Senior Japanese Linguist

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🔥 12 hours ago

🇯🇵 Japan – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

✨ Japanese

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Welo Global

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1001 - 5000 employees

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

🤝 B2B

☁️ SaaS

Artificial Intelligence • B2B • SaaS

Welo Global is a multilingual content, data, and AI solutions company that provides enterprise-focused localization, regulated translation, and AI training data through a family of brands (including Welocalize, Park IP, Welo Life Sciences, Welo Data, and Adapt). It combines domain expertise, proprietary AI tools (e. g. , the Opal suite), governed global workforces, and compliance certifications to support use cases across global marketing, intellectual property and legal translations, life sciences regulatory and clinical documentation, and AI model development. The company emphasizes scalable, AI-enabled platforms and workflows to deliver high-quality multilingual content and structured datasets in 300+ languages for corporate clients.

📋 Description

• Perform copy-edit tasks on assigned projects or accounts • Perform on-demand translation tasks • Perform the lead linguist role on assigned accounts • Take ownership of deliveries translated internally or by external partners into the target language • Prepare, manage, and maintain language materials, including glossaries, Style Guides, and work instructions • Manage project-related queries • Resolve terminology and language questions • Coordinate with freelancers, agencies, and internal linguists • Test and qualify new freelancers and vendors • Develop and train internal linguists and new and existing freelancers • Interact with clients on linguistic matters • Participate in developing improved working processes and propose process improvements • Meet or exceed productivity, on-time delivery, and quality KPIs • Achieve goals set by the team manager

🎯 Requirements

• University degree in Translation/Applied Languages/Linguistic Studies or equivalent combination of education and experience (University degree in other fields plus 2 years of full time experience in translation; OR 5 years of full time professional experience in translating) • Fluent in English, both written and spoken • Native fluency in TARGET language • 8+ years of relevant experience in translation/localization/editing or content writing • 5+ years of review experience • Thorough understanding of the localization process • Excellent knowledge of terminology used various subject matters • Subject-matter expert within company for assigned content specialities, service lines and processes • 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 user experience of standard software, such as Windows and Office applications • Ability to give clear, concise and constructive feedback • Ability to coordinate internal and external translators • Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills • Ability and willingness to train/teach others and pass on knowledge • Ability to work with tight deadlines • Excellent problem solving skills • Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, linguists • Ability, willingness and experience in communicating with customers at various levels • Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists • Ability to work in a virtual team