Sunday, October 4, 2009

Language Specialist, Italian (Dublin)

Facebook is continuing to expand internationally and, in support of this effort, we are looking for full-time in-house Italian Language Specialist. As a Facebook Language Specialist, you will be involved in ensuring that we deliver a great user experience to our international audience. This is full-time position based in the Facebook Dublin office.

Responsibilities

  • Acting as company’s representative for the overall quality of the language on our site. This includes supporting our community of volunteer translators, vendors, and internal groups within the company
  • Reviewing and approving community-supplied translations
  • Maintenance of the glossaries and style guides and performing various translation tasks, especially for highly sensitive content
  • Work with remote teams in different time zones

Requirements

  • Great attitude towards work and people
  • Native fluency in Italian language and near-native fluency in English
  • Strong familiarity with the Italian culture and trends in social networking
  • Familiarity with the Facebook Translations application as well as other computer-aided translation tools
  • Experience in the translation and localization space as a translator and/or project manager, especially in high-tech industry
  • Knowledge of additional languages (other than Italian and English) –desirable
  • An active Facebook user who is well-connected with the Italian culture

No comments: