Japanese In-House Language Lead (Irvington, NY - Maynard, MA - San Francisco, CA location)

The Language Lead holds the overall responsibility for the linguistic quality of the localized product. Not limited to translation or QA, he/she proactively participates in all phases of the localization process offering linguistic input and solutions as appropriate.

Responsibilities:
• Analyze linguistic requirements and strategy for client projects.
• Provide support in quoting, pricing, and scheduling.
• Create and maintain glossaries, translation memories and style guides.
• Assure quality of finalized product by ongoing review, support and feedback to translators, editors, and QA specialists.
• Act as chief liaison in interface with client terminologists, reviewers, and localization support staff.
• Take the lead on linguistic issues at client/project meetings.
• Collaborate with other language leads in resolving issues that affect all project languages.
• Production work (e.g. translation, editing, QA).

Requirements:
• Native speaker fluency in Japanese with excellent verbal and written command of both Japanese and English.
• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent required; advanced degree preferred.
• Two or more years' experience in localization, terminology management, quality control, and TM tools required.
• Supervisory and/or resource management experience a plus.

Working at Acclaro Inc. brings the world to you. As an international translation and localization firm, we work with global brands to give them an authentic voice in key language markets. As an employee at Acclaro, we help you succeed in a dynamic, multi-cultural, open environment. Fast-paced Acclaro places you in the middle of a vibrant industry, where your personal style and world-savvy experience allows you to grow as we grow.