Experienced Afrikaans Linguist

Johannesburg  ‐ Onsite
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Description

This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic qualified Afrikaans Linguist (Translator/Reviewer).
The suitable candidate must be a native Afrikaans speaker with excellent linguistic skills and a very good level of English, as well as having a strong technical background.

This end-client is a young and vibrant multinational company operating at the cutting edge of internet-based IT services and the position would suit an individual who thrives in a fast-moving environment.

Responsibilities

- Review and audit content translated by agencies (UI, Help, Marketing materials, Legal, etc.).
- Provide feedback and work with vendors to improve quality of translations.
- Help ensure our end client's quality requirements are followed by all vendors.
- Maintain terminology in glossaries and TMs as required.
- Fix linguistic bugs as required.
- Interact with translators and other reviewers in linguistic discussions.
- Liaise with internal stakeholders when necessary.- BA/BS in translation or a related discipline.
- 2 years of experience minimum as a translator/reviewer.
- Fields of experience: IT, online advertising, and multimedia.
- Detail-oriented, quality-focused, flexible and proactive.
- Knowledge of CAT tools, Idiom preferred.
Required software: Idiom WorldServer, TRADOS.
Job place: Onsite (Johannesburg, South Africa)
Start date
12/2012
From
VistaTEC
Published at
27.12.2012
Contact person:
Maxim Khalilov
Project ID:
465818
Contract type
Freelance
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