Language Expert - Slovak / Prekladateľ

Seeing the big picture
Understanding the small details

Global vision, local knowledge. As a language expert in a group serving one of our major clients, you’ll be an expert in balancing both. As a linguistic and cultural expert you’ll be responsible for finding the right voice and tone and the appropriate terminology. You’ll be safeguarding the quality standards and ensure that content is exactly right for your region.

Our client delivers cutting-edge technology solutions to a global customer base. You will be the heart and soul of the client's content creation and translation services, provide feedback, come up with ideas for improvement, and lead from the front.

You’ll be translating, reviewing, transcreating and occasionally copywriting for your target market. You’ll be implementing and maintaining quality assurance processes, promoting brand values at every stage.

The role will involve occasional travel, working closely with internal, external and client-based teams. It wants a good communicator and client-champion, and someone who keeps up with language trends.

Job title: Language Expert – Slovak
Location: Brno, Czech Republic
Contract type: Permanent

Main Responsibilities

• Taking care of overall language quality for the locale
• Maintaining termbase and translation memories
• Responsibility for creating/maintaining the language-specific Style Guide
• Translation
• Occasional content creation
• In-context content review

Key Requirements

• Min. 5 yrs relevant experience in translating, reviewing, editing
• Native speaker with excellent command of target language
• Subject-matter knowhow in the areas of finance and e-commerce
• Full professional proficiency in English
• Good editorial and proofreading skills
• Strong IT background/affinity
• Proficiency in CAT tools (memoQ, Smartling …)
• Comfortable working on multiple projects, able to prioritize, good time management
• Self-motivated, team player, leadership and initiative
• Excellent, highly effective communication and critical thinking skills
• Professional, can-do attitude and commitment

Key Attributes

• Excellent linguist and translator
• Problem solver, with initiative
• Customer-champion
• Meticulous and confident
• Effective and goal-oriented

Salary: CZ crowns 550 000 to 700 000 gross per annum
Holidays: 24 days plus CZ public holidays