Canadian French Language Expert

Your responsibilities will include the following:

• Responsible for proofreading phase of all the client's major projects & first touch experiences (home page, Facebook ads, marketing emails, etc)
• Continually QA'ing the client site and native apps as part of the monthly audit program. This includes identifying functionality and localization issues, and reporting and triaging bugs in cooperation with engineering teams and product managers.
• Help with urgent translations when requests cannot wait for the standard Translated SLA
• Collaborate with content marketing/product marketing to ensure that chosen voice/tone flows through into all languages, across all surface areas;
• Improve and maintain their language glossary and style guides
• Maintaining a close collaboration with Translated language leads & constantly providing feedback on how translations can be improved
• Collaborating with local teams to ensure stakeholders receive localization support for local initiatives (sales collateral, marketing events, etc)
• Using market expertise to provide feedback and support to other cross-functional teams to support the growth and success of the client in the different languages/markets
• Pursuing excellence in translation quality and consistency and measuring improvements & conducting market research

• Canadian French mother-tongue Speaker
• Fluency in English is a must
• Solid experience in the localization industry
• Previous experience as a Language Lead or Language Manager for Canadian French
• Experience with LQAs, glossary and style guide management
• Excellent computer and web skills
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Preferred knowledge of CAT tools
• Preferred working experience or University studies in management or translation

Notes:

• This is an external contracting position (freelance)
• Remote position (covering the Montreal timezone)
• The contractor's agreement includes Bank Holidays + 15 days of paid time off

Translated is widely recognized as the most innovative web-based translation company.

We have received numerous awards for innovation and technology thanks to the cutting-edge technology we develop. We manage well over 200,000 translators in 110 countries to provide services to more than 130,000 customers.

We focus on serving large businesses, startup and innovative companies that need to speed up and automate their globalization processes. Thanks to our innovative approach to language technology, we have been chosen by Google to create new services for flagship products such as You Tube and for the translation of apps published in the Google Play Store. Moreover, corporations like Microsoft, eBay, Airbnb use our technologies and services in their localization processes.

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