Description
Park IP, a Welo Global brand, is a global IP solutions partner built for modern intellectual property work. The company enables legal teams to protect intellectual assets with accuracy, clarity, and confidence across jurisdictions.
Role Overview The Senior Russian Legal Linguist ensures high-quality Russian-language deliverables by managing translation and copy-editing tasks, coordinating with freelancers and agencies, and maintaining key language resources.
Main Responsibilities
- Perform copy-editing tasks on assigned projects or accounts
- Perform on-demand translation tasks
- Lead linguist role on assigned accounts
- Take ownership of deliveries translated internally or by external partners
- Prepare, manage, and maintain language materials
- Manage project-related queries
- Ensure good interaction among team members and resolve terminology and language matters
- Coordinate with freelancers, agencies, and internal linguists
- Test and qualify new freelancers and vendors
- Develop and train internal linguists and freelancers
- Interact with clients on linguistic matters
- Participate in developing new and improved working processes
- Propose process improvements
- Meet or exceed key performance metrics
Requirements
- University degree in Translation, Applied Languages, Linguistics, or a related field
- Native-level proficiency in Russian
- Fluent in English, both written and spoken
- 8+ years of relevant experience in translation, localization, editing, or content writing
- 5+ years of experience in linguistic review and copy-editing
- Thorough understanding of the localization process
- Excellent knowledge of terminology used in legal materials
- Experience serving as a subject-matter expert
- Excellent user experience with standard CAT tools and issue-tracking tools
- Ability to learn new localization tools and applications quickly
- Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills