Key Responsibilities
1. Translation & Interpretation
- Translate business and operational documents between Japanese/Chinese and English.
- Provide interpretation support during calls, meetings, training sessions, and discussions with Japanese and Chinese stakeholders.
- Translate emails, instructions, process documents, reports, presentations, investment-related documents, and operational communications.
- Ensure the translated content retains the original business meaning, financial terminology, and context.
- Support both written and verbal communication between India-based teams and APAC stakeholders.
2. Private Equity & Investment Operations Support
- Support the operations team in understanding Japanese and Chinese documentation related to:
- Private Equity investments
- Fund accounting
- Investment operations
- Capital calls and distributions
- NAV and financial reporting
- Investor reporting
- Portfolio company information
- Valuation-related documentation
- Investment agreements and supporting documents
- Banking and payment instructions
- Tax and compliance documentation
- KYC/AML-related documentation
- Assist operational teams in interpreting client instructions and requirements received in Japanese or Chinese.
- Identify and explain language-specific terminology that may have operational or financial implications.
3. Stakeholder Communication
- Act as a language bridge between India delivery teams, Singapore management, and Japan/China stakeholders.
- Participate in client calls and provide real-time interpretation when required.
- Help clarify business requirements, process changes, exceptions, and client instructions.
- Coordinate with internal SMEs when translation requires specialized financial or operational knowledge.
- Ensure important instructions are communicated accurately and without ambiguity.
4. Document Review & Quality Control
- Review translated documents for accuracy, consistency, grammar, terminology, and business context.
- Maintain standardized terminology/glossaries for recurring Private Equity and financial services terms.
- Perform quality checks on translated reports, emails, process documents, and client communications.
- Highlight unclear, ambiguous, or potentially incorrect translations before information is shared with stakeholders.
5. Process & Knowledge Support
- Build and maintain a Japanese/Chinese–English Private Equity terminology repository.
- Develop translation templates and standard communication formats.
- Support creation and maintenance of SOPs and process documentation in English, Japanese, and Chinese where required.
- Conduct language and process orientation sessions for India-based team members.
- Help the operations team understand commonly used Japanese and Chinese financial terminology and business practices.
6. Cross-Cultural Communication
- Help India-based teams understand appropriate communication styles and business etiquette when interacting with Japanese and Chinese stakeholders.
- Provide guidance on culturally appropriate written and verbal communication.
- Identify potential communication gaps arising from language or cultural differences and help resolve them professionally.
Required Skills & Qualifications
- 5–8 years of professional experience in translation, interpretation, language services, or a similar role.
- Strong proficiency in:
- Japanese
- Chinese/Mandarin
- English
- Ability to communicate effectively in both written and spoken forms.
- Strong understanding of financial services and Private Equity terminology.
- Experience translating financial, investment, accounting, banking, or business documents is highly preferred.
- Strong attention to detail and ability to maintain the exact meaning of financial and operational instructions.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to work with confidential and sensitive financial information.
- Strong stakeholder management and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work with teams across India, Singapore, Japan, and China.
- Comfortable working in an international / APAC operating environment.
Skills
Chinese/Japanese -Translator
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