Technical Translator - Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong)
Apple Inc
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Job posting number: #7276808 (Ref:apl-200563888)
Posted: August 30, 2024
Job Description
Summary
Are you looking for a great opportunity to work on a dynamic team passionate about delivering world-class localized software on some of the world’s most creative consumer electronic products? Do you love the challenge of solving complex problems that can have a direct impact on the success of the company? Join the team responsible for the localization of Apple software and Siri.
We are looking for experienced technical translators to localize software and related content into Traditional Chinese. Our localization team is looking for highly motivated individuals with the right mix of technical, creative, organizational and communication skills to provide technical translations and adaptations for our software. Fluency and translation experience in Traditional Chinese are essential. The environment is fast paced, requiring the ability to manage workload with aggressive delivery schedules. In addition to project work, other responsibilities include contributing to improving the tools to make software localization workflows more efficient; helping to investigate the root causes of international issues that are found in localized software; evangelizing best practices for localization friendly content; defining and driving improvements in our localized content. Strong communication and collaboration skills, attention to detail, and proven ability to manage priorities are essential. This position is highly suited to technical translators with previous localization experience. It provides an opportunity to work within an exciting, supportive team, interact with other localization teams at Apple, as well as engineering and QA teams, and gain valuable insights into the development process at Apple.
We are looking for experienced technical translators to localize software and related content into Traditional Chinese. Our localization team is looking for highly motivated individuals with the right mix of technical, creative, organizational and communication skills to provide technical translations and adaptations for our software. Fluency and translation experience in Traditional Chinese are essential. The environment is fast paced, requiring the ability to manage workload with aggressive delivery schedules. In addition to project work, other responsibilities include contributing to improving the tools to make software localization workflows more efficient; helping to investigate the root causes of international issues that are found in localized software; evangelizing best practices for localization friendly content; defining and driving improvements in our localized content. Strong communication and collaboration skills, attention to detail, and proven ability to manage priorities are essential. This position is highly suited to technical translators with previous localization experience. It provides an opportunity to work within an exciting, supportive team, interact with other localization teams at Apple, as well as engineering and QA teams, and gain valuable insights into the development process at Apple.
Description
- Translation of Apple products into Traditional Chinese.
- Utilizing internal tools to identify changes with localization impact.
- Bug monitoring, escalation, reporting and resolution.
- Working with different groups to ensure the process runs smoothly and on schedule.
- Ensuring terminology consistency across all Apple products and services for the Traditional Chinese (Taiwan) market.
- Assisting with quick-turnaround translations.
- Identifying tools and process enhancements.
- Using unreleased software to check localization.
- Maintaining style guides and language glossaries
- Utilizing internal tools to identify changes with localization impact.
- Bug monitoring, escalation, reporting and resolution.
- Working with different groups to ensure the process runs smoothly and on schedule.
- Ensuring terminology consistency across all Apple products and services for the Traditional Chinese (Taiwan) market.
- Assisting with quick-turnaround translations.
- Identifying tools and process enhancements.
- Using unreleased software to check localization.
- Maintaining style guides and language glossaries
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor\'s Degree in Applied Linguistics, Translation and/or equivalent experience.
- Native or fluency in mandarin and traditional Chinese. Fluent in English.
- Current and direct exposure to your native language\'s culture and knowledgeable in, and sensitive to, multilingual and multicultural issues.
- Experience with CAT tools.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in translation of UI for high-end software products.
- Large vocabulary, literacy, and cross-cultural knowledge.
- Experience in managing language specific style guides and glossaries.
- Experience with localization and internationalization.
- Experience localizing Apple product content.
- Excellent knowledge of structural aspects of the language (syntax, semantics, phonology, phonetics).
- Experience in natural language processing and computational linguistics.
- Experience with a programming language.
- Localization project management experience and QA experience.
- Excellent writing skills.
- Excellent teamwork and interpersonal communication skills.
