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.
As a Senior Linguist for Life Sciences - Simplified Chinese, you will manage translation and copy-editing tasks, ensuring high-quality linguistic deliverables for assigned projects or accounts. Your responsibilities include coordinating freelancers, maintaining language resources, resolving terminology queries, and collaborating with clients and internal teams to enhance workflow efficiency.
Key responsibilities:
- Perform lead linguist function on assigned accounts; provide SME support for designated clients
- Perform copy-edit tasks on assigned projects or accounts
- Perform on-demand translation tasks
- Take ownership of deliveries that were translated by linguists for one or more accounts into Simplified Chinese
- Prepare, manage, and maintain language materials up to quality standards and update as required
- Manage project-related queries and ensure good interaction among team members
- Coordinate a team of freelancers on assigned projects or accounts
- Test and qualify new freelancers and vendors as required; monitor resources' performance
- Develop and train new and existing freelancers according to account and company needs
- Recommend Simplified Chinese Life Sciences resources to Squads based on quality, OTD, language strategy, capacity needs, content specialty, or client-specific requirements
- Conduct monthly capacity planning for Life Sciences
- Interact with clients on linguistic matters as required
- Work with Quality and Squads to plan and perform LQAs, and drive arbitration process
- Support Quality team in reviewing client escalations related to Simplified Chinese and conducting RCAs for life sciences translation
- Respond to client inquiries; attend client calls as needed
- Participate in developing new and improved working processes
- Meet or exceed productivity KPI and achieve goals set by the Squad Lead
Requirements:
- University degree in Translation/Applied Languages or equivalent combination of education and experience in a Life Sciences-related field (Medicine, Pharmacy, Nursery, Biology, Chemistry)
- Master's degree is a plus
- 4+ years of relevant experience in translation/localization, with specialty Life Sciences
- 8+ years of relevant experience in translation/localization/editing or content writing
- 5+ years of review experience
- Fluent in English, both written and spoken
- Native fluency in Simplified Chinese
- Thorough understanding of the localization process
- Knowledge of Simplified Chinese life sciences and clinical research regulations
- Excellent user experience of standard CAT tools, e.g., XTM, SDL Studio, and issue tracking and query management tools, e.g., JIRA, Verifika
- Excellent user experience of standard software, such as Windows and Office applications
- Good understanding of Machine Translation Post-Editing process and willingness to work with AI tools
- Ability to learn new localization tools and applications quickly
- Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills
- Excellent knowledge of terminology used in two or more subject matters
- Subject-matter expert within the company for discipline or process
- Ability to work with tight deadlines and give clear, concise, and constructive feedback