Freelance Senior Linguist-Marketing & Life Sciences-Afrikaans (South Africa)

Welocalize, Inc.; Remote; ZAR 300 000 - 400 000; Part time

Job summary

A global language services provider is seeking Freelance Language Experts to collaborate on various accounts. Candidates should have at least 3 years of experience in translation and copyediting. Proficiency in English and native Afrikaans with cultural expertise is essential. Familiarity with CAT tools like XTM and Trados is required. This role offers remote collaboration on multiple projects. Ideal for those passionate about language transformation.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years' experience in translating and editing relevant content.
• Professional level understanding of English (US/GB).
• Native level expertise of Afrikaans with cultural understanding.

Skills

Translation

Copy editing

Knowledge of CAT tools

MS Office proficiency

Education

Translation degree or equivalent experience

Tools

XTM

Phrase

Trados

Jira

Smartling

Job description

As a trusted global transformation partner, Welocalize accelerates the global business journey by enabling brands and companies to reach, engage, and grow international audiences.

Welocalize delivers multilingual content transformation services in translation, localization, and adaptation for over languages with a growing network of over , in-country linguistic resources.

Driving innovation in language services, Welocalize delivers high‑quality training data transformation solutions for NLP‑enabled machine learning by blending technology and human intelligence to collect, annotate, and evaluate all content types.

Our team works across locations in North America, Europe, and Asia serving our global clients in the markets that matter to them.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Requirements

• Minimum 3 years' experience in translating, copy editing content in the specified subject matter areas or verticals: Investigator facing, Patient facing and/or Pharmacy material, Marketing, Help and UI content
• Professional level understanding of English (US/GB)
• Native level expertise of Afrikaans as Target Language with core understanding of cultural nuances.
• Candidate should be well versed with various CAT tools like XTM, Phrase, Trados, Jira, Smartling etc.
• Working knowledge of MS office applications like MS Word, MS Excel.
• Desirable: Translation degree or, if other degree, 3 years of translation experience or, if no degree, 5 years of translation experience

We are building a team of Freelance Language Experts who can collaborate with us on Multiple accounts and programs.