The role focuses on delivering high-quality translations across various content types using standard CAT tools and adhering strictly to client-specific guidelines and processes. It involves continuous quality improvement through feedback, training, and collaboration, while meeting key performance indicators in productivity, quality, and timeliness.
Main duties
- Perform translations in various translation tools for assigned clients and projects
- Translate various types of content, e.g. marketing, help, UI, or regulated content
- Support the team with copy-edit tasks on selected content types
- Master the standard CAT tools and tools associated with translation work for internal clients (e.g. tools for creating queries or checking the live UI elements)
- Precisely follow the established translation process, e.g. always raise queries when there is a need to
- Precisely follow the style guide and overall client requirements
- Improve based on the corrections made by senior team members as well as the client reviewers
- Keep track of personal error statistics and work on the weak spots
- Take part in the internal trainings and the ones organized by the clients
- Participate in the error arbitration process
- Meet the KPIs in terms of productivity, on time delivery and quality
- Take part in the internal quality meetings and the quality calls organized by the client for the whole team
- Constantly analyze own gaps and think of what assistance the senior members can provide to help address those
- Meet the goals set by the team manager
REQUIREMENTSEducation Level
- University degree in Translation/Applied Languages or equivalent combination of education and experience
- 4+ years of relevant experience in translation/localization
Experience
- Fluent in English, both written and spoken
- Native-level in Spanish and Catalan
- Thorough understanding of the localization process
- Excellent user experience of standard software, such as Windows and Office applications
- Excellent 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
- Subject-matter expert within the company for discipline or process
- Ability to work with tight deadlines
- Ability to give clear, concise, and constructive feedback
- Ability to coordinate internal and external translators
- Excellent problem-solving skills
- Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, linguists
- Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists
- Able 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
- Ability to work in a virtual team
Welocalize is committed to equal opportunities and in compliance with the General Law on the Rights of People with Disabilities, this vacancy is also available and we encourage those candidates who have a disability certificate (equal to or greater than 33%) to apply.
