Japanese to English In-house Translator

Mintel is a global market intelligence company, headquartered in London, UK. We work with the world's most renowned consumer packaged goods companies, suppliers and academic institutions. Mintel is now looking for a Japanese Translator to join the Digital Publishing team to support the continued success of Mintel Japan Reports.

This opportunity will offer you the chance to develop your expertise as a linguist, specialising in translation with advanced technological skills, as well as building knowledge on market trends and consumer behaviour.

Responsibilities:

• Translating and post-editing machine translation of Mintel content from Japanese to English, ensuring that the target text is with maximal fluency and free of errors, literal translations and cumbersome expressions so the Japan content is readily comprehensible to English-speaking readers
• Proofreading, editing, revising and finalising translated content including visual assets to ensure format (e.g. font and structure) and language (e.g. spelling, grammar, punctuation, industry-specific terminology) accuracy
• Ensuring that all English content created for Japan Reports are consistent and in line with Mintel style
• Performing on-demand translation tasks from Japanese to English
• Preparing, managing and maintaining the Japanese language materials (including Term base, Style Guides, Translation Memories) up to the quality standards and up to date
• Collaborating with other translators and localisation specialists to resolve questions on terminology and language matters
• Liaising effectively with analysts in different offices to discuss any unclear points
• Working as part of the team to ensure all departmental deadlines are met
• Reviewing freelancers' translation
• Participating in the development of new and improved working process, including incorporating new technology in the translation industry

Qualifications required:

Education:

• Minimum Bachelor's Degree in Translation or relevant subjects.

Language:

• Proficiency in English and Japanese, with excellent ability to write in Japanese and English fluently and idiomatically
• Japanese Language Proficiency Test N1 qualification preferred

Abilities and skills:

• Heightened attention to detail
• A good command of CAT tools, in particular Trados and RWS Translation Management Systems
• Experience in translation and machine-translation-post-editing preferred
• Comfortable with digital work on an in-house CMS
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft packages
• Ability to learn new localization tools/applications and publishing formats/ styles quickly
• Ability to work effectively and be able to meet tight deadlines
• Ability to analyse the macrostructure of the content and its overall coherence; reading critically and ask questions
• Ability to cross-reference open resources for subject background information
• Strong commercial awareness
• Well-grounded understanding of or interests in consumer markets would be an added advantage

What you'll get in return

• A culture that supports true collaboration whilst embracing remote working with a company wide hybrid working week.
• Approach to personal development where we encourage individuals to grow and share what they've learned.
• Social events, both within the department and across the company
• Generous holiday allowance with the opportunity to buy back additional holiday.
• A day off to celebrate your birthday
• Giving back is part of our culture with this in mind Mintel gives each employee 2 days per year to give to a worthwhile cause.

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