Senior Linguist, Latin American Spanish

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🕒 June 10

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Welocalize

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1001 - 5000 employees

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

🏢 Enterprise

☁️ SaaS

Artificial Intelligence • Enterprise • SaaS

Welocalize is a leader in providing enterprise language services and AI-powered translation solutions. Known for its OPAL platform, Welocalize offers fit-for-purpose global content delivery, enabling stronger engagement and revenue for its clients. Specializing in AI-enabled service delivery, OPAL leverages machine translation engines and natural language processing to automate and optimize translations across various industries, including legal, medical, and technological sectors. Welocalize supports multiple content use cases such as marketing localization, software testing, and multilingual SEO, catering to a diverse range of industry needs. Additionally, Welocalize's commitment to AI innovation is emphasized by its new brand Welo Data, providing high-quality training data for AI development, further strengthening its position as a trusted partner for global enterprises.

📋 Description

• Managing translation and copy-editing tasks, ensuring high-quality linguistic deliverables for assigned projects or accounts • Coordinating with freelancers and agencies • Maintaining language resources • Resolving terminology queries • Collaborating with clients and internal teams to enhance workflow efficiency • Supporting broader team efforts through editing, error arbitration, and active participation in quality initiatives • Performing copy-edit tasks on assigned projects or accounts • Performing on-demand translation tasks • Performing lead linguist role on assigned accounts • Taking ownership of deliveries that were translated internally or by external partners for one or more accounts into their target language • Preparing, 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. Propose process improvements. Meet or exceed the KPIs in terms of productivity, on time delivery, quality Achieving the goals set by the team manager

🎯 Requirements

• University degree in Translation/Applied Languages/Linguistic Studies or equivalent combination of education and experience • 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

🏖️ Benefits

• Health insurance • Professional development opportunities