Japanese Language Lead linguist needed

Japan

Job Description / Skills Required

We are looking for a linguist with native speaker fluency in Japanese to take the role of Language Lead for one of our key accounts.

Lilt is a San Francisco and Berlin-based LSP with a translator-focused business model. We're building a community of the world's best translators around fast and fair payment, consistent work, and innovative neural MT technology.

This is a remote, freelance position.

 

The Language Lead responsibilities include:

  • Monitoring and distributing customer feedback

  • Liaising with translation team on customer feedback and other linguistic matters

    • Meeting with linguist team as deemed necessary (ad hoc basis)

    • Providing Support to translators:

      • Query answering

      • Internal Review support

      • Lead performance improvement plan

      • Testing new candidates

  • Gather queries from translators to be sent to customer, and distributing answers

  • Suggesting assets/guidelines update according to customer feedback

  • Updating, creating and sharing TSF, supplemental reference and training materials

  • Creating new instructions/best practices according to customer feedback

  • Acting as the main PoC between LILT and the translation team

 

 

Requirements:

  • Linguists with native speaker fluency only

  • Minimum 2 years translation experience

  • Linguistic degree (preferred)

  • Previous experience in similar roles

 

Benefits of becoming a Lilt freelance linguist:

  • Free access to our top-notch NMT technology + training on the system and support!

  • Rapid payments made via Payoneer; no more invoicing!

  • Become a part of the Lilt Translator Community

 

If interested, please submit your application including an English copy of your CV/Resume.