Korean into Japanese Translator
WelocalizePosted 5/14/2025
Korean into Japanese Translator
Welocalize
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Job Summary
Welocalize is a trusted global transformation partner that accelerates international business growth by delivering multilingual content transformation services in translation, localization, and adaptation for over 250 languages. As a Korean into Japanese Translator, you will manage translation and copy-editing tasks, coordinate freelancers, maintain language resources, and collaborate with clients and internal teams to enhance workflow efficiency. You will also perform on-demand translation tasks, lead functions on assigned accounts, and develop training materials for internal linguists and freelancers. With excellent communication skills, a thorough understanding of the localization process, and ability to work in a virtual team, you will contribute to Welocalize's mission to enable brands and companies to reach, engage, and grow international audiences. You will have opportunities to work on various projects, including music translation from Korean into Japanese, and receive flexible remote work options, $4,000/year travel stipends, and equity in a fast-growing company.
Job Description
As a trusted global transformation partner, Welocalize accelerates the global business journey by enabling brands and companies to reach, engage, and grow international audiences. Welocalize delivers multilingual content transformation services in translation, localization, and adaptation for over 250 languages with a growing network of over 400,000 in-country linguistic resources. Driving innovation in language services, Welocalize delivers high-quality training data transformation solutions for NLP-enabled machine learning by blending technology and human intelligence to collect, annotate, and evaluate all content types. Our team works across locations in North America, Europe, and Asia serving our global clients in the markets that matter to them. www.welocalize.com
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
This role involves managing translation and copy-editing tasks, ensuring high-quality linguistic deliverables for assigned projects or accounts. Responsibilities include coordinating freelancers, maintaining language resources, resolving terminology queries, and collaborating with clients and internal teams to enhance workflow efficiency.
MAIN DUTIES
- The following is a non-exhaustive list of responsibilities and areas of ownership for this role:
- Performing copy-edit tasks on assigned projects or accounts
- Performing on-demand translation tasks
- Performing lead function on assigned accounts
- Taking ownership of deliveries that were translated internally or by freelancers for one or more accounts into their target language
- Preparing, managing and maintaining the language materials (including glossaries, Style Guides, work instruction) up to the quality standards and up to date as required by the account or project
- Managing project-related queries
- Ensuring good interaction among team members and resolving questions on terminology and language matters
- Coordinating a team of freelancers on assigned projects or accounts
- Testing and qualifying new freelancers and vendors as required
- Developing and training of internal linguists/new and existing freelancers according to the accounts’ and Welocalize’s needs
- Interacting with clients on linguistic matters as required
- Participating in the development of new and improved working processes
- Meet or exceed the productivity KPI
- Achieving the goals set by the Squad Lead
REQUIREMENTS
- University degree in Translation/Applied Languages or equivalent combination of education and experience
- 4+ years of relevant experience in translation/localization
- Fluent in English, both written and spoken
- Fluent in designated TARGET language
- Thorough understanding of the localization process.
- Excellent user experience of standard software, such as Windows and Office applications.
- Ability to learn new localization tools and applications quickly.
- Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills.
- Excellent knowledge of terminology used in two or more subject matters.
- Subject-matter expert within company for discipline or process.
- Ability to work with tight deadlines.
- Ability to give clear, concise and constructive feedback.
- Ability to coordinate internal and external translators.
- Excellent problem-solving skills
- Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, linguists
- Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
- Ability and willingness to train/teach others and pass on knowledge.
- Ability, willingness and experience in communicating positively with customers at various levels
- Ability to work in a virtual team
Additional Job Description
- Music SMEs to produce song translation that sounds natural in the target language, but mantaining the tone, style and references from the original song
- From Korean into Japanese
- Perfect command of Korean as it's the source language of tasks
- High level musical knowledge and main genres: Rock, Pop, Hip-Hop (r’n’b)
- Deep and comprehensive understanding of various aspects of music and culture around it
- High Focus on grammar, typos, syntax, convey the songs’ message, tone, localize slang and idioms.
- Focused on Style, readability, and usability.
- Creatively translates source content for target market.
- Alters the text as needed to fit market.
- Capture the essence of a song
Job Reference: #LI-JC1
