German Translation Specialist (EN-DE; ES/FR-DE)

Amazon is currently looking for a motivated and talented linguist to join our team as a: German Translation Specialist (EN-DE; FR/ES-DE)

The successful candidate will be well organized, independent professional passionate about delivering the right level of quality of translations (both machine-generated and human) to our customers. They must have the ability to communicate well with colleagues, external partners and other stakeholders and be able to provide a comprehensive structured feedback based on data and supported by sound knowledge of MQM processes and guidelines. They will be comfortable working in an international, fast-paced environment, where change and ambiguity are present as we constantly grow, improve, and innovate.

Key responsibilities:

· Conduct quality checks by proofreading/reviewing linguistic work from freelancer translators, peers and other external vendors to ensure adherence to customer’s and company’s quality standards.
· Control and improve machine-translation engines’ quality by assessing output and providing linguistic feedback.
· Provide feedback and linguistic coaching to your peers, freelance translators and other external vendors and engage in quality improvement initiatives when needed.
· Post-edit machine-translated product detail pages in an efficient way to increase the product availability for the customer in their preferred language.
· Monitor external vendor quality progress, investigate quality variations and develop and implement measures to drive quality improvement in collaboration with other internal teams.
· Occasionally, provide manual translation during the launch phase of a new language combination
· Depending on the group’s needs and your own skills and inclinations, support our leadership, business and tech teams by taking an active part in training, project / program management, etc.

This is a 12 months fixed term contract with possibility of extension in line with business needs.