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Senior Associate

EY Tokyo

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Language
EN: fluent
JP: fluent
Salary
Employment Type
Freelance

Job Description

In this position, you will be in charge of translation, translation quality confirmation, terminology management, and some translation coordination related work.


Responsibilities

Translation (Japanese to English)

  • Tax, consulting and accounting-related proposals, presentations, memos, position papers and other deliverables
  • Internal communications (eg announcements, policies, information session materials, training materials)
  • External communications (eg articles, marketing materials , media interviews, etc.)

Translation quality assurance

  • Self-editing and revision
  • Review of colleagues' translations to ensure accuracy and consistency
  • Occasional review of English materials drafted by company professionals

Terminology and database management

  • Regular use and update of translation assistance tools
  • Testing of new tools and use cases

Coordination

  • Occasional outsourcing of translations to third-party vendors
  • Provide feedback on translation quality to third-party vendors

Qualifications

Translation skills

  • Strong commitment to maintaining confidentiality
  • Ability to produce accurate, idiomatic translations across a range of fields and contexts
  • Ability to effectively communicate with colleagues and experts, as well as perform research using publicly available information and other resources, to produce accurate translations even in new and unfamiliar disciplines
  • Curious, quick and lifelong learner
  • Ability to meet reasonable translation productivity targets

Linguistic/cultural abilities

  • Educated native speaker of English with distinguished writing ability
  • ACTFL-defined Superior proficiency in Japanese
  • Fluency in Japanese business culture

Other

  • Proficiency in the Microsoft Office Suite
  • Minimum of 2 years of experience as a full-time in-house translator in a supervised environment, 5 years of experience as a freelance translator, or an equivalent combination of both

Preferred Qualifications

  • Completion of formal training in translation
  • Translation project management experience
  • NAATI or ATA certification
  • Experience with SDL Trados or other CAT tools
  • Editing experience
  • Experience working at a tax, accounting, financial, consulting or legal firm (esp. Big Four/MBB/BigLaw)
  •  Interpreting experience
  • Those who have translation experience in a wide range of fields
  • Those who can respond flexibly with professionalism
  • JLPT N1 certification

About the Company

At EY, our purpose is Building a better working world. The insights and quality services we provide help build trust and confidence in the capital markets and in economies the world over. We develop outstanding leaders who team to deliver on our promises to all our stakeholders. In so doing, we play a critical role in building a better working world for our people, for our clients and for our communities.