others and pass on knowledge.
Ability, willingness, and experience in communicating positively with customers at various levels
Welocalize delivers content solutions for translation, localization, adaptation, and machine automation to enable global brands and companies to reach, grow, and engage with international audiences.
