Performs English-to-Canadian French translation, transcreation, post-editing, and quality control. Maintains glossaries, style guides, and work instructions; manages linguistic queries; collaborates with clients and project teams; trains freelancers; resolves terminology issues; and supports localization process improvements while meeting quality and deadline requirements.
About Welocalize
Welocalize, a Welo Global brand, serves localization teams through AI-enabled multilingual content solutions that enable enterprises to operate and scale globally. Welocalize combines AI, automation, and human expertise to support enterprises in more than 300 languages, enabling accurate, culturally aligned, and compliant multilingual content at scale.
Welocalize’s Opal Platform comprises patented technology designed to automate multilingual content and improve workflow performance for enterprises. Opal functions as an agentic system that orchestrates AI, automation, and human expertise to coordinate content workflows across the lifecycle, improving speed, scalability, and operational control for global enterprises. These solutions operate within a secure and compliant environment supported by seven ISO certifications. Welocalize is headquartered in New York with offices worldwide. welocalize.com
MAIN PURPOSE OF ROLE
The French Canadian Linguist performs quality control tasks and on-demand translation tasks, and takes on linguistic lead functions on assigned projects; coordinates the activities of a group of translators for assigned accounts or projects, trains and develops freelancers, and ensures that the work is performed at a satisfactorily high standard within the specified deadlines and quality level; ensures that the Language Process is being followed by the project/account team.
MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSABILITIES
- Performing quality control tasks on assigned projects or accounts (EN > FRCA);
- Performing on-demand translation tasks (EN > FRCA);
- Performing trans-creation, translation and post-editing tasks (EN > FRCA);
- Performing other translation-related admin tasks (EN > FRCA);
- Managing project-related queries;
- Preparing, managing, and maintaining the language materials (including glossaries, Style Guides, work instruction) up to quality standards and up to date;
- Interacting with clients on linguistic matters as required;
- Developing and training new and existing freelancers according to the accounts’ and Welocalize’s needs;
- Ensuring good interaction among team members and resolving questions on terminology and language matters;
- Participating in the development of new and improved working processes;
- Achieving the goals set by the French Team Lead.
REQUIREMENTS
- University degree in Translation/Applied Languages or equivalent combination of education and experience;
- 4+ years of relevant experience in the translation and localization industry.
- Fluent in French Canadian (native level), both written and spoken, fluent in English, both written and spoken;
- Experienced as a translator in Mobile Apps, Search Engines, IT Consumer Products, Entertainment, Marketing, Software UI, Websites is a plus;
- Excellent feel for language (source/target);
- Knowledge of terminology in the following subject matters IT consumer products, social media and entertainment;
- Thorough understanding of the localization process;
- Excellent user experience of standard software, such as Windows and Office applications and standard CAT tools;
- Ability to learn new localization tools and applications quickly;
- Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers and translators;
- Ability to work with tight deadlines;
- Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills;
- Ability and willingness to train/teach others and pass on knowledge;
- Ability to work in a virtual team.
Education
Experience
List of benefits
Medical Insurance
Telemedicine Benefit
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
FSA and HSA
Life and Disability Insurance
Vacation Time: 15 days per year (increase with years of service)
Sick Time: 6 days per year
Paid Holidays: 8 days per year
Employee Assistance Program
401 (k) Retirement Plan
Paid Maternity Leave
Paid Adoption Leave
Welocalize carefully considers a wide range of compensation variables including geographic location, job scope and complexity, skill level, experience, or industry-specific knowledge. Compensation will be mutually agreed upon at offer and may be above the posted range due to compensation variables.
Salary Range: $68K to $72K.
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