Linguist

Location: Gurgaon
Department: Language Services

As a Linguist, your primary responsibility is to manage translation and copy-editing tasks, ensuring high-quality linguistic deliverables across assigned projects and accounts.

The role involves translating and post-editing marketing, UI, legal, and other content between English and Hindi while preserving the original intent, tone, and purpose for the target audience.

Proficiency in CAT tools and localization processes, along with excellent communication skills and a passion for language, are essential for delivering impactful, audience-focused content.

Main Duties:

• Perform translation, post-editing, copy-editing, and proofreading tasks between English and Hindi using designated translation and localization tools.
• Handle a wide range of content types, including marketing materials, UI strings, creative content, legal content, and other localized assets, adapting the level of creativity as required.
• Review and understand project requirements, target audience expectations, and machine translation (MT) quality before starting assignments.
• Effectively utilize CAT tools and other supporting platforms required for localization work, such as query management systems and UI review tools.
• Adhere to established workflows and processes, including raising queries, reporting issues, and proactively communicating risks or blockers to relevant stakeholders.
• Ensure compliance with client-specific style guides, terminology databases, linguistic standards, and quality requirements.
• Continuously improve performance by incorporating feedback received through internal and external quality evaluations.
• Monitor personal quality metrics and error trends, and actively work on identified improvement areas.
• Participate in internal training sessions, knowledge-sharing initiatives, and client-led training programs.
• Contribute to error review and arbitration discussions to support quality improvement and consistency.
• Meet defined productivity, quality, and turnaround-time targets.
• Attend internal quality meetings and client quality review calls, contributing constructively to discussions and action plans.
• Demonstrate a growth mindset by regularly assessing skill gaps and seeking guidance from language leads and management to enhance performance and professional development.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Translation, Applied Languages, Linguistics, Literature, Journalism, Communications, or a related field preferred.
• Native or near-native proficiency in Hindi and strong command of English.
• Experience or demonstrated interest in creative localization, translation, transcreation, copywriting, content writing, or Hindi content creation.
• Strong comprehension skills in English with the ability to accurately translate, transcreate, post-edit, copy-edit, and proofread content according to client requirements and target audience needs.
• Excellent written Hindi with a keen eye for grammar, style, consistency, and linguistic accuracy.
• Ability to identify, analyze, and resolve linguistic, terminology, and localization-related issues.
• Familiarity with CAT tools and localization workflows; experience with industry-standard localization platforms is a plus.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Detail-oriented mindset with a commitment to delivering high-quality, error-free work.
• Positive attitude, willingness to learn, and openness to constructive feedback.
• Ability to collaborate effectively in a team-oriented environment while managing individual responsibilities.