# Life Sciences German Linguist

**Company**: Welo Life Sciences
**Location**: Barcelona, Spain
**Work arrangement**: remote
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Language Services
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

Welo Life Sciences, a Welo Global brand, is a specialized language and technology partner serving pharmaceutical, CRO, and medical device organizations operating in regulated global markets. They deliver regulator-ready translation, linguistic validation, and localization solutions that support clinical trials, pharmacovigilance, regulatory affairs, labeling, and global commercialization.

The Linguist performs quality control tasks and on-demand translation and copy edit tasks, and takes on linguistic lead functions on assigned accounts/projects. They coordinate the activities of a group of translators (internal and/or freelancers) for assigned accounts/projects, train and develop freelancers, and ensure that the work is performed at a satisfactorily high standard within the specified deadlines and quality level.

Main duties:

- Perform Life Sciences translations and reviews (English to German)

- Perform copy edit tasks on assigned projects or accounts (English to German)

- Perform lead support on assigned projects or accounts

- Manage and maintain language materials (including glossaries, Style Guides, work instruction) up to the quality standards and up to date as required by the account or project

- Conduct research to ensure the best quality of delivery

- Master or learn the tools associated with translation work

- Precisely follow the established processes

- Interact with clients on linguistic matters as required

- Participate in the development of new and improved working processes

- Develop and train internal linguists/new and existing freelancers according to the accounts’ and Welocalize’s needs

Qualifications and required skills:

- Native-Level in German

- Fluent in English (both written and spoken, in a wide range of registers)

- 3+ years experience in Translation/Localization of Life Sciences content

- University degree in Translation/Applied Languages or equivalent combination of education and experience

- Thorough understanding of the localization process

- Good user experience of standard software, such as Windows and Office applications

- Good user experience of standard CAT tools, e.g. XTM, SDL Studio, and issue tracking and query management tools, e.g. JIRA

- Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, linguists

Additional skills:

- Ability to learn new localization tools and applications quickly

- Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills

- Ability to work with tight deadlines

- Ability to give clear, concise and constructive feedback

- Ability and willingness to train/teach others and pass on knowledge

- Ability to work within a remote team

## Skills

### Required
- German
- English
- Translation
- Localization
- Life Sciences
- XTM
- SDL Studio
- JIRA
- Windows
- Office

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