Chinese to English In-house Translator - London, United Kingdom - Mintel

Mintel

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Location:
St Pauls, London (Office based 2 days a week)
Mintel is a global market intelligence company, headquartered in London, UK. We work with the world's most renowned consumer packaged goods companies, suppliers and academic institutions.

Mintel is now looking for a Chinese to English Translator to join the Digital Publishing team to support the continued success of Mintel China Reports.

This opportunity will offer you the chance to develop your expertise as a linguist, specialising in translation with advanced technological skills, as well as building knowledge on market trends and consumer behaviour.

Responsibilities:

Translating and postediting machine translation of Mintel content from Simplified Chinese to English, ensuring that the target text is with maximal fluency and free of errors, literal translations and cumbersome expressions so the China content is readily comprehensible to Englishspeaking readers
Proofreading, editing, revising and finalising translated content including visual assets to ensure format (e.g. font and structure) and language (e.g. spelling, grammar, punctuation, industryspecific terminology) accuracy
Ensuring that all English content created for China Reports are consistent and in line with Mintel style
Performing ondemand translation tasks from Chinese to English
Preparing, managing and maintaining the Chinese language materials (including Term base, Style Guides, Translation Memories) up to the quality standards and up to date
Collaborating with other translators and localisation specialists to resolve questions on terminology and language matters
Liaising effectively with analysts in different offices to discuss any unclear points
Working as part of the team to ensure all departmental deadlines are met
Reviewing freelancers' translation
Participating in the development of new and improved working process, including incorporating new technology in the translation industry

Qualifications required:

Education:

Language:

Proficiency in English and Chinese, with English fluent to the highest level of speaking and writing, ability to read and comprehend Chinese business writing and cultural nuances
HSK level 6 qualification preferred

Abilities and skills:

Heightened attention to detail
A good command of CAT tools, in particular Trados and RWS Translation Management Systems
Experience in translation and machinetranslationpostediting preferred
Comfortable with digital work on an inhouse CMS
Good working knowledge of Microsoft packages
Ability to work effectively and be able to meet tight deadlines
Ability to analyse the macrostructure of the content and its overall coherence; reading critically and ask questions
Strong commercial awareness
Good cultural knowledge of China and experience living in China would be a strong advantage
Wellgrounded understanding of or interests in consumer markets would be an added advantage

What you'll get in return

A culture that supports true collaboration whilst embracing remote working with a company wide hybrid working week.
Approach to personal development where we encourage individuals to grow and share what they've learned.
Social events, both within the department and across the company
Generous holiday allowance with the opportunity to buy back additional holiday.
A day off to celebrate your birthday
Giving back is part of our culture with this in mind Mintel gives each employee 2 days per year to give to a worthwhile cause.