Language Specialist - Japanese

DeepL
Tokyo
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: Solutions Engineering & Sales EngineeringExperience: 2+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Communication","Problem-solving","Independent work","Teamwork","Explain complex concepts"]

Serve as a Japanese language consultant across DeepL, partnering with Research, Product, and other teams to evaluate and improve translation quality. Test features pre- and post-launch, analyze linguistic quality of human and machine-generated data, design tests and examples for freelance linguists, and provide actionable feedback. Work with ambiguous and complex language cases in Japanese plus a foreign language, investigate user language complaints, and explain linguistic phenomena to varied audiences.

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Language Specialist - Japanese

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Job Summary

Serve as a Japanese language consultant across DeepL, partnering with Research, Product, and other teams to evaluate and improve translation quality. Test features pre- and post-launch, analyze linguistic quality of human and machine-generated data, design tests and examples for freelance linguists, and provide actionable feedback. Work with ambiguous and complex language cases in Japanese plus a foreign language, investigate user language complaints, and explain linguistic phenomena to varied audiences.
Location: Tokyo
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Solutions Engineering & Sales Engineering
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Serve as a linguistic consultant in Japanese across the company, partnering with stakeholders from Research to Product to Sales.
  • •Test and evaluate DeepL products and features both before and after launch.
  • •Assess the linguistic quality of data generated by humans and machines, including ambiguous and highly complex language data in Japanese plus at least one foreign language.
  • •Design tests and examples to help identify the right freelancers for linguistic projects and provide actionable feedback based on project needs.
  • •Investigate and evaluate user-submitted language complaints and partner on experiment and evaluation design.

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Hybrid WorkFlexible Hours

Key Requirements

  • •Deep familiarity with the cultural and professional context where Japanese is natively spoken, ideally native-level fluency in Japanese.
  • •English fluency (C1+).
  • •Bachelor’s degree in linguistics, translation, foreign languages, language teaching, or a related field.
  • •At least 2 years of experience working in translation, localization, linguistics, education, or a related field.
  • •Expert understanding of research best practices, including experience with machine translation and identifying common machine output error patterns.
Experience:2+ yearsTranslationLocalizationLinguistics
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:CommunicationProblem-solvingIndependent workTeamworkExplain complex concepts
Languages:JapaneseEnglish
Tech Stack:AILLMsNLPMachine translationAI prompting

Company Brief

DeepL
DeepL builds Language AI products (DeepL Translator, DeepL Write, APIs and enterprise solutions) that provide high-accuracy translations and writing assistance to businesses and individuals, focusing on privacy, security and enterprise deployment.
Industry: AI & Machine Learning
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)
Funding: Series D
Headquarters: Cologne, Germany
Founded: 2017
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