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Language Lead / Alexandria

Commanine Localization Agency
Alexandria, Egypt
Posted 6 years ago
8Applicants for1 open position
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Commanine is seeking a Language Lead. Who will act as a senior editor/ Head of translation team.

Key roles and responsibilities:-

  • Translate every piece of content while being mindful of the audience.
  • Love and master research and you always use diverse tools to research style, previous work, and the latest trends to ensure your translated piece is relevant, unique and produced in the highest quality and ready for publication.
  • Raise questions/queries about the context if the info is wrong or contradicts with another sentence, and you always suggest alternatives.
    mix together span from a feel of the language, translation and writing skills, an in-depth understanding of the cultural context in play, your ability to read between the lines to the more technical aspects of your work such as Trados, xbench tools, glossaries and machine learning resources.
  • Assisting in resource allocation
  • Evaluating clients’ request,
  • Evaluating clients’ complains and meddling in case of quality disputes
  • Resolving potential discrepancies and language and terminology issues,
  • Communication with translators and project manager about the language issues,
  • Performing language quality controls and other linguistic reviews,
  • Participation on creating new and improving existing working processes.
  • Packing as a linguistic consultant for the team and clients,
  • Providing input on quote requests,

Benefits:

  • We offer competitive financial benefits. Yet, our people believe that what matters the most at Commanine is the opportunity to build a practice that enhances the content world.
  • Flexible working hours.
  • Flexible working place.

Job Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Arabic Literature, Journalism or equivalent.
  • Arabic Literature Graduate, Editing Courses, Style Courses, Translation Courses or certificates are preferable.
  • Able to produce final, publishable quality content.
  • Able to define style guidelines based on audience and client’s brand
  • be in close touch with project managers and linguistics
  • Have an eye for detail and capable of critical thinking.

Language Skills:

  • English – Fluent
  • Arabic – Native

Overall experience

  • Proven experience in marketing translation.
  • Proven experience in SEO and social media content creation and editing is a bonus.
  • Strong writing/editing/proofreading skills and an excellent portfolio.

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