Junior Irish Translator

About Welocalize

As a trusted global transformation partner, Welocalize accelerates the global business journey by enabling brands and companies to reach, engage, and grow international audiences. Welocalize delivers multilingual content transformation services in translation, localization, and adaptation for over 250 languages with a growing network of over 400,000 in-country linguistic resources. Driving innovation in language services, Welocalize delivers high-quality training data transformation solutions for NLP-enabled machine learning by blending technology and human intelligence to collect, annotate, and evaluate all content types. Our team works across locations in North America, Europe, and Asia serving our global clients in the markets that matter to them.

Job Summary

We are looking for a motivated Junior Irish Translator to join our team. This position offers an excellent opportunity to gain hands-on experience in professional translation, localization, and linguistic research. In this position you will assist with linguistic tasks such as quality control, translation, and localization while gaining hands-on experience in a professional language services environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist with copy-editing tasks for assigned projects or accounts in Irish.
• Perform on-demand translation tasks between Irish and English.
• Support linguistic adaptation tasks for English content.
• Assist in managing and maintaining linguistic materials, including glossaries, style guides, and project-specific documentation.
• Contribute to project-related queries and collaborate with team members to resolve terminology or language issues.
• Support quality assurance processes by testing and qualifying new freelancers and vendors.
• Participate in the development of new working processes and provide input for continuous improvement.
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders, including freelancers and clients, on linguistic matters.

Skills and Qualifications

• Pursuing or recently completed a degree in Translation, Applied Languages, or a related field.
• Native or near-native fluency in Irish and English.
• Familiarity with localization processes and translation workflows.
• Basic understanding of CAT tools (e.g., XTM, SDL Studio) and issue-tracking tools (e.g., JIRA) is a plus.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Detail-oriented.