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Welocalize

Irish Linguist

Welocalize, New York, New York, us, 10261

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Overview 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 duties and responsibilities

Performing copy-edit tasks on assigned projects or accounts on Irish

Performing on-demand translation tasks

Performing linguistic adaptation tasks into enGB

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/new and existing freelancers 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

Achieving the goals set by the Squad Lead

Qualifications and required skills

Education Level: University degree in Translation/Applied Languages or equivalent combination of education and experience

4+ years of experience in translation/localization and 2+ years of review experience

Native fluency in Irish and English

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, 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

Ability to work within a virtual team

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