English into Polish Translator

Translating with Alpha CRC:

Where language matters

Job title: English into Polish Translator

Location: Cambridge, UK

Contract type: Permanent, full-time, in-house

• Do you have a passion for translating from English to Polish?
• 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 Polish translator at a world-leading localization provider could be for you.

The opportunity

Our lovely Polish team is looking for a new colleague: a dedicated translation professional, 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.

Tasks

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

Requirements

Key requirements

Translators must master Polish 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

Optional skills

Familiar with MemoQ, Trados, Smartling, Memsource and other CATs

Ability to translate/transcreate marketing-type messages

Experience translating for the e-commerce and finance sector

Subtitling videos

About Alpha CRC

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 have activities ranging from paintball to cookery contests, or book exchanges to film watching, which take place across all our 15 countries.

We service an impressive range of internationally known clients in various sectors. Send your CV with a letter of motivation.

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For successful candidates, unless you already have the right to work in the UK, Alpha will act as your sponsor. You will need to obtain a visa before entering the UK; this is a relatively straightforward process.