Technological Linguist

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

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

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• 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)