Translation Department Manager (German native)
Anzeige Nr. 10076 vom 02.02.2012
Stellenbeschreibung:
Anakan GmbH is a specialized game localization company located in Berlin, Germany. As of today, we have localized more than 1,400 products for many of the world's best-known video games companies. Our full-service business is based on two key principles – commitment to customer satisfaction and a genuine love of gaming.
Our services include:
- Translation: coordination, in-game text, manuals, scripts
- Testing: localization testing, functionality testing, compliance testing
- Audio: pre-/post-production, multilingual voiceovers
- DTP: text-flow, layout, font management
- Creative media: including demos, trailers and advertising materials
Position Overview:
Anakan GmbH is seeking a highly motivated, experienced and team-oriented translator and project manager to manage translation, localization, and other language-related projects.
We are looking for an individual who will enjoy being part of a team that is rapidly expanding and contributing significantly to the company bottom line.
The successful candidate will coordinate linguistic projects with in-house and freelance translators, in terms of schedule, production and budget. She or he will be in charge of our translation team.
This position is full-time and in-house at the Anakan office in Berlin.
Start as soon as possible.
Responsibilities:
- Assigning work to translators in-house as well as freelancers, setting guidelines and supervising work in progress
- Preparing, packaging, sending, and receiving files for translation and linguistic QA
- Maintaining product specific glossaries, translation memories and any other linguistic material, and ensure the consistent use of them
- Actively coordinating the resolution of linguistic issues
- Working with other members of the group, in a team or as a project lead, respecting all procedures
- Ensuring core product teams produce localization kits and certification kits prior to localization project launches
- Proofreading of translations
Requirements:
- Between 2 to 5 years working experience in translation and management
Enjoys managing several products simultaneously and is able to easily switch context between projects
- Possesses excellent cross-functional negotiation and communication skills
- Native fluency in German as well as a perfect command of the English language (source language) is essential
- University Degree
- Strong team player
- Good organizational and time management skills
- Good negotiation skills
- Ability to research in depth a variety of subjects
- Understands and can clearly communicate on software engineering
- Use MS Project, MS office, CAT software like Trados, MemoQ, etc
If you think your qualifications match our requirements, please send your application to: job@anakan.de and type “Translation Manager” in the subject line.
Please note that only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.
Bezahlung:
TBC
Einsatzort:
10997 Berlin
Kontaktadresse:
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