Contractor Linguistic Quality Assurance Specialist (Slovak)

Job Description

We are part of Allegro. As a Linguistic Quality Assurance Specialist you will be involved in the Translation Quality Assurance (TQA) program enabling the expansion of Allegro.pl services into the foreign markets.

We are looking for people with:

• Native or C2 knowledge of Slovak

• English C1 level

• Polish B1 level

• Experience using CAT Tools

• At least 2 years translation experience

The following are also a plus:

• Degree in Linguistics/Translation/Localization or related fields

• Ability to use metrics to back up assumptions and evaluate outcomes

• Experience with python scripting and text processing libraries

• Basic knowledge of regular expressions

• Ability to invent and simplify to enhance and expand use of existing tools, evaluating new tools and technologies for future development

• Experience in Marketing, creative writing

In your daily work you will handle the following tasks:

• Reviewing and evaluating translated content, performing translation quality assessment

• Providing feedback to translators based on quality reports

• Identifying, documenting and correcting localization errors

• Creating and updating style guides, glossaries and other common guidelines

• Ensuring translation consistency in accordance with the language-specific guidelines

• Translation, proofreading and status update of translated projects

• Performing translation quality assessment and other data annotation for data in local languages and preparing annotation quality reports

• Machine translation error verification, creating and applying fixes

• Consulting on quality control tools and machine learning systems development

• Collecting requirements to prepare recommendations for localization of various content types

• Gathering internal know-how to improve the quality of provisioned services

What we offer:

• Cooperating with people  you can always count on — we have on board top-class specialists and experts in their areas of expertise

• A high degree of autonomy in terms of organizing your team’s work; we encourage you to develop continuously and try out new things

• Opportunities for professional development through involvement in advanced projects and collaboration with experienced specialists