English into Japanese Translator

• Do you have a passion for translating from English to Japanese?
• Do you love working on a wide variety of source materials and for different international clients?
• Do you know how to adapt translations to different brand tones of voice?
• Do you enjoy working with translation technologies and have strong organizational skills?
  If you can answer “yes” to all of the above, this position as an English to Japanese translator at a world-leading localization provider could be for you.

We are looking for an all-rounder who can competently handle a variety of linguistic tasks such as translating user interfaces, web content, Q&A documents, product descriptions, corporate communication, mailings, press releases, instruction manuals, brochures and subtitles for videos.

If you have copywriting talent as well, you might be writing blogs for our clients, not just translating them. Successful candidates will be passionate about translating, have good time management skills, and be interested in IT, technology and the world.

This is a remote working opportunity with a pre agreed fixed number of hours per week. You will be responsible for declaring all income and paying all employment taxes in your country of residence.

Main Tasks

• 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

• Translators must master Japanese 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
• Familiar with MemoQ, Trados, Smartling, Memsource and other CATs
• Ability to translate/transcreate marketing-type messages

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.