Norwegian Tech Linguistic TesterVerified as a real position

Who we’re looking for

• Bachelor's degree (B. A.) from a college or university in related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Native-level or fully bilingual fluency (both spoken and written language) in required language(s)
• Up-to-date awareness of current and common technical language usage in the target language
• Strong English skills, both written and verbal
• Experience with MS applications (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint);
• Ability to navigate networks and websites with different browsers
• Basic knowledge of PC-hardware (desktop and laptop)
• Basic knowledge of smart phones (iPhone or Android)
• Familiarity with Android and iOS operating systems.
• 3+ years professional translation & localization experience.
• Familiarity with native culture and trends.
• Avid user of social media with familiarity with Facebook Family of Apps.
• Experience with consumer devices that provide utility like messaging, health, fitness, calendar, organization.

What you’ll do

• Write and report relevant bugs and errors using best practices through internal database system.
• Ability to undertake and prioritize tasks and issues quickly and efficiently.
• Native language skills and cultural awareness of native country.
• Good oral and written communication.
• Highly organized with attention to detail and a commitment to quality.
• QA various products in by accurately following testing instructions and test cases
• Discover and report defects (bugs) using client specific bug tracking tools
• Evaluate translations in the context of software, mobile apps and documentation.
• Be a subject matter expert for linguistic issues in the target language; be able to research and resolve linguistic questions
• Adhere to project-specific quality standards, trademarks, style guides and client-preferred checklists and glossaries
• Troubleshoot basic problems; be able to communicate effectively and escalate testing issues
• Complete assigned tasks in a timely manner and of high quality.

About the position

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

Benefits

• receive steady volume of work and long-term partnership {where this applies}
• professional development: work on exciting projects that will empower you keep learning and growing
• work with multicultural, international team with a great variety of documents and content types
• 24-hour 6-day a week support from our community team.