Key Responsibilities
- Translating documents from a variety of sectors from Chinese into English
- Reviewing the work of in-house and external translators
- Carrying out the review of documents authored in English
- Converting documents between different flavours of English
- Producing quality translations within given timeframes
- Providing linguistic support and feedback
- Working with clients, reviewers and project managers to define best practice
- Managing terminology effectively
- Using the translation tools
- Linguistic checking of files in their final format
Managing your time effectively
Skills
Skills & Experience
- 1-4 years minimum professional translation/localization experience
- Educated to degree level, preferably with a recognised qualification in translation or similar discipline
- Excellent translation ability in applicable subject areas, being able to produce translations which are accurate, linguistically correct, consistent, complete and adapted to country standards
- Strong organisational skills and attention to detail
- Highly quality conscious
- Native speaker ability in English language
- Excellent command of Simplified Chinese language
- Excellent source text understanding
- Knowledge of major text type conventions for applicable languages
- Research competence
- Ability to research in depth a variety of subjects to acquire specialised knowledge
- Knowledge of Internet searching and tools