Senior Language Specialist / Linguist

Senior Language Specialist / Linguist

Contract : 12 months (with potential extension based on performance)

Client : A leading multinational telecommunications company (name disclosed at interview)

Overview :

The Senior Language Specialist ensures linguistic quality, cultural adaptations, and consistency across all localized content. This role combines linguistic expertise with strong localization knowledge to deliver high-quality localized content that resonate with target audiences. You will perform in-depth linguistic analysis, develop and maintain glossaries and style guides, collaborate with external vendors and cross-functional localization teams to deliver high-quality global experiences.

Responsibilities :

• Develop, update, and manage style guides, glossaries, and translation memories.
• Collaborate closely with localization engineers, PMs, UI / UX, and vendors to resolve linguistic issues and advise on language-specific constraints.
• Interface with Translation and Quality Assurance vendors aiming for timely and high-quality deliverables.
• Oversees complex linguistic projects, ensuring high-quality results that meet specific standards.
• Perform linguistic reviews, quality checks, and validation of localized content.
• Support consistency, tone, and cultural accuracy across all content types.
• Ensure consistent terminology across all localized content.
• Serves as a subject matter expert and provides guidance on challenging projects or linguistic decisions.
• Provide clear linguistic feedback and guidance to external vendors and internal teams.
• Documentation of localization processes to ensure clarity and scalability across global operations.
• Conduct training sessions for Translation and Quality Assurance vendors to streamline linguistic requirements.
• Develop and implement linguistic quality metrics.
• Organize business review meetings with Translation and Quality Assurance vendors to continuous improvement of localization processes and linguistic standard

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