Transcriptionist
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Job Location:
Cape Town - South Africa
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
12 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Job description
Typeeitherfromanaudiofileorvideofileorupdate/revise/correctclientprovideddocumentsindifferentformats
Researchwords/names/concepts/facts:usingdictionariesonlinedictionariesorsearchengines(.)
Dataentry:typenumbersnamesaddressesfromthesourcedocumentorreplicatingon-screentext/graphicsfromsourcevideotoaneditableformat
FormatinMicrosoftWord(.)
Occasionallypreparepre-translationdocuments
Reviewinaudibleportionsfromexternaltranscriptionresourceswork
Timecueandpositiontextinvarioussubtitlesoftwaretotimesourcetexttosourceaudio/videoforsubtitlingorvoiceoverprojects
Jugglemultipleprojectsandprioritiessimultaneouslyinafast-pacedenvironment
Proofreadandeditanytranscriptionproducedbytranscriptionsoftwareandensuretheaccuracyofgrammarspellingorformat
Usethesearchfunctiontolookforpreviousdocuments/filesthatmaybeleveragedfornewprojects(.)
Updateinternalprojectmanagementsystemstoconfirmprojectstatusandcoordinatewithglobalproductionteams
Finalcheckdeliverablefilesagainstthesourcetomakesureproductmeetsclientneeds/specifications
LiaisewithMediaProjectManagerstoclarifyprojectparameters
Coordinatewithqualitypersonneltoensurethatthetranscriptionperfectlycomplieswithinstructionsandislinguisticallyperfect
Workonvarioussubtitling/captioningtoolscreatingandformattingEnglishsubtitlesaccordingtothespecifications
Completeallothertasksthataredeemedappropriateforthisroleandassignedbythemanager/supervisor
Job requirements
RequiredSkills
Typingspeedof60wordsperminute
Strongattentiontodetail
Excellentproblemsolvingandanalyticalskills
Effectivetimemanagement
Goodcommunicationskills
Proactivecan-doattitude
RequiredExperience&Qualifications
MinimumBachelorsdegreeoritsequivalent
Typicallyrequiresminimum5yearsofprevioustypingdictationortranscriptionexperience
StrongMSOffice/computerskills
ProficiencyinEnglish(bothwrittenandverbal)
- Cape Town Western Cape South Africa
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TransPerfect Translations is a translation, E-Discovery and language services company based in New York City. The company serves clients in many fields, such as film, gaming, legal and healthcare fields. As of 2012, TransPerfect is "the largest privately owned language services provid ... View more
