Japanese Language Specialist

1 month ago
Full-time
Senior
Technical Writing and Documentation
WGSN

WGSN

WGSN is the global authority on trend forecasting and analytics, empowering businesses worldwide to stay ahead of the right trends and create innovative products for tomorrow's consumer.

Professional Services
251-1K
Founded 1998

Description

  • Manage and update Japanese-localized content for multiple verticals and brand-related marketing materials.
  • Ensure tone, ideas, and concepts are accurately and consistently conveyed in culturally appropriate Japanese.
  • Collaborate with Product and Tech teams to support machine translation development and Japanese-language workflow customization.
  • Develop, maintain, and apply glossaries, style guides, documentation, and best practices to ensure terminology consistency.
  • Monitor content quality and implement improvements to the in-house machine translation system.
  • Review content compatibility with machine translation and tailor editing and post-editing approaches accordingly.
  • Guide freelancers and part-time staff by providing instructions, feedback, and updated support materials.
  • Coordinate cross-functionally to deliver localized multimedia content, including video and marketing collateral.
  • Report project status regularly to localization managers and support communication with the Japanese commercial team.

Requirements

  • Native Japanese speaker with exceptional Japanese and English reading, writing, and research skills.
  • Experience in transcreation and localization editing from English to Japanese.
  • Prior experience with machine translation APIs such as DeepL, Google, Amazon, or Bing.
  • Experience with post-editing machine-translated content.
  • Ability to prioritize and organize work under tight deadlines with strong attention to detail.
  • Comfortable working flexible hours across regions and time zones in a virtual, collaborative environment.
  • Self-starter with proactive communication skills and a passion for sharing knowledge.
  • Proficiency with Apple computers and Google tools.
  • Basic understanding of data analytics is desired.
  • Experience working with freelancers or cross-functional teams is preferred.

Benefits

  • 20 days of annual leave.
  • Private Medical Insurance.
  • Health and Fitness Subsidy benefits.
  • Rental Reimbursement tax benefit, if applicable.
  • Employee Assistance Programme.
  • Great learning and development opportunities.
  • Flexible, hybrid, and agile working arrangements.

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