Job description
NovaVerba Global is seeking a highly skilled Translation Specialist to join our fast-growing Localization team in New York. This role focuses on English-to-Spanish and English-to-French localization for software, marketing, and customer communications.
As part of the team, you will collaborate with product, marketing, and engineering to ensure stellar linguistic quality and cultural relevance across markets.
We value accuracy, consistency, and speed, and require strong QA processes and terminology management to maintain brand voice across all channels.
We offer a competitive salary, comprehensive benefits, annual performance bonuses, and a warm, collaborative culture that empowers you to grow as a multilingual professional.
Responsibility
- Lead English-to-Spanish and English-to-French translation projects, ensuring accuracy and cultural relevance.
- Manage glossaries, term bases, and style guides to maintain consistent brand voice.
- Collaborate with product, marketing, and engineering teams to meet multilingual content deadlines.
- Perform quality assurance, proofreading, and QA checks using translation memories and terminology databases.
- Localize content for diverse markets, including regulatory considerations and cultural nuances.
- Mentor junior translators and coordinate with external vendors when needed.
- Drive efficiency of translation workflows and contribute to process improvements.
Qualification
- Bachelor's degree in Translation, Linguistics, or related field.
- Minimum 5 years of professional translation/localization experience.
- Native-level English with professional proficiency in Spanish and French; additional languages a plus.
- Proficiency with CAT tools (SDL Trados Studio, memoQ, or equivalent) and translation memory systems.
- Strong terminology management and glossary development skills.
- Excellent editing, proofreading, and linguistic QA abilities with meticulous attention to detail.
- Proven ability to manage multiple projects, meet deadlines, and communicate effectively with cross-functional teams.