Life Sciences & Marketing Brazilian Portuguese Linguist

As a trusted global transformation partner, Welocalize accelerates the global business journey by enabling brands and companies to reach, engage, and grow international audiences. Welocalize delivers multilingual content transformation services in translation, localization, and adaptation for over 250 languages with a growing network of over 400,000 in-country linguistic resources. Driving innovation in language services, Welocalize delivers high-quality training data transformation solutions for NLP-enabled machine learning by blending technology and human intelligence to collect, annotate, and evaluate all content types. Our team works across locations in North America, Europe, and Asia serving our global clients in the markets that matter to them. www.welocalize.com

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Role Overview

The Life Sciences & Marketing Brazilian Portuguese Linguist manages translation and copy-editing activities and ensures the delivery of high-quality Brazilian Portuguese linguistic outputs across assigned projects or accounts. The role supports content across multiple domains, with a primary focus on Life Sciences and Marketing, while also contributing to projects in Technology, Manufacturing, and Entertainment.

Main Responsibilities

- Performing copy-editing and on-demand translation tasks for assigned projects or accounts
- Providing lead linguistic support on designated projects or accounts
- Managing and maintaining language assets, including glossaries, style guides, and work instructions, ensuring they meet quality standards and remain up to date per project or account requirements
- Managing and resolving project-related linguistic queries
- Fostering effective collaboration among team members and addressing terminology and language-related questions
- Testing, qualifying, and onboarding new freelancers and vendors as required
- Supporting the development and training of internal linguists and external partners in line with account needs and Welocalize's standards
- Communicating with clients on linguistic matters when required
- Contributing to the development and continuous improvement of workflows and processes
- Meeting or exceeding KPIs related to productivity, on-time delivery, and quality
- Achieving objectives and targets set by the team manager

Requirements

- Education Level: University degree in Translation, Applied Languages, Linguistics, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience (university degree in another discipline combined with at least two years of full-time professional translation experience, or a minimum of five years of full-time professional experience in translation)
- Native fluency in Brazilian Portuguese
- Fluency in English, both written and spoken, in a variety of registers
- A minimum of 4 years of professional experience in translation, localization, editing, or content writing
- A minimum of 2 years of linguistic review experience
- Thorough understanding of the localization process
- Excellent command of terminology across multiple subject areas, including Life Sciences (e.g., Clinical Research and Medical Devices) and enterprise content such as Marketing, UI, and Product/Service materials
- Strong user proficiency with standard software environments, including Windows and Microsoft Office applications
- Strong user proficiency with industry-standard CAT tools (e.g., XTM, SDL Trados Studio) and issue tracking and query management systems (e.g., JIRA)
- 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
- Ability to work with tight deadlines
- Ability to give clear, concise and constructive feedback
- Ability to clearly present information and effectively respond to questions from managers, clients, customers, and linguists
- Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists
- Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form
- Ability and willingness to train, mentor, and share knowledge with others
- Ability, willingness and experience in communicating positively with customers at various levels
- Ability to work within a virtual team