Localization Engineer (Based in Prague)

TransPerfect Translations was founded in 1992 with the following mission: to provide the highest quality language services to leading businesses worldwide. With no external financing, the TransPerfect family of companies grew from its humble beginnings as a two-person company operating in an NYU business school dorm room into the world’s third largest translation and software localization firm and one of the fastest growing, privately-held companies in the United States. With a network of over 8,000 language specialists and over 2,000 full-time employees in over 70 locations throughout North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia, we’re continuously ready to meet our clients’ needs, around the clock and around the world.

We attribute our growth to the skill, aptitude, and commitment of our high caliber employees. Put simply, we hire the most talented candidates and give them the guidance, resources, and opportunities they need to grow their career in an expanding environment.

Localization Engineer (based in Prague)

Position responsibilities:

· Defining and preparing tools, processes and files for software globalization and localization

· Defining localization scope of source and support files

· Pre-processing and post-processing of files, file tracking and management, project archiving

· Performing of engineering internal QAs, solving non linguistic quality issues

· Supervising technical processes in terms of quality and productivity

· Co-ordinating deliverables and changes, tracking localization status

· Define and prepare tools, processes and files for software globalization and localization

· Provide development team with feedback on localization issues

· Prepare files for translation using standard localization tools

Essential skills and experience required:

· Excellent written and verbal English communication skills, other languages would be an asset

· Ability to work independently as well as in cooperation with team

· University degree would be an asset

· 2 years of localization experience

· Comprehensive knowledge of standard office software (Microsoft Office)

· Highly organized and good at managing time and parallel tasks

· Basic programming skills (C/C++, Visual Basic, etc.) would be an asset

· Basics of scripting – Windows Scripting Host, Perl, RegEx would be an asset

· Experience with Trados, Passolo, FrameMaker and RoboHelp is preferred

· Advanced knowledge of HTML & XML formats

· Broad experience working with different software packages

In order to apply please send your CV to:

More information: www.translations.com and www.transperfect.com