Associate Translations Specialist

2 weeks ago


Penang, Malaysia Clarivate Full time

We are looking for an Associate Translation Specialist to join our Translation team in Malaysia. This is an amazing opportunity to work on Chinese-English Translation (patent names) in the area of engineering patent, pharmaceutical and other industries supported by Clarivate. We have a great skill set in performing post-editing and proofreading on machine translations. We would love to speak with you if you have skills in the Chinese language and translation.

The Associate Translation Specialist is in charge of Machine translation quality evaluation, supplier quality evaluation and supplier feedback management, as well as maintaining linguistic assets for specific key languages in the intellectual property domain.

About You - experience, education, skills, and accomplishments
- University degree, preferably in translation or language related areas, and the technology area
- Experience in performing or reviewing translations.
- Native level in Chinese languages, as well as an excellent level of English.
- Intellectual Property experience would be a plus.
- Knowledge of CAT Tools and translation management systems is an asset.

It would be great if you are...
- Detail-oriented, thorough, accurate, able to meet deadlines, and able to work quickly and steadily in a focused manner to achieve organizational goals.
- Demonstrate initiative, persistence, ability to problem solve, and enthusiasm for learning.
- Strong ability to multitask, prioritize, and work independently with mínimal supervision.

What will you be doing in this role?
- Reviewing and assessing Machine translation outputs, using LQA forms and language resources in order to optimize MT quality.
- Actively managing and maintaining translation linguistic assets, including customer-and industry specific glossaries and translation memories, creating and updating glossaries where needed.
- Proactively recommending improvements as well as corrective and preventive actions to reduce customer or internal complaints, improve efficiency and mitigate risks.
- Participating in continuous improvement by collaborating in quality or project-related initiatives.
- Actively participating in weekly team meetings, preparing the yearly individual evaluation process by submitting proposals for next year objectives and training proposition according to company values.
- Participating in creating an inspiring team environment with an open communication culture and a team spirit.

About the Team

The Translations teams in Penang, Malaysia mainly perform machine-assisted translations on patents from China/Japan/South Korea patent offices. We strive to deliver the highest quality data that goes beyond our customers’ expectations.

The Names Solution team consists of 11 people and reports to the Team Lead. We support effective management and champion continuous improvement of our quality driven operational workflow and practices, providing value-add insight and oversight of the names data like no others. There are plenty of opportunities to collaborate with various internal stakeholders of different business units and locations in this role.

Hours of Work

This is a full-time permanent position with normal working hour. Out of working hour meetings may occur occasional to meet other teams from different time zones.

At Clarivate, we are committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all persons with respect to hiring, compensation, promotion, training, and other terms, conditions, and privileges of employment. We comply with applicable laws and regulations governing non-discrimination in all locations.



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