Translation Coordinator Full Time on the ground NEW

Localization Specialist (Translation Coordinator) – role definition and requirements

CORE TASKS:

• Manage translation process for Sony’s marketing websites and non-website content and ensure on-time and in-budget delivery aligned with project requirements
• Manage translation vendors to ensure on-time delivery of projects
• Manage translation queries
• Overlook translation content flow in content management and translation management tools, identify and troubleshoot issues
• Improve internal processes

QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS

• University degree in Translation, Linguistics or similar
• Outstanding English skills, especially written and spoken communication in a commercial environment
• Advanced command of a 2nd foreign language is an asset
• Experience in translation or managing translation projects on the vendor or the client side*
• Experience using TMS is a plus
• Understanding of key localization trends (MT, LLM) is a plus
• Confident user of Outlook, Word, PowerPoint and Excel
• Detail-orientation combined with the ability to juggle multiple projects in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to work cross-functionally in an international setting, partnering with team around the globe
• Analytical thinking and decision-making skills
• Ability to interpret complex or ambiguous project briefs into simple actionable items
• Proactive and confident communication

*Hands-on experience with managing formal localization operations/workflows:

• Translation project management or translation quality management in a translation agency (working with clients, in-house linguistic teams and/or freelancers; managing multi-lingual projects, various file types)
• Translator in a translation agency (using TMS & CAT tools, working with translation project managers)
• Translation/Localization project management in a translation-buying company (such as Translation and Localization Services of Sony Global Business Services)

Being able to demonstrate knowledge or understanding of the key translation industry metrics, (examples below). If a candidate has the above experience, they will know the below terms and how to apply them.

• Translation Management Systems & their usage
• Wordcount in translation
• How translation is priced (e.g. rate per word)
• Translation Memory and Translation Memory Savings
• Machine Translation

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