Looking for Freelance Post-editors / Translators

Posted: 93 months ago

Amazon Freelance Post-editors / Translators – DE-ES / DE-FR / DE-IT / DE-NL / DE-UK / EN-CN / EN-DE / EN-ES / EN-FR / EN-IT / EN-JP / EN-MX / FR-DE / FR-IT / JP-CN / JP-US

Are you looking to collaborate with one of the fastest-growing and most innovative e-commerce businesses? Freelance as a post-editor/translator for Amazon and help us expand our product selection across our platforms.

The role
We are looking for native speakers to collaborate with us as freelancers. You will be responsible for post-editing, translating and proofreading product descriptions to make them available to Amazon customers in their local language. You will mostly focus on post-editing projects. Using CAT tools, you will ensure that human and machine-generated translations meet Amazon's specific style guides and internal standards for product detail pages.

Amazon is currently looking for talented and highly motivated linguists to collaborate with us as post-editors/translators in any language pairs. The most wanted language pairs at this time are the following: German to Spanish (native), German to French (native), German to Italian (native), German to Dutch (native), German to British English (native), English to Chinese Simplified Mandarin (native), English to German (native), English to Spanish (native), English to French (native), English to Italian (native), English to Japanese (native), English to Mexican Spanish (native), French to German (native), French to Italian (native), Japanese to Chinese Simplified Mandarin (native), Japanese to American English (native).

Please note that if your language pair is not listed above, do not hesitate to apply anyway, specifying which language you can post-edit/translate. We will keep your application in our database and contact you in case your languages are needed in the future.

Requirements
• Native speaker of one of our target languages.
• CAT tool that can generate .xlf or .wsxz files (free versions of memoQ 4Free (2015), OmegaT and Virtaal available online).
• Ideal capacity: between 2,000 and 18,000 words per week.
• Attention to detail.
• Please note that following your application, you will be required to successfully complete a translation and post-editing test (about 500 words).

The rate we pay is calculated on a project-by-project basis.

So what are you waiting for? Start freelancing for Amazon today!

Kind regards,

Your Outsourcing Team

Languages:

German > Spanish
Spanish natives only

German > French
French natives only

English > German
German natives only

English > Italian
Italian natives only

Japanese > English
English natives only

German > Italian
Italian natives only

German > English
English natives only

English > Chinese
Chinese natives only

English > French
French natives only

French > German
German natives only

French > Italian
Italian natives only

Japanese > Chinese
Chinese natives only

German > Dutch
Dutch natives only

English > Spanish
Spanish natives only

English > Japanese
Japanese natives only

Service required:
Proof-reading

Status: Closed (No quotes can be placed anymore)

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