French Linguist

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**Your next adventure awaits here**

As an integral part of Questel’s Language Services Team, this role is responsible for** producing high-quality, accurate translations of technical documents**, and for revising these documents when necessary.
- Perform translation and/or MT post-editing of IP-related documents provided by clients in the **language pair of German and English**:

- Read, revise, and evaluate translated documents to detect errors in meaning, accuracy, usage, terminology, spelling, grammar, style, tone and syntax
- Edit translated documents to ensure a true and accurate representation of source document content, adherence to style guides, and compliance with client-specific and country-specific publication specifications
- Conduct quality control of translations in one or more qualified language pairs (language pairs include English and/or one non-English language)
- Evaluate in-country translator performance and provide support and guidance to translation vendors
- Manage translation memory and term bases using Questel’s internal system
- When required, provide some training to new members of staff once fully trained
- Work on special projects and other duties as assigned by management

**The perfect match...**

Bachelor’s degree in languages, translation, or a technical discipline or excellent command of source and target languages,
a first **year of professional translation experience would be ideal**

** C2 level in French**

In addition, any combination of education, experience and training which provides the following knowledge, skills, and abilities:

- Meticulous attention to detail
- Ability to prioritize and to work to deadlines
- Experience with **CAT tools** (Trados or any other)
- Knowledge of editing and proofreading best practices
- Ability to detect errors in meaning, usage, terminology, spelling, grammar, style, tone, and syntax
- Ability to follow country-specific editing guidelines and editing formats
- Exceptional research skills, analytical, organizational, and interpersonal communication skills
- Ability to work independently, but also collaborate with others as a team
- Highly motivated with a willingness to take initiative and complete assignments
- Participate in a culture of responsiveness to strengthen relationships and ensure the needs and time of others are met and respected

**Join Questel, a growing international group, and live a great human adventure**

**What we offer** : _permanent contract (CDI), profit-sharing bonus, lunch allowance, full remote position anywhere in France, international teams and a fast-growing company with lots of challenges, 6-months training during the on-boarding, and an amazing team_