Korean Language Lead

New York, NYFull-TimeLeadOther

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MAIN DUTIES

  • Act as intermediary between the client (and third party reviewers) and Welocalize linguists.
  • Responsible for maintaining overall quality under the 97% fail rate.
  • Carry out daily follow up of all LQE results, passed and failed.
  • Gather all LQE changes and share with all linguists in the account.
  • Analyze deliverables by linguists, determine where the issues are and determine and implement actions for improvement.
  • Support teams in the review process as/where needed in order to maintain the fail rate below 97%.
  • Support linguists in understanding corrections, clarify with the client where needed.
  • Support linguists in the arbitration process.
  • Support linguists in any questions they might have during production and escalate to client/Welocalize as needed.
  • Identify products, contents that might be a challenge as well as linguists that might be underperforming and make recommendations to reallocate products, contents, etc.
  • If workload issues are identified, highlight them and provide solutions to be discussed with Welocalize Language Services team.
  • Collect root cause analysis, corrective and preventive action plans as needed and put improvement plans together accordingly.
  • Put training materials together and conduct training sessions with linguists.
  • Organize regular calls with reviewers/LS to discuss corrections, requirements, clarify any misunderstandings/unclear corrections or requirements, etc. Document these calls and follow up with linguists to make sure everybody is aligned.
  • Support Welocalize in the identification and evaluation of potential new candidates.
  • CAT tools: Phrase, Lucid (client tool, training will be provided)
  • Task Types:
  • Translation, Copy Edit, Research, Language Lead Support

REQUIRED SKILLS

  • Minimum 5 years' experience translating and reviewing content in the specified subject matter.
  • Proficient in all areas of expertise: Legal, Marketing, Support, Product, Product/Service.
  • Well-versed in various translation & terminology tools.
  • Excellent communications skills in English (spoken and written).
  • Native fluency in the target language.
  • Degree in linguistics, translation or equivalent experience.
  • Able to follow instructions, such as character restrictions etc.
  • Able to communicate effectively the rationale behind their translation skills.
  • Able to both translate and review.
  • Able to do machine translation post-editing.
  • Experience working in a multi-vendor scenario a plus.

Job Summary

CompanyWeLocalize
LocationNew York, NY
TypeFull-Time
LevelLead
DomainOther