A global Languages Team is seeking a Localization Specialist to drive and execute localization and translation initiatives for Software, Mobile Apps, and Web Applications. This role is particularly suited for candidates with a strong technical background who understand the interplay between software development, coding, datasets, machine learning, and machine translation technologies.
Reporting to the Languages Manager, you'll act as the bridge between internal stakeholders and external language service providers (LSPs), ensuring the seamless delivery of multilingual projects while leveraging state-of-the-art tools and innovative approaches.
In this role you will:
- Take full ownership of localization requests - from brief to final delivery - tracking progress and coordinating with stakeholders across teams.
- Test and review pre-production Desktop Software, Mobile Apps and Web Apps content.
- Coordinate and implement Linguistic QA feedback in collaboration with our Language Service Provider. Build and maintain strong relationships, ensuring timely delivery and adherence to Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
- Use tools like Phrase TMS and Crowdin to streamline workflows, manage Translation Memories (TM), and scale localization efforts.
- Incorporate AI tools to augment and refine multilingual content creation, driving efficiency and innovation.
- Use AI tools and prompt engineering techniques to create high-quality multilingual copy.
- Maintain and develop multilingual Terminology Databases, Translation Memories, incorporating updates through Phrase and other TMS platforms.
Key Qualifications:
- Proven ability to execute established localization workflows with technical precision, accuracy, and strong independence.
- AI and Machine Learning Familiarity: Proficiency using AI tools (like ChatGPT, Bard, or other NLP systems) for multilingual content production. Bonus points for experience fine-tuning or training Machine Translation engines and working with parallel corpora or linguistic datasets.
- Excellent time management, ability to manage multiple projects, high attention to detail, and strong operational discipline.
- Fluent English, and a native speaker of another major language (ideally Spanish).
- Experience with Phrase TMS, Crowdin, and AI tools is a must.
- Bonus points if you have knowledge of gaming, streaming, or software internationalization!
