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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. 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
MAIN PURPOSE OF THE JOB
In this exciting position, the Japanese Language Specialist will localize content and develop linguistic assets (glossaries, style guides, etc). We're looking for someone who can work from October to December (3 months), with the possibility of an extension depending on work volume.
You'll perform the following Localization QA (LQA) tasks:
• LQA testing in Japanese.
• Identify, log, triage, and/or resolve linguistic and functional bugs.
• Partner with Localization Project Managers (LPMs) to ensure proper prioritization and rerouting of engineering issues.
• Vet translation quality results and communicate back the findings to leads when needed.
• Follow up on open critical issues by actively tracking critical logged bugs and providing regular status.
• Review translated content, such as product, marketing web pages, sales/marketing collateral, customer email campaigns, press communications, blog posts, and more.
• Consolidate and give linguistic feedback to the external translators.
• Educate them on translation issues as well as the client's tone and style.
• Maintain and report on quality metrics associated with 3rd party translators.
• Address localization questions, concerns, or queries from internal or external partners.
• Translate ad hoc urgent requests when needed.
• Live on localized products and provide quality feedback to the LPMs.
Job Title: Japanese Language Specialist
Location: Remote in the US
Workweek: Full-time. Mon-Fri, regular working hours (1-hour unpaid break from 12-1) = 35 hours a week
Hourly Rate: $30-$35
Employment type: W-2 employee, eligible for benefits based on hours worked
Duration: October-December (3 months), with the possibility of extension depending on work volume.
Must have a US work permit.