Localization Academy

Language Specialist with Slovak

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Job Purpose

As an English to Slovak Language Specialist at RWS Group, your primary objective is to facilitate effective communication by providing accurate and culturally relevant translations from English into Slovak. Your role is essential to our commitment to delivering high-quality language solutions to our clients.

Job Overview

Recognized as the world’s largest Language Service Provider – helps customers to create, translate, and deliver content across 250+ languages. Our global team of linguists, project managers, subject matter experts and localization professionals work closely with customers to ensure their communications and multilingual content is compelling, accurate and consistent.

Key Responsibilities

  • Translation Expertise: Precisely translate a wide array of content, including documents, texts, and materials, while preserving the original meaning, style, and tone.
  • Bilingual Proficiency: Exhibit advanced proficiency in both Slovak and English, with a deep understanding of linguistic nuances and cultural sensitivities in both languages.
  • Contextual Adaptation: Customize translations to suit the specific industry or subject matter, maintaining precision and fluency in specialized domains.
  • Quality Assurance: Conduct thorough self-reviews and quality checks to ensure translations meet the highest standards, aligning with or exceeding client expectations.
  • Research and Terminology: Keep abreast of industry-specific terminology and jargon, conducting research as needed to provide accurate translations.
  • Effective Collaboration: Collaborate with project managers, editors, and subject matter experts to clarify context, resolve queries, and ensure the final translation meets client requirements.
  • Cultural Sensitivity: Apply cultural awareness to ensure translations are contextually appropriate and culturally sensitive for the target audience.

Skills & Experience

  • Proficiency in Slovak and English, both written and spoken.
  • Proven experience in translation, particularly from English to Slovak.
  • A deep understanding of industry-specific terminology and subject matter expertise is highly advantageous.
  • Strong attention to detail and dedication to maintaining quality standards.
  • Effective time management and organizational skills.
  • Cultural awareness and sensitivity to linguistic and cultural differences.
  • Willingness to adapt and thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.

Life at RWS

At RWS, we’re here for one purpose: unlocking global understanding.

As a unique, world-leading provider of technology-enabled language, content, and intellectual property services, we remove the barriers to communication to make global connection possible. Our unrivalled experience and deep understanding of language have been developed over more than 60 years. As we look to shape the future, our ambition is to create a world where understanding is universal for everyone.

We work with over 80% of the world’s top 100 brands, more than three-quarters of Fortune’s 20 ‘Most Admired Companies’ and almost all the top pharmaceutical companies, investment banks, law firms and patent filers. Our client base spans Europe, Asia Pacific and North and South America. Our 65+ global locations across five continents service clients in the automotive, chemical, financial, legal, medical, pharmaceutical, technology and telecommunications sectors.

Over the past 20 years we’ve been evolving our own AI solutions as well as helping clients to explore, build and use multilingual AI applications. With 45+ AI-related patents and more than 100 peer-reviewed papers, we have the experience and expertise to support clients on their AI journey.

If you like the idea of working with smart people who are passionate about breaking down language barriers and giving back to their communities, then you’ll love life at RWS. Our work fundamentally recognizes the value of every language and culture. So, we celebrate difference, we are inclusive and believe that diversity makes us strong.

We want every employee to grow as an individual and excel in their career. In return, we expect all our people to live by the values that unite us: to partner with colleagues and clients, to adopt a pioneering spirit, to be positive in progressing the work we do, and always to deliver what we promise.

RWS Values

Get the 3Ps right – Partner, Pioneer, Progress – and we´ll Deliver together as One RWS.

For further information, please visit: RWS

RWS embraces DEI and promotes equal opportunity, we are an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind. RWS is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at RWS are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, religion, nationality, ethnicity, sex, age, disability, or sexual orientation. RWS will not tolerate discrimination based on any of these characteristics

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