Freelance Translator, English to Spanish (US) – Weekends
Job Description:
- Review and refine machine-translated content from English (US) into Spanish (US)
- Improve accuracy, fluency, and overall quality of MT
- Ensure final text reads naturally, as if originally written by a native speaker
- Deliver high-quality work within fast turnaround times
Requirements:
- A degree in translation, linguistics or language studies or an equivalent degree that includes significant translation training, from a recognized institution of higher education; or
- A degree in any other field from a recognized institution of higher education and has the equivalent of two years of full-time professional experience in translating; or
- The equivalent of five years of full-time professional experience in translating.
- Bilingual proficiency in English (US) and Spanish (US) (native Spanish preferred)
- Strong localization skills and cultural knowledge of both source and target languages
- Experience with medical terminology in the US market (patient-facing content such as AVS)
- Experience in post-editing machine translation (MT) and/or localization
- Familiarity with MT and LLM technologies
- Proficiency in CAT tools, especially memoQ
- Experience evaluating post-edited content
- Strong understanding of fluency, naturalness, accuracy, and coherence in post-edited texts
- Raw MT output evaluation, including error identification, post-editing effort, and turnaround time
Benefits:
- Pay:
- Fast turnaround times
- Flexibility in work hours