Job description
GlobalLingua Solutions is seeking an experienced Senior Translator (English to French) to join our Toronto localization team. You will translate, adapt, and quality-check high-profile content for technology, marketing, and product documentation, ensuring accuracy and cultural relevance for Canadian French-speaking audiences.
In this role, you’ll collaborate with product, legal, and marketing teams, uphold style guides, and maintain terminology databases to support fast, scalable localization across multiple channels.
Responsibility
- Translate and localize content from English to French (EN to FR) with accuracy and natural tone.
- Localize idioms, cultural references, and regulatory terms for Canadian audiences.
- Manage and maintain glossaries and term banks in CAT tools (SDL Trados Studio, MemoQ, Memsource).
- QA and proofreading of translations; perform consistency checks against style guides.
- Collaborate with product, legal, and marketing teams to meet project requirements and deadlines.
- Provide feedback to content creators to improve source materials for localization.
- Support the development of multilingual content strategies and translation memory optimization.
- Track project status, deliver on time, and maintain high-quality standards.
Qualification
- Bachelor's degree in Translation, Linguistics, or related field; master's is a plus.
- Minimum 5 years of professional EN to FR translation experience, preferably in tech or marketing.
- Proficiency with CAT tools (SDL Trados Studio, MemoQ, Memsource).
- Excellent bilingual writing and editing skills; strong attention to detail.
- Strong terminology management and adherence to style guides; ability to create and maintain glossaries.
- Familiarity with Canadian French language norms and regulatory considerations.
- Portfolio of translation samples and, if possible, references from previous clients or employers.
- Ability to manage multiple projects, meet tight deadlines, and work collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.