Technological Linguist – Conglomerate Pharma
Overview:
We are seeking a highly skilled Technological Linguist to support the development, optimization, and quality enhancement of machine translation and language technology solutions within a regulated and quality-driven environment.
This role combines deep linguistic expertise with strong technical capability and is ideal for a professional translator or linguistic specialist who has evolved into language technology, translation automation, and AI-assisted translation workflows.
The successful candidate will play a key role in improving translation quality, optimizing linguistic assets, supporting adaptive machine translation training activities, and contributing to scalable multilingual content solutions.
This is not a pure Machine Learning Engineering role; however, the position requires someone highly comfortable working with language technologies, translation systems, automation scripting, and commercial machine translation platforms such as Language Weaver.
Key Responsibilities
- Create, maintain, and optimize linguistic assets including:
- Translation Memories (TMs)
- Terminology databases
- Standard dictionaries
- Glossaries
- Controlled language resources
- Support auto-adaptive machine translation model training and optimization activities through commercial MT platforms (e.g., Language Weaver)
- Prepare, curate, structure, and optimize bodies of linguistic knowledge for improved translation performance and retrieval accuracy
- Assess machine translation output quality through detailed linguistic and technical analysis
- Perform root-cause investigations into translation quality issues, terminology inconsistencies, and model performance gaps
- Conduct quality control (QC) and linguistic validation activities across multilingual datasets and translated outputs
- Develop and maintain automation scripts (preferably Python-based) for repetitive or large-scale language operations, including:
- TMX conversions
- Dictionary flattening
- Terminology variation generation
- Linguistic data transformation
- Workflow automation
- Collaborate with technical, linguistic, and operational stakeholders to improve translation workflows and machine translation effectiveness
- Contribute recommendations and expertise to broader language technology and localization process improvements
- Support testing, validation, and robustness assessment of trained MT models and linguistic datasets
Candidate Profile:
Essential Experience
- Professional background in linguistics, translation, localization, or language technology
- Previous experience working as a professional translator and/or clinical translator preferred
- Strong understanding of:
- CAT tools
- Translation workflows
- Translation quality assessment
- Linguistic QC processes
- Hands-on experience with translation technologies and machine translation environments
- Experience managing or optimizing:
- Translation memories
- Terminology databases
- Multilingual dictionaries
- Controlled terminology sets
- Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities with attention to linguistic detail
- Comfortable working with structured data and technical interfaces
- Ability to independently assess translation quality and identify linguistic or technical improvement opportunities
Technical Skills:
Required
- Experience with CAT tools and translation management systems
- Familiarity with machine translation platforms such as:
- Language Weaver
- DeepL enterprise environments
- Other adaptive MT systems
- Scripting or automation experience, preferably in Python
- Understanding of TMX, terminology management, and localization file structures
- Strong Excel and data manipulation capabilities
Preferred
- Experience in regulated industries such as:
- Clinical research
- Pharmaceuticals
- Life sciences
- Medical devices
- Exposure to AI-assisted translation workflows or adaptive machine translation systems
- Experience supporting translation model optimization or linguistic dataset preparation
- Familiarity with translation evaluation metrics and QA methodologies
Soft Skills
- Highly detail-oriented and quality-focused
- Strong communication and stakeholder collaboration skills
- Able to balance linguistic precision with operational efficiency
- Curious, proactive, and solutions-oriented mindset
- Comfortable working cross-functionally within technical and linguistic teams
Nice to Have
- Experience with multilingual corpora management
- Knowledge of localization engineering concepts
- Exposure to API-based translation workflows
- Experience contributing to language automation or AI-driven localization initiatives
Ideal Backgrounds
- Clinical Translator
- Senior Linguist
- Localization Specialist
- Language Technology Specialist
- Translation Technology Analyst
- Computational Linguist
- Linguistic QA Specialist
- Localization Engineer (linguistic-focused)
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