Kannada Linguist

RWS; India; Remote; INR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

RWS is seeking a Kannada Linguist for a full-time, work-from-home role. You will deliver high-quality translations and lead linguistic QA for diverse projects, while coordinating with in-house and freelance translators.

You will apply language skills, translation tools, and QA processes to ensure client satisfaction and timely delivery across multiple tasks and teams.

Qualifications

• Experience with Kannada translation and linguistic QA.
• Strong attention to quality and detail.
• Ability to coordinate with in-house and freelance translators.
• Proactive, collaborative, and good communication.
• Adaptable to multiple projects and deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Provide accurate translations and ensure client satisfaction.
• Lead linguistic QA tasks including proofreading and revision.
• Plan and manage work of translators as a lead Language Specialist.
• Collaborate with project managers, DTP, and engineering teams.
• Maintain high-quality outputs through standard processes.

Skills

Attention to Quality

Collaboration

Communication

Initiative

Learning Agility

Managing Work

Process Orientation

Professional/Technical Expertise

Results Orientation

Translation Tools

Tools

Translation Tools

Job description

Job Title: Kannada Linguist Job Type: Full Time Location: Work from Home Job Purpose: Provides high quality language services to clients that result in excellent customer satisfaction. Applies a working knowledge of language skills, techniques and methodologies to work independently on common language tasks and projects.

Key Responsibilities

• Operational Excellence – Provides high quality and accurate translations that contribute to the overall success of the project and client satisfaction. Works on translations and projects of increasing complexity, requiring proficiency in translation tools and processes. Achieves results by effectively understanding requirements, utilizing the appropriate tools, and ensuring quality output. May provide linguistic support to a variety of people/departments such as: SDL lead Language Specialists, project managers, DTP, Engineering and Audio.
• Starts performing the function of lead Language Specialist (planning and managing the work of in-house and freelance translators, quality assurance (QA), and providing linguistic support to the project manager.)
• Delivers Quality, Value, Results – Demonstrates a strong focus on quality and client satisfaction by effectively understanding and applying quality standards to all deliverables. Performs quality assurance (QA) tasks (e.g., linguistic testing, proofing, editing and revising) to help the team deliver the highest quality output. Communicates effectively with the project team to ensure a clear understanding of the requirements and to resolve issues.
• Functional Excellence – Helps to improve quality of translations by making suggestions for improvement to processes based on experience and feedback on projects/outputs. Broadens his/her skill base by developing deeper language skills, specialized knowledge (e.g., industry, linguistic), and knowledge of cultural standards associated with source and target languages.
• Relationship Building – Builds credibility with team members by actively contributing to increasingly complex projects and implementing actions to improve quality.

Skills & Experience

• Attention to Quality: and Detail Diligently completes responsibilities, producing high quality results.
• Collaboration: Works collaboratively and uses a positive approach to achieve goals.
• Communication: Clearly conveys information and ideas through a variety of media and in a manner that engages others, helping them understand and retain the message.
• Initiative: Takes prompt action (e.g., escalates) without being asked or required to.
• Learning Agility: Critical thinkers who learn and adapt to the acquisition of new knowledge with ease.
• Managing Work: Completes work efficiently by effectively managing time and resources.
• Process Orientation: Follows processes, placing a priority on how things are done.
• Professional/Technical Expertise: Applies technical and professional knowledge, skills, and judgment to accomplish results.
• Results Orientation: Successfully achieves results, diligent