Linguist (Gujarati)

RWS; Mumbai; On-site; INR 700,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

RWS in Mumbai is seeking a seasoned language professional to lead translations and ensure quality across projects. You will coordinate internal teams and freelancers, apply QA processes, and support project managers with linguistic guidance.

The role emphasizes continuous improvement, attention to detail, collaboration, and timely delivery of high-quality localized content in multiple languages. Fluency in translation tools and strong communication are essential.

Qualifications

• Attention to Quality: 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 various media to engage others.
• Initiative: takes prompt action without being asked.
• Learning Agility: critical thinkers who learn and adapt quickly.
• Managing Work: completes work efficiently by managing time/resources.
• Process Orientation: follows processes and prioritizes how things are done.
• Professional/Technical Expertise: applies technical/ professional knowledge to achieve results.
• Results Orientation: achieves results and overcomes obstacles to meet goals.
• Written Communications: clear and precise written communication.

Responsibilities

• Operational Excellence– Provides high quality and accurate translations that contribute to client satisfaction. Manages translations and projects of increasing complexity with appropriate tools and processes.
• Delivers Quality, Value, Results– Performs QA tasks to ensure high quality output and communicates requirements clearly to the team.
• Functional Excellence– Improves translation quality by suggesting process improvements and expanding linguistic knowledge.
• Relationship Building– Builds credibility with team members and contributes to complex projects to improve quality.

Skills

Attention to Quality

Collaboration

Communication

Initiative

Learning Agility

Managing Work

Process Orientation

Professional/Technical Expertise

Results Orientation

Written Communication

Job description

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, diligently working to overcome obstacles to achieve goals.
• Written Communica