English Linguist - London, United Kingdom - Questel

Questel

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

As an integral part of Questel's Language Services Team, this role is responsible for producing high-quality, accurate translations of technical documents, and for revising these documents when necessary.

Perform translation and/or MT postediting of IPrelated documents provided by clients in the language pair of language pair of Spanish into English and at least one of German into English, French into English or Italian into English
Read, revise, and evaluate translated documents to detect errors in meaning, accuracy, usage, terminology, spelling, grammar, style, tone and syntax
Edit translated documents to ensure a true and accurate representation of source document content, adherence to style guides, and compliance with clientspecific and countryspecific publication specifications
Conduct quality control of translations in one or more qualified language pairs (language pairs include English and/or one nonEnglish language)
Evaluate incountry translator performance and provide support and guidance to translation vendors
Manage translation memory and term bases using Questel's internal system
When required, provide some training to new members of staff once fully trained
Work on special projects and other duties as assigned by management

The perfect match...

Bachelor's degree in languages, translation, or a technical discipline or excellent command of source and target languages,
at least 1-year of professional translation experience.

In addition, any combination of education, experience and training which provides the following knowledge, skills, and abilities:

Meticulous attention to detail
Ability to prioritize and to work to deadlines
Experience with CAT tools preferred
Knowledge of editing and proofreading best practices
Ability to detect errors in meaning, usage, terminology, spelling, grammar, style, tone, and syntax
Ability to follow countryspecific editing guidelines and editing formats
Exceptional research skills, analytical, organizational, and interpersonal communication skills
Ability to effectively multitask in stressful situations
Ability to work independently, but also collaborate with others as a team
Highly motivated with a willingness to take initiative and complete assignments
Ability to stay on task with mínimal supervision and regularly report on progress
Proficient in Microsoft Office
Participate in a culture of responsiveness to strengthen relationships and ensure the needs and time of others are met and respected

Join Questel, a growing international group, and live a great human adventure

What we offer :
_permanent contract, international teams and a fast-growing company with lots of challenges_