• Job Description

  Req#: 2a93bc5a9567

  This is a remote position.

  Culture Flipper is looking for an ENKO language expert

  Working with KO and EN writers and editors, your role will be to help the team produce the final transcreated work by translating and contextually deconstructing source texts and will include the following responsibilities:

  • Supply the cultural context of KO and EN texts
  • Communicate with Project Managers & Coordinators in both KO and EN
  • Provide feedback to KO and EN writers before delivering final work to clients (includes proofreading KO and EN texts and comparing target texts with the source)
  • Coordinating with Project Managers & Coordinators
  • QA and proofread non-literary translations
  • Manage an ENKO Translation Memory (TM) if needed
  • Upcoming projects include but are not limited to:
    • E-commerce: product catalog for designer brands, e-commerce platform UIs, retail media platform UIs, customer-facing emails
    • Online Education: e-learning modules, teacher’s manuals, student instructions
    • Film and TV: Pre-production, production, post-production documents

  You must have the following:

  • Written and verbal fluency in Korean and English (primarily American. Knowledge of the differences between British/International English is a huge plus)
  • 2+ years of experience in translation, interpretation, or localization

  • Effective communication skills and poise in conflict situations
  • A talent and passion for language
  • Command of current Korean usage in Korea
  • Able to discern good writing from great writing
  • Analytical thinking, attention to detail, and problem-solving on a deadline
  • Experience in QA/QC (not a requirement, but a plus)
  • Experience in CAT (computer-aided translation) tools and TM management (not a requirement, but a huge plus)

  Engagement details

  • Engagement Type: Independent contractor on a project basis
  • Work Location: Remote

  Recruitment Process

  Application submission → Screening → Written test → On-the-job testing phase (3 weeks) → Review → Pilot phase (3 months)

  About Culture Flipper

  Your Art

  Your Words

  Your Audience

  Our Mission is to push boundaries and put people’s work on the map. We put your products and services (‘your art’) in your words for your audience based on a precise understanding of your work in its cultural context.

  Who We Are

  Culture Flipper is a localization expert group focused on brand experience.

  Domain experts and writers in each country collaborate with language experts and UX experts to create a brand experience that gains audience trust in many different languages. Culture Flipper’s deliverables are not simply translated texts. What we deliver to our clients is a highly localized user experience. The tremendous impact of Culture Flipper’s methods of localization lies in our multi-step collaborative workflow where we take translation as the first step in creating vibrant experiences that aim to touch the hearts of the target audience in local languages.

  The people of Culture Flipper are digital nomads who break free from conventions and enjoy lifestyles that allow them to be inspired and continuously reborn. It is Culture Flipper’s thrilling and deep-rooted mission to find methods of localization that moves audiences with experiments and new attempts to change people and the world.

  Culture Flipper was born on January 17, 2017, and is a diverse and inclusive multicultural corporation based in California, U.S.A.

• About the company

  Culture Flipper is a content marketing agency. We transcreate, blending translation seamlessly with culture. Available in Korean, Chinese, Thai, English and more.

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