English to Korean Translator - Remote

Overview

Our lovely team is looking for a new colleague to work approximately 30 hours per week: a dedicated translation professional, an all-rounder who can competently handle a variety of linguistic tasks such as translating marketing materials, user interfaces, web content, Q&A documents, product descriptions, corporate communication, mailings, press releases, instruction manuals, brochures and subtitles for videos.

In Short

• Translate a variety of text types and subject matters
• Transcreation
• Review and post-edit machine-produced translations
• Conduct terminology research
• Create and maintain translation memories and termbases
• Create and maintain style guides
• Participate in occasional meetings with client contacts
• Make occasional visits to clients for product demos or briefings

Requirements

• Translators must master Korean at mother-tongue level
• Excellent grammar and fluent writing style
• Translation qualification and minimum of three years’ experience
• Willingness to learn new things and to go the extra mile
• Ability to review work of others, edit and provide feedback
• Ability to work under pressure without impacting quality
• Good time management and versatility
• Professional approach and commitment to quality
• Able to work autonomously as well as within a team
• Good eye for detail and ability to pay attention to multiple references
• Cultural awareness
• Client orientated and a team player

Benefits

• Alpha has been at the forefront of the translation, localization and now globalization industries since 1987, and is now a global top-ten localization provider.
• We’ve built an in-house production model for the world’s most demanding companies.
• Alpha is a warm, lively and welcoming firm with over 30 nationalities represented in its 18 offices.
• Every individual adds their own personality to our culture, and allows us to paint a bright, vivid and multi-faceted picture of the world, in micro, in each place.
• In the end, being part of the team is about more than work.
• We service an impressive range of internationally known clients in various sectors.